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GM crops: Prakash Javadekar meets farmers’ body

Thu, Dec 18 2014 Ministry officials say there would be several such consultations with other stakeholders in the next few months to build a consensus New Delhi: Environment minister Prakash Javadekar met representatives of the Bhartaiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) on Wednesday to discuss contentious issues regarding field testing of genetically modified (GM) crops. Organizations such […]

The ICG Winter Veggie Seedling Sale

Green Essentials promotes environmentally-friendly alternatives that help make our lives healthier, more natural and sustainable. We are especially passionate about growing vegetables at home and promote organic vegetable gardening in Goa through our workshops. Ribandar, Goa, India [email protected] +919960643245 greenessentials.in Veggie Seedlings & Seeds Sale Thursday, Dec. 18th, 4-5:30pm International Center, Dona Paula, Goa, India […]

Madhya Pradesh maximum area under organic farming in country

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh has maximum 25 lakh 82 thousand hectares under organic farming in the country. This is about half of total organic farming area in India. This was informed at a meeting of Agriculture Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan here today. At the meeting, a […]

State’s first cotton pre-cleaning unit at Malout

TNN | Dec 17, 2014 MUKTSAR: Punjab’s first cotton pre-cleaning plant has been set up at the cost of Rs 2 crore at Malout in Muktsar district. Muktsar deputy commissioner Jaskiran Singh said, “The pre-cleaning facility will be provided to cotton growers at nominal cost. Malout market committee has started the cleaning process on experimental […]

Organic farming panacea for pollution

Special Correspondent VIJAYAWADA, December 16, 2014 ‘Agriculture using chemical fertilisers is not sustainable because the land gradually loses its productivity’. Lands continued to be productive because they practised organic farming from the beginning in China. All pollution-related problems of the country can be resolved by shifting to 100 per cent organic farming, former Director of […]

One-third of Capital’s organic veggies have pesticide residues: CCFI

Tomojit Basu New Delhi, December 16: Following up on its October investigation of data irregularities in the National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF), the Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI) stated on Tuesday that it had found pesticide residues in one-third of the organic products retailed in New Delhi that are marketed as chemical pesticide-free. […]

Nurturing mother earth the organic way

TIRUCHI, December 16, 2014 Nahla Nainar A computer science graduate kicks her IT job and starts vermicompost business For the past year, up to four tonnes of vegetable waste from Tiruchi’s Gandhi Market is being diligently converted into organic manure in the nearby village of Mullipatti. D.J. Agros, the company that celebrated its first anniversary […]

Genetically Modified Crops

Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, a training and research institute based in Mumbai is organising a day long seminar on Saturday, January 10, 2015 on Genetically Modified Crops: Helpful or Harmful? at RMP-KEC, Uttan, Bhayander. Milind Betawadkar: 022-28450101/02/03, Mobile No. 9833509222  

Uganda tops Africa in organic products export

Publish Date: Dec 13, 2014 By Francis Emorut Uganda tops African countries in the production and exportation of organic products. This is according to International Federation for Organic Movement (IFOAM) based in Germany. The value of organic products export rose from $4m (about sh11b ) in 2003 to $44m (about sh121b) in 2013 in the latest […]