NEW DELHI, November 15, 2015 In a desperate bid to save organic foods from getting extinct, over 500 women farmers and entrepreneurs from across the country have come together here to display and market their organic products including tribal and ethnic foods, millets, pickles, rice, pulses, spices and vegetables and fruits, fabrics, dyes and dresses, […]
Nov 14 2015 NEW DELHI: In a unique endeavour, 500 women artisans, weavers and farmers from across the country come together to exhibit and sell their organic products/produce at the Dilli Haat here on Friday.
Sale/exhibition of organic products by women will be the theme this year The Ministry of Women and Child Development will hold its annual Women of India Exhibition with the theme “Women and Organic Products” from 13th to 23rd November, 2015 at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi. The exhibition will be inaugurated by the Union Minister […]
Date: 25th & 26th of November Venue: CESS, Hyderabad. Organisers: MINI and CESS. www.facebook.com/milletindia1
Deborah Doane, The Guardian | November 11, 2015 A walk through the annual Kerala seedfest, in the sultry heat of India’s Western Ghats, is like a walk through a proverbial garden of Eden; okra the size of a hand; deep purple coloured runner beans; 26 varieties of chillies from one village alone. The size and […]
10/11/2015 An exhibition showcasing products like aromas, flavours and vibrant colours brought together by over 500 women farmers, weavers, artisans from across the country to promote organic farming will be inaugurated by Union Ministers Maneka Gandhi and Radha Mohan Singh on November 13 at Dilli Haat, in Delhi.
The majority of the 28 member states in the European Union (EU) have opted-out of GM crop cultivation (Item 1). They are: Austria Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia.
Date: November 20-21, 2015 Organised: BERAS India and BDAI Bio-Dynamic Association of India Venue: Pallotti Institute of Lay Leadership Animation & Research (PILLAR) Pillar Salai, Madurai 625 019, Tamil Nadu India Address For Correspondence SECRETARIAT, BERAS India Inba Seva Sangam, Sevapur, Karur District, 621 311. Mail: [email protected] Official landline: +91 4332 279228. Dr. V. Karuppuraj […]
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty 01st November 2015 NEW DELHI: Marrying women’s empowerment with the quest for good health, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has found a unique way of empowering female agriculturalists by encouraging them to branch out into organic farming.
9 Nov 2015, Hindustan Times (Jaipur) Urvashi Dev Rawal RISK FACTOR Prabhulal Saini says GM seeds would deal a blow to traditional seeds and disturb the state’s gene bank; wants proper study on its side-effects PRABHULAL SAINI, state agriculture minister Rajastan is the highest producer of mustard. We don’t want to interfere with traditional varieties. […]