THANJAVUR, December 31, 2013 G. Nammalvar (75), organic farming scientist and crusader, died at Pichinikadu village near Pattukottai on Monday night. Born at Elankadu village near Thiruvaiyaru in 1938, he graduated in agriculture from Annamamalai University. In 1963, he joined as an officer in the Agricultural Regional Research Centre, Kovilpatti. Later he served as an […]
Date: 10th – 12th January, 2014 Organised by: Jatan Trust Entry: Through Gate Opp. Hotel Surya Palace. Entry Fee: Rs. 10/-
Pushpa Achanta, Dec 21, 2013, WFS: Do you consider agriculture in India a male occupation? Think again. The fact is that 79 per cent of working women are agricultural workers. Yet, because women are still seen as labourers rather than farmers – only nine per cent own land – they are not considered as farmers. […]
Kozhikode, December 28, 2013 Kanji made of rich brown Mundakan rice, Puzhukku, Chammanthi, a few varieties of pickle, all made of organic ingredients, and served in nature-fresh plates of arecanut spathe. Priced at Rs.30, this nostalgic package of lunch is one of the interesting attractions at Nattupolima, a traditional farm-industry-health fair being organised by the […]
Mehru Jaffer, December 26, 2013 It takes a village woman like Archana to get her rural sisters to demand their right to livelihood in the agrarian Gorakhpur region of Uttar Pradesh. Unaware of their legal rights and entitlements, women farmers end up suffering. That’s what many years of fieldwork in the environmentally sensitive, agriculture-dependent region […]
Date: Friday, 27 December, 8 am to 7 pm; and Saturday, 28 December, Time: 8 am to 3 pm Venue: Earthcare, 10 Middleton St, near Maidan Metro Station Dear All, Ecological self-help group, Shyamoli, and Earthcare Books warmly invite you to our weeklyOrganic Haat, a collaborative organic farmers’ market celebrating nature and community. The next 2 Organic Haats will be […]
TNN Dec 27, 2013 NAGPUR: BJP President and the Union agriculture minister during NDA regime, Rajnath Singh, said if his party was elected to office in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, it would bring a subsidy scheme to encourage organic farming. He was addressing farmers at the inauguration of Agrovision fair promoted by Nitin Gadkari whom […]
JAIDEEP HARDIKAR Nagpur, Dec. 26: The Maharashtra government has given a slew of private companies permission to conduct field trials of genetically modified crops at state agriculture universities’ farms, rejecting its dissenting agriculture minister’s suggestion for a public debate first. Before this, no Indian state had allowed field trials of GM crops since October last […]
M. J. PRABHU, THE HINDU | DECEMBER 22, 2013 With the price of LPG gas cylinders going up, the need of the hour is technology that can provide cooking gas — an efficient fuel — that will help the poor, particularly the rural population. Vivekananda Kendra-Natural Resources Development (Vk- Nardep), an NGO in Kanyakumari, Tamil […]
Organisers: Fair Trade Alliance Kerala Date: January 23rd to 26th 2014 Venue: Nadavayal village, Wayanad district, Kerala. Seed Fest Organising Committee, Nadavayal, Wayanad, Kerala 670721 Thomas Nellanthadam – Convener, Org Committee – 9447080822 Thomas Kalappura – Chairman, FTAK – 9447665357 Tomy Mathew – Promoter, FTAK – 0495 2765783 Email – [email protected] Seed fest 2014 Note-PDF