6 February 2014 The French parliament has adopted a law which prohibits the private or public use of pesticides from 2020 in green areas, forests or public space. The law which is to start from 1 January 2020 for private individuals and the public excludes the use of pesticides on railways, airport runways or motorways. […]
Monday, February 10, 2014 New Delhi: The Delhi High Court was on Wednesday told that the Centre and the city government have failed to address the issue of use of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables. The submission was made in a report placed before the court by the amicus curiae appointed to examine if […]
Indira Rodericks, TNN Feb 9, 2014, They are a group of around 15 individual and call themselves the ‘Green Souls’. Every week, they ensure that the 40-odd children, undergoing treatment for cancer at St Jude’s Child Care Centre in Kharghar, are fed a healthy diet of organically grown fruits and vegetables. The group launched the […]
Friday, February 07, 2014 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke addressing members of the Diplomatic Corps at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday, as part of activities for Diplomatic Week 2014. THE Government is currently drafting a policy on organic agriculture as it seeks to advance the development of a modern, efficient […]
Farm activists condemn state government’s apathy towards massive Bt cotton failure – Show evidence of Mahyco intiative to sell failed seed again this year Bangalore, 7th February, 2014: KRRS leaders leaders and activists of GM Free Karnataka movement today deplored the way in which the state government is letting go off Mahyco, whose Bt cotton variety failed miserably in the last cotton […]
BHUMIKA K. February 6, 2014 Malnad Mela brings you produce grown in farms and gardens in the lap of the Western Ghats by a women farmers collective, and even handmade products. Vanastree’s Malnad Mela is back in Bangalore in its seventh edition this weekend, where women farmers will bring with them a whole range of […]
RAMANATHAPURAM, February 6, 2014 D.J. Walter Scott A farmer in a remote village in Tirupulani block has surprised one and all by cultivating the alien basmati in this drought-prone district. While the variety may not be a match for those cultivated in Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, it still commands a good market price […]
Council for Social Development Hyderabad cordially invites you to a Public Seminar by Prof Joan P Mencher. Fomerly Professor of Anthorpology, City University of New York. People Centered Agriculture vs. Profit Centered Agriculture or How to feed everyone Dr. Uma Shankari Farmers Rights Activist will chair the proceedings Date: Monday 10th February 2014 Time: 3:00 […]
Vishwa Mohan, TNN Feb 3, 2014, 07.29PM IST NEW DELHI: Backed by villagers and displaced people from different states, the civil society groups – comprising members of 200 NGOs from across the country – on Monday slammed environment and forest minister M Veerappa Moily for ignoring environmental and social concerns while granting speedy clearance to […]
Rajendra Kerkar, TNN Feb 1, 2014, 02.53AM IST KERI: An initiative to gather and conserve all types of traditional and local seeds in the state was launched recently. Activists, farmers among others joined hands to initiate the Swami Vivekanand Goa seeds conservation movement. The objective is to preserve all types of local seeds. “Our local […]