New Delhi, November 23, 2013 Puja Mehra At a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Commerce & Industry Minister Anand Sharma it was agreed on Friday that India cannot agree to the Peace Clause for agriculture subsidies that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo has proposed for Bali. In no situation can […]
NEW DELHI, November 23, 2013 Gargi Parsai Kisan Sabha, Third World Network oppose “peace clause” Even as the All-India Kisan Sabha and the Third World Network urged India not to agree to a “peace clause” in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations on subsidies for public stock holding for food security, the Commerce Ministry on […]
Amaninder Pal Sharma, TNN | Nov 22, 2013, 05.35 AM IST PATIALA: A new study has revealed that over 34% of marginal farmers in Punjab are still living below poverty line, denting the tall claims of SAD-BJP government on uplift of the farmers, who are considered the traditional vote bank of the over nine-decade-old Shiromani […]
Organisers: DDS and MINI Date: November 22, 2013 Venue: Pastapur village. Would you or any other members of NAPM be willing to join us in this in solidarity?
ET Bureau Nov 12, 2013 Due to the buying spree in rural land, how much farmland has India lost? According to the ministry of agriculture, almost none. It says India lost 16,000 sq km, or 0.8% of her gross cropped area, in the 10-year period to 2010-11. The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), in fact, […]
TNN | Nov 12, 2013 KANNUR: In a bid to provide pesticide-free food products to consumers and utilize more fallow land, the Kudumbashree Mission is embarking on a major project to provide interest-free loan to farmers, especially those interested in organic farming. The project, to be implemented with the support of the central government’s Mahila […]
Dates: 12th January to 15th January, 2014 –Workshop On Biodynamic Farming 16th to 18th January, 2014 –Workshop On Vegetable, Fodder and Dairy Management Note: The farm will also host the Biodynamic conference under the aegis of the Biodynamic Association of India from 9th January to 11th January, 2014. If participants wish to register for this […]
By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON Wed Nov 13, 2013 (Reuters) – Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has made a fresh appeal for more organic farming, insisting his approach was based on science rather that “a quirk” and dismissing those who would prefer he keeps his opinions private. Charles, who turns 65 this week, […]
Greetings from CSA and Nisargic Shethi Beej Producer Company Ltd!!! We are pleased to inform you that CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (CSA) and NISARGIC SHETHI BEEJ PRODUCER COMPANY LIMITED jointly organizing is a Training Programme on Seed Production and Marketing to be held at Wardha, Maharashtra, India from 2nd to 6th December, 2013. We are appending herewith details of the […]
Greetings from ECOCERT– India! Ecocert India is pleased to invite you for the “International Organic Trade Fair – BioFach India 2013” to be held on 14th to 16th November 2013, at Bangalore Palace, Palace Road, Vasanthnagar entrance, Bangalore, India. Ecocert India is going to be there as exhibitor this year too. Please visit to our […]