By Aswathi Krishna – KOCHI Published: 14th January 2014 You can hardly find an unused paddy field at Koodatham Poyil, a small village in Kayanna grama panchayat near Perambra, thanks to Samrudhi, a society of 21 members in the region which is on a mission to turn the village green by bringing the old glory […]
TNN Jan 9, 2014, BANGALORE: A state government-appointed committee to look at a comprehensive policy on agricultural biotechnology, including the feasibility of genetically modified crops in Karnataka, will submit its report next month. The government had constituted a sub-committee, under the Vision Group of Biotechnology, to look into the advantages and disadvantages of allowing open […]
BANGALORE, January 14, 2014 The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene have cautioned the government against permitting open-air field trials for genetically modified (GM) crops. The Supreme Court is yet to pronounce its final verdict on the issue in view of the difference of opinion among scientists. Addressing presspersons here on Monday, K.S. […]
GM eggplant promoted by Mahyco-Monsanto. Intellectual Property owned by Monsanto Plans to introduce a controversial GM variety of brinjal (aubergine / eggplant) in Bangladesh are opposed by 100 civil society organisations around the world. As Mae Wan Ho reports, the issue is arousing powerful passions … Bt-Brinjal will have negligible benefit but would present an […]
Monday, 13 January 2014 | Moushumi Basu In a bid to help the conservation of the world’s tallest flying birds — the IUCN red-listed Sarus Crane — the farmers around Bhoj wetlands in Madhya Pradesh, are turning to organic farming to check the harmful effects of pesticides. The internationally recognised Bhoj wetland is an Important […]
We are delighted to inform you that GREEN FOUNDATION (Health Care, Social Equity & Biodiversity Conservation) is going to organise 3 (three) National Level Short term training courses based on Technology Demonstration (details in attached files) at Dehradun. (Titles given below)* This training workshop would concentrate on the theme of empowering economics of rural communities, […]
Govindasamy Nammalvar, 1938-2013, carried on a crusade in Tamil Nadu to free agriculture from the use of chemicals and “from the vile grip of corporates”. By R. ILANGOVAN “AS I went into my life seeking more and more information on it [organic farming], one disturbing phenomenon loomed large. The land in Tamil Nadu, I realised, […]
Jabir Mushthari, Kozhikode, January 7, 2014 Tastes better, has high yield, suitable for backyard gardens An indigenous variety of brinjal popularised by a residential forum, ‘Niravu Vengeri,’ here has received a certificate of merit from the Kerala Agriculture University (KAU) for being relatively tasty, of high yield and above all suitable for backyard vegetable gardens. […]
A special workshop on Seed conservation, purification and biodynamic farming has been organized by Pani panchyat and Gram Gaurav Pratisthan at Shetkari Training Centre, Goti Mal ,Behind Mohan Dhaba , A/P- Khalad, Taluka Purandhar ,District Pune on 20th Jan 2014. I am going to facilitate on Seed conservation issues which will cover following points. 1. Need and importance of […]
A perfect platform for organic products suppliers.The exclusive trade show for organic products in India witnessed business enquiries worth INR 1720 million across all the three days. S. C. 06 January 2014 Teatro Naturale International The fifth edition of BioFach India together with India Organic 2013, took place at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore from […]