BIJNOR: In a move aimed at improving soil health, the state government will be organising ‘Kisan Pathshalas’ across the state from December 5. The step was taken after the agriculture department raised the alarm over rampant use of pesticides and other chemicals in agricultural produce directly affecting the health of both soil and consumers. Experts […]
KOZHIKODE: In what be a milestone in tribal empowerment, a group of 250 tribesmen at Thavinjal in Wayanad have floated the first tribal farmer producer company in the state. The farmers under Adima (denoting primitive) Tribal Farmers Producer Company Ltd would start exporting organic coffee, grown by them, to European markets from this harvest season. […]
A group of organic farming enthusiasts of Perambalur have launched an attempt to revive a native cotton variety of Tamil Nadu, karunganni. They have made a modest beginning this year raising the crop on about 40 acres in the district. Organised under a group, named Karunganni Cotton Cultivators Group, about 30 farmers keen on organic […]
New Delhi, Karnataka sought support from north Indian states in popularising millets as it prepares to hold the international trade fair on the forgotten grain in Bengaluru in January. Karnataka Agriculture Minister Byre Gowda called upon nutritionists, chefs, food processing companies and other stakeholders to spread awareness about the health benefits of millets so as […]
One more evil has reared its ugly head in Maharashtras arid Vidarbha region, which has so far been infamous for farmer suicides. Some 35 farmers in the region have died of pesticide poisoning in last four months. Most of them were working in cotton and soybean fields and had inadvertently inhaled pesticides while spraying on […]
Thane, Nov 23 (PTI) The Govardhan Eco Village, set up by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Palghar district, has won an award for its contribution in preserving the environment. It received the Acqa Congress award, instituted by Aqua Foundation Group in the category of green housing- social sector in New Delhi earlier […]
When 29-year-old Nasari Chavhan took to the stage at the Organic World Congress (OWC) – an international conference dedicated to organic farming – held on the outskirts of Delhi in the second week of November, it was little expected that the diffident young woman andan Adivasi (tribal) from the interiors of the western Indian state […]
Just Organik aims to make organic food more accessible and affordable to the consumer, and create new opportunities for farmers by motivating them to adopt organic farming practices. Launched in 2013 by Pankaj Agarwal and Sandeep Agarwal, Just Organik started out from the basement of Pankajs home. Today, the brand operates out of two offices […]
Baskaran, a young farmer, owns a very small patch of land of two acres. He growsgroundnut in 1.5 acres and cultivates different kinds of vegetables like snake gourds, bitter gourds and seasonal vegetables on the rest of the land. For the last ten years, he has been cultivating the entire area using organic methods andhas […]
Visakhapatnam: Vizag-based start-up 19Farms teaches farmers the traditional way of farming. The process is based on Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) model introduced by Indian agriculturist Subhash Palekar. The company also procures the organic produce from them and provides marketing support and technical assistance to them. The ZBNF model is a holistic method of farming […]