June 8, 2014, 10:48 pm By Don Asoka Wijewardena President Mahinda Rajapaksa chairing a meeting of the Presidential Task Force on the Prevention of the Chronic Kidney Disease last Friday stressed that he wanted to make Sri Lanka free from agrochemicals in 2020. About two billion rupees was spent on CKD patients per annum from […]
Shobhit Kalra Wed, 11 Jun 2014 New Delhi: Speaking for the first time on the Lok Sabha floor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, stressed on transforming whole of North-East India into an ‘Organic State’, which would be helpful in meeting the needs of organic products in the global market.
Timbaktu Organic stall will be on in Sampoorna Santhe – Bangalore, from the 12th to the 22nd of June. Those in Bangalore please to visit and buy. Please also spread the word.
Kozhikode, May 31, 2014 Taste time: Kozhikode Mayor A.K. Premajam tasting food from the Food-on-Wheels project after inaugurating it at a function in Kozhikode on Friday.— Photo: S. Ramesh Kurup Kozhikode will soon have dishes from star hotel menus delivered at their door steps at quarter the price. ‘Water and Food on Wheels’, the latest […]
30/05/14 Athar Parvaiz [SRINAGAR] Indian agricultural scientists have called for increased funding for organic farming research and for policy interventions to promote it as a farming alternative.
Organisers: Organic Himachal, Department of Agriculture in collaboration with International competence centre for organic agriculture. Date: June 13, 2014 Time: 12:00 p.m. Venue: Indira Gandhi State Sports Complex, The Mall Shimla
Jun 09, 2014 Kaipad rice, a red, non-sticky rice variety grown using an organic farming method in the south Indian state of Kerala, is now registered in the Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) of the Government of India. The GI tag improves the market prospects of the rice variety and earns commercial benefits for farmers by […]
TNN | Jun 6, 2014 PUNE: Activists opposed to the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops on Thursday appealed to the state government to stop field trials of GM crops in the state. “The expert panel appointed by the Supreme Court had recommended a 10-year moratorium on such trials and the matter is still in […]
Jun 2, 2014 Understanding the politics of food, agriculture and hunger. It was a hot afternoon. Even as temperature soared to 37 degrees I didn’t see the enthusiasm draining among farmers wanting to exchange traditional seeds of rice. They pushed and jostled for space to make their presence felt. For two days (May 30-31 2014) […]
Gayatri Deshmukh,TNN | Jun 3, 2014, Terrace gardens are the next big thing in Nashik. With people aiming to not only beautify their place but also spread the message of organic farming, this has caught the fancy of most Nashikiites. Thirty-four-year-old Sandeep Chavan has made a 150 sq feet terrace garden at his place and […]