Living amid nature, growing your own food and enjoying a life of leisure most urban dwellers dream of a life like this. But a couple from Karnataka is living the dream. Not far from the city of Mysuru, in Halasuru village of Kote Taluka in Karnataka, Anjali Rudraraju and Kabir Cariappa have created their own […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made an appeal to bring focus on organic farming and allied sectors in order to empower farmers and increase their income. “Farming is not just about growing wheat, mustard, pulses. Farmers’ income can be increased if focus is given on allied sectors along with the organic farming,” Modi said […]
The Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department has proposed to raise 100% organic farm clusters in three villages in the district to create awareness among the farmers about organic farming and organic certification process. Giving details of the scheme at a programme organised here recently, S. S. Shaiek Abdullah, Assistant Director of seed certification, said the clusters […]
KOCHI:It is the success story of a 40-year old techie quitting his well-paying job to pursue his passion to become an organic farmer. Ajey Mepparambath, an NIT Jamshedpur graduate hailing from north Beypore, made the bold, green transition, setting an example to many. How did it all happen? As a software engineer working with corporate […]
India has a huge potential for consumption of organic products and attempts should be made by progressive farmers to promote it, said NITI Ayog chief executive officer Amitabh Kant on Wednesday. Some should become great organic farmers. India need couple of success stories. If farmers get better unit realisation value, many will emulate it. Sikkim […]
Varanasi, Aug 27 (PTI) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh encouraged farmers to use soil health cards and adopt integrated and organic farming methods to double their income by 2022. Singh today inaugurated the “New India Manthan – Sankalp se Sidhhi” progamme, which was jointly organised by NDAUAT, Faizabad Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Varanasi; ICAR-ATARI, Kanpur […]
Sub-Saharan Africa has huge potential to become a global food basket, but it is far from being realised. The region is estimated to have 60% of the globally available and unexploited arable land yet it remains food deficient. Even when arable land is cultivated, hurdles such as limited irrigation, small sized farms, lack of fertiliser […]
As part of doubling farmers income by 2022 under the New India Movement introduced by the Union government, a seven-point development plan for farmers in Ernakulum district will be declared on Thursday at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). The plan is meant for developing the entire farming system in the district and to […]
New Delhi: In the coming weeks New Delhis Dilli Haat will be the hub of Indias most varied offerings of organic products ranging from food, wellness, personal care, home improvement, kitchen composters and solar products. Organized on an annual basis by the Union Ministry of Women & Child Development since 2015, the Women of India […]
New Delhi, Exporters of organic products face a tough time getting their products tested in the country as the presence of multiple export control bodies has narrowed the choice of laboratories for them and also increased costs due to multiple-testing requirements, according to a recent study by a Delhi-based think tank. While there are 112 […]