Wednesday, June 18, 2014 When Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the organic farming of Sikkim, he was being more than politically correct. The Sikkim reference fits pretty well with his now proclaimed stance of learning from best practices across India. The obvious challenge is the mindset but with Modi in command this can […]
IANS | Jun 16, 2014 PATNA: The central government is planning to turn India’s eastern states into an organic farming-hub, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said here on Monday. “Our priority is to develop Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and eastern Uttar Pradesh into an organic farming hub for development of the region and to […]
Jayashree Nandi, TNN | Jun 15, 2014, NEW DELHI: The controversial Intelligence Bureau (IB) report that accuses foreign funded NGOs to be a threat to India’s economic security is being thrashed by activists for not just the kind of accusations it has made but also the research quality of the report. Agriculture and anti-genetically modified […]
” Giving the example of Sikkim emerging as a big producer of organic food, he asked why the entire north-east cannot be made an organic hub to meet the emerging global demand for organic produce. He said we have agri-universities, but the transition from “lab to land” is not happening to the extent that […]
Saurabh Chauhan, Hindustan Times Shimla, June 14, 2014. Organic farming was promoted as an alternate to save fields from the side effects of chemicals and pesticides, but the farmers engaged in have been facing marketing constraints for their produce. Many farmers have been opting for organic farming, but the space in the market for […]
Jun 15, 2014 Alok Gupta Ask religious institutions to grow organic crops and accept organic crops as donation for langars. In Pandori Ragsangh village in Amritsar, farmer leader Gurlal Singh takes a large sip of hot milk and asks fellow farmer, Jagdish Singh, about the “poison.” “This year, there is too much of poison,” Jagdish […]
Please take note of this training organized for Farmers in North India to be held between 28th to 31st July 2014. The course medium shall be in Hindi. Please refer farmer for this course and if anyone would like to attend kindly register positively by 15th July. Also note, the attached notification, please print and […]
Sunday, 15 June 2014 – 2:50pm IST | Agency: DNA Tired of eating stuff laden with chemicals but don’t know how to go about choosing right? Jayashree Joshi Eashwar, co-founder, Dubdengreen, and Mridu Mahajan Pogula, co-founder, Nirvaaha Delhi, put together a 10-point primer to help you gauge whether the food you are picking up is […]
Jun 12, 2014 – Manish Anand Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled the roadmap for putting agriculture on high-growth trajectory with intensive use of technology in farming to scale up land productivity. In a bid to illustrate how his government would implement claims made in President’s speech to the joint session of the Parliament, […]
Press Trust of India | Kochi June 12, 2014 Elements Homestead Products today launched organic commodities, sourced from Fair Trade Alliance Kerala (FTAK), in the state. FTAK is a collective of over 4,500 organic farmers based in Kannur, Kasaragod, Wyanad and Kozhikode districts and also the largest collective of organic farmers in the state.