Vishwa Mohan, TNN | Mar 1, 2014, NEW DELHI: Bollywood film-maker Mahesh Bhatt has called the Union environment and forest minister M Veerappa Moily a “corporate mole”. A day after Moily reversed the decision of his predecessor Jayanthi Natarajan on GM crops and allowed field trials of over 200 varieties of genetically modified seeds, Bhatt […]
Venue: Aurobindo Society, Adchini, New Delhi Date: 8-9th March 2014. Time: 11 am – 8:30 pm Organisers: Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA), Save our Rice Campaign, & Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI)
Multi-stakeholders dialogue on policy change, supply of quality non-GM cotton seeds and Marketing 24-25th Feb 2014, K.H.Patil Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hulikote, Gadag Dist, Karnataka Desi cotton (Gossypium arboreum and G. herbaceum) varieties were grown on about 98 per cent area around 1947 and the American cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) on just around 2%. Decades after our […]
Thursday, February 27, 2014 America’s farmers aren’t growing enough organic corn and soybeans for our organic animals. Farmers in China, India and Argentina are filling the gap, but tight supplies have led to shortages. The other morning, I found myself staring at something strange and unfamiliar: empty grocery shelves with the word “eggs” above them. […]
Vishwa Mohan, TNN | Feb 28, 2014, NEW DELHI: Seed companies and agriculture research institutes can go ahead with scientific field trials of different transgenic varieties of GM crops which had got clearance from the government’s regulatory body Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) in March last year. A day after agriculture minister Sharad Pawar spelt […]
The apex court had asked the government to submit their stand on this issue Press Trust of India | New Delhi February 26, 2014 Sharad Pawar Government will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court pleading that field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops be allowed, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said today. The minister assured […]
Capital Market February 25, 2014 The Government is promoting organic farming through various schemes like National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF), National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH), National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility (NPMSH&F), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and also Network Project on Organic Farming […]
SME Times News Bureau | 22 Feb, 2014 The government is promoting organic farming in a big way as a result of which India exported agri-organic products of total volume of 160276.95 MT and realization was around Rs.1155.81 crore in year 2012-13, said Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Tariq Anwar, on […]
Editorial Team February 21, 2014 Most fruits and vegetables are loaded with essential nutrients that are good for your body and mind. However, commercial demands and competition in the market often make farmers use fertilizers and pesticides in order to increase their yield. According to nutritionist Naini Setalvad, ‘Today growth hormones are injected in fruits, vegetables, […]
5th National Convention National Food Security Act (NFSA) and Beyond: Right to Food, Democracy and Social Justice 1 – 3 March 2014, Gujarat Venue: Dalit Shakti Kendra, Sanand Ahmedabad Fifth Convention Right to Food Campaign 18 Feb 2014