Ponvelimadom, home of local temple priest at Marankulangara, stands in a clearing amid streaming greenery. For the past one decade, its resident Kishorekumar N. (Kesavanpotty), priest-cum-farmer, is on a mission to transform his 1.5-acre property into a fruit forest. Peanut butter tree with ripe fruits, blossoming miracle fruit plant, Apple, Orange, Longan and Malay Apple […]
Chennai: Despite the sky-rocketing popularity of organic farming and the benefits it brings, the farmer community continues to be sidelined when it comes to fixing prices, so to say. In this juncture, a non-profit organisation named Organic Farmers Market (OFM) has come up with the idea of setting up a modern day sandhai at Mahalingapuram […]
Ronald Rose, Collector of Mehbubnagar, is a man with a vision. At a time where there is increasing concern over the pesticide residue in agricultural produce, Ronald is striving hard to promote organic farming. Hes also working on implementing a drinking water scheme in parched villages and promoting digital learning in schools. I am doing […]
New Delhi, December 29, (Scoop News Bureau)-All India Food Processors Association (AIFPA) is organizing a National Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities in the Production & Marketing of Organic Foods on January 19th , 2018 in Jammu with the collaboration with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). In a statement, AIFPA said Jammu […]
Vijayawada, Dec 31 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced the year 2018 as “natural farming year” and reiterated that the government’s commitment to encourage organic farming in the state. Inaugurating the training programme for the farmers on the natural farming, being organised by the farmers empowerment corporation with the association of eminent […]
The World Food India conference in Delhi in November informed us as much about the urban bias in development in India as about the disregard for public health and natural agriculture. PepsiCo Leads ₹68,000 Crore plans for Food Sector read one media headline during the conference. Hundreds of corporations vend food, indiscriminate consumption of which […]
Amritsar, December 31: The Dilbir Foundation, a city-based NGO, is all set to reintroduce its organic winter food court at Sunday and Wednesday markets. An organic market was held on Sunday at the District Shopping Complex, Ranjit Avenue. Farmers in such markets sell their fresh farm products, like vegetables, fruits, milk, grain, and pulses. The […]
Chennai: In the recent times, farming, which is one of the oldest professions in India, is affected due to adverse conditions like lack of water, industrialisation and insufficient relief. But, many are working towards bringing back the glory days of Indian agriculture. One such organisation is Indian Super Heroes (ISH) which works towards propagating agriculture, […]
Trichy: With four farmers in Perambalur and one in Ariyalur districts reportedly succumbing to the medical ailments caused after spraying pesticides in BT cotton fields recently, an 18-year-old farmer belonging to Venganur village in Ariyalur district became the most recent casualty. Though the teenage farmer was hospitalised, a day later, he succumbed to the ailments […]
Nagpur: Organic farming is catching up in rural areas of Vidarbha as anganwadi workers, students and self-help groups exhibited their knowledge about locally available nutritional and medicinal plants grown by using organic methods. The exhibition was part of Ranbhaji Mahotsav organized by Nutritional Society of India (NSI) in association with Sadhana Sanskruti Mission at Jeevan […]