Saturday, 4 January 2014 ***‘as part of protest and press the demand of giving this fund released for mega agriculture fair for food security of farm widows ,we are starting hunger strike before CICR Nagpur till mega expo is not cancelled’ Bebitai Bais president of Vidarbha farm Widows Association’*** Aid starved 10,000 farm widows and […]
Venue: Khalad, Pune Date: Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 Jan 2014. Please bring seed Samples with you. Also bring Essay of Adilabad Tour. This two day meet is free of Cost to everyone. Please communicate your presence by 15th Jan. Special Workshop on Monday 20 Jan on Seed Propagation, Selection & care by Sanjay Patil […]
Date: 10th January, 2014 Venue: Horticulture Office, Sirsi Organisers: Vanastree in collaboration with the Department of Horticulture, Sirsi and Ashraya seva trust Bangalore Tubers and other root vegetables have been a part of our diet, culture and folklore for aeons. They include both domestic and wild species that have pride of place in our cuisine. […]
Organisers: ICRA&OFAI-K Date: 2nd and 3rd of Feb Venue: A Village in Kottur … 350 KM far from Banaglore
Ravish Tiwari, Anubhuti Vishnoi : New Delhi, Fri Jan 03 2014 Environment Minister Veerappa Moily and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar are learnt to have agreed that a joint affidavit should be filed in the Supreme Court, asking that field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops be allowed, albeit with “stringent conditions”. The line taken by […]
TNN Jan 2, 2014, 04.40AM IST PANAJI: State awardee for farming Fr Inacio Almeida, sfx, passed away on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 70. He has contributed immensely to the farming sector in Goa and is known for pioneering work in organic farming. Hailing from Curtorim, he held camps for farmers and involved […]
Table-1: Macronutrient content in Amrit manure, Farmer’s soil and Farm soil of Baiwada, MP Soil sample N P K Ca Mg pH Org C (g/100g) Total (mg/kg) Avl. (mg/kg) Total (mg/kg) Avl. (mg/kg) Total (mg/kg) Avl. (mg/kg) Total (mg/kg) Avl. (mg/kg) Total (mg/kg) Avl. (mg/kg) Top of heap (Amrit manure) 6710 165.67 748.25 20.2 3200 […]
Date: 14 to 16th Feb 2014 Traditional seed exchange, seed savers’ networking, safe food campain, GM pollution in agri., NOC granted by Maharashtra gov, for GM crops are topics Language: Marathi and Hindi
New Delhi, December 31, 2013 The government’s attempts to get the Environment Ministry to support field trials have failed The government’s attempts to persuade the Environment Ministry to accept the Agriculture, and Science and Technology Ministries’ views in favour of immediately going ahead with field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops have failed so […]
Press Trust of India | Pattukottai (TN) December 30, 2013 Renowned Indian organic farming scientist Dr G Namazhwar passed away at nearby Atthivatti of a cardiac arrest, his associates said. He was 75. Namazhwar’s associates said he was on his way to Athivatti to organise a demonstration against a methane gas project when he complained […]