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Workshop held on Organic Agro Crops for Export

October 20, 2015 The full day workshop organized by TJ Associates  on  “Cultivation and Processing of Organic Agro Crops for Export “ concluded successfully on October 14, 2015 at Hilton Colombo Residencies attended by over 70 participants Mrs. Chandani Dias Abeygunawardene, Vice President – Projects was instrumental in organizing the workshop and conducting it with […]

‘Let us first switch over to organic farming in rainfed area’

October 21, 2015 Implementation by the central and state governments of organic farming policies will be a fitting tribute to late Gandhian economist J.C. Kumarappa (JCK), according to G.S. Purushothaman, president, Organic Farming Organization (OFO), Vellore. Speaking on `Organic Farming’ during a colloquium on `Ecological Economics of Dr. J.C. Kumarappa and its Relevance to India […]

Reaping organic

October 09,2015 Karnataka was the first state to adopt a policy on organic farming in 2004. This was adopted in the midst of an agrarian crisis in the state that was leading to farmer suicides. Policy objective was to reduce the farmers’ input cost by minimising their dependency on costly fertilisers and pesticides and save […]

A farmer, teacher and actor!

Shyam Prasad S,Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Oct 19, 2015 His career graph as an actor has been on an upswing for years now, but when it comes to Kishore, it can never be said that `there is no looking back’. He has stayed firmly rooted and neither has the former lecturer’s love of literature diminished […]

Women Seek Poromboke Land For Organic Farming

J Shanmugha Sundaram 19th October 2015 VELLORE:Women farmers involved in collective farming in three blocks of Vellore district (Natrampalli, Nemili and Walajapet blocks) are taking to organic farming on a large scale and have appealed to the government to lease government porambokku lands for use in organic farming as larger numbers of women are taking […]

Refusing to learn from past mistakes

Bharat Dogra | 17 October, 2015 Massive crop losses have been caused by the white-fly to the cotton crop in Punjab. Most of these farmers had grown Bt cotton. Large-scale damage to cotton crop has also been reported from parts of Haryana and Rajasthan.

Making it big with technology

October 18,2015 Embarking on a journey of a different kind, the young CEO, Likitha Bhanu is an example of the new-gen, that use technology to their advantage by taking on the mantle from their families

Farmers suicides, documentary delves into crisis

October 16, 2015 Bengaluru, Oct 16 (PTI) With a spike in farmers’ suicides in recent months, the plight of peasants in the wake of the brewing storm in the farming sector has been brought out poignantly in a documentary with a critical analysis on the churning dyanmics in the distressed farming field