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Chhattisgarh National Conference and Organic Exhibition

“Strategies to Drive Organic Sector Forward: For Sustainability and Markets” Venue:  Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Krishak Nagar, Raipur- 492012 Date:      26-27 May, 2015 This two-days event focus on – National Conference: Identifying business opportunities in Chhattisgarh, interaction between practitioners and experts (Conference), Buyer Seller meets (B2B): Provide platform for farmers groups to meet businesses. […]

IIT researchers turn farmers to change agriculture

April 22, 2015 A group of researchers at IIT Kharagpur have turned farmlands near the campus into a ‘laboratory’ to experiment with new agricultural technologies and help farmers whose land they have “adopted” to improve their yield. Around 10 kilometres away from the campus, the team adopted 14 acres of land from a group of […]

Why India’s cotton farmers are killing themselves

By Sugam Pokharel, CNN Vidarbha, India (CNN)Yogita Kanhaiya is expecting a baby soon. She already has a two-year-old son. Her husband, Moreshwor, a cotton farmer, won’t be around to see his children grown up. He committed suicide early in the pregnancy. Eight years back, Yogita’s father-in-law, also a cotton farmer, took his own life.  

Forced to go organic, Rudrappa made it a part of his life

MANGALURU, April 14, 2015 Rudrappa was honest when he said, “Though I wanted to use fertilizers for my land, because of lack of money I was compelled to do conventional farming.” But once their way of farming began to yield fruit, Mr. Rudrappa and his brother Veeranna never turned towards fertilisers and chemicals and are […]

Farmers in distress

Thursday, April 16, 2015 The report of the Swaminathan Commission on Farmers begins by stating: “This report is designed to serve as a wake-up call on the nation on the deteriorating farm conditions.” The very phrase “wake-up call’ implies that agriculture is in serious crisis and if a proper strategy is not evolved to deal […]