C D S Mani, TNN Aug 14, 2013, 10.19PM IST CHENNAI: On the eve of the 67th Independence Day, an NGO urged chief minister J Jayalalithaa to hoist the national flag made of non-Bt cotton material on August 15. In a letter faxed to the chief minister on Wednesday, Safe Food Alliance, which is one […]
TODAY – Friday, Aug 16, 2013 Source: Hueiyen News Service Imphal, August 14 2013: Under the National Project of Organic Farming, Regional Centre of Organic Farming, Imphal, a sub-ordinate office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, a series of two-day long training on organic farming was conducted on Aug 9-10 and Aug 11-12 […]
TODAY – Friday, Aug 16, 2013 Source: The Sangai Express Imphal, August 13 2013: Under the National Project of organic farming, Regional Centre of Organic Farming (RCOF), Imphal which is a subordinate office of Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India has organised two number of 2 days training on organic farming at the Assembly Hall […]
Friday 16 August 2013 News updated at 4:45 PM IST Coalition for a GM (genetically modified) Free Karnataka, an organisation fighting against GM crops, on Wednesday sent a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, requesting him to hoist a National Flag made of non-BT cotton. Pointing out the sentiment citizens have with the National Flag, the […]
A three-day Seminar 5 to 7 September, 2013 Auroville (near Puducherry) Registration Registration Fee Rs 9,500.- • Includes all lunches, one dinner, refreshments, venue transportation from hotel and service tax, excludes travel to and from Auroville and hotel accommodation The capacity is limited and parallel workshop sessions will be filled up on first come first […]
Organised by the State Horticulture Mission, Government of Kerala, India, and the International Competence Centre For Organic Agriculture (ICCOA), Bengaluru, India The international conference, ‘Strategies to Drive Organic Sector Forward-For Sustainability & For Markets’ is being organised to assist the policy makers make an appropriate strategy for the state of Kerala. As a state, Kerala […]
COIMBATORE, August 10, 2013 Beginning Saturday, farm activities in the 30.72 acre Open Air Jail (OAJ) at Singanallur is likely to turn the natural way by taking up organic farming. Talking to The Hindu , DIG of Prisons, Coimbatore Range, P. Govindarajan said that the Open Air Jail at Singanallur has 36 prisoners from all […]
NEW DELHI, August 9, 2013 “Cotton and the cloth made from indigenous cotton are a symbol of our freedom struggle” Close on the heels of transnational seed company Monsanto abandoning its programme for development of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe last month, there are growing calls for the company to do the same in […]
Bundelkhand, Thu, 01 Aug 2013 ANI Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh), Aug.1 (ANI): Mathuralal Patel is not sure why someone in New Delhi or Mumbai would prefer vegetables from his farm to his neighbour’s, but he knows that the way he grows crops is good for his soil. Using organic fertilisers, he says, helps increase the fertility […]
Seed the basic input, is the lifeline of agriculture. Local farming communities have preserved and reused their diverse indigenous seed varieties over generations. It is with this art of preserving and reusing that all the agricultural biodiversity that is our heritage has been maintained and developed. The situation started changing with introduction of green revolution […]