New Delhi: Optimistic that organic farming is set to expand in India, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant today suggested that quality standards set by export promotion body APEDA should be followed for organic products to push deeper into global as well as domestic markets. He said the existing wholesale mandi system poses a “serious challenge” […]
THIRUTHURAIPOONDI, India (Reuters) – For Nel Jayaraman, the realisation that hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides were making farmers more vulnerable to extreme weather came slowly. In fields near the town of Thiruthuraipoondi in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Jayaraman saw yields falling and farmers’ debt rising as their reliance on modern seeds and […]
In the coming weeks, New Delhi’s Dilli Haat will be the hub of India’s 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 Organic Festival […]
Daily Dump was started in 2006, their vision was to constantly re-imagine the relationship with the earth, with each other and with the urban spaces. Essentially, they are in the mindset changing business – mindsets about waste, about marginal livelihoods, about whose job it is to take care of waste, about how we can harm […]
This food sangam in Rajasthan hopes to touch upon social, political, cultural, ecological and economic dimensions of food in an interactive format. The Sangam is envisioned as a 4 days event
An average of about 200,000 people die from the toxic exposure to pesticides every year across the world, according to a UN report issued early this year. With lax regulations and safeguards in the developing world, it is obvious they contribute most to the tally. The pesticide industry in India is worth over Rs 5000 […]
Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher who spearheaded natural farming, and began what is widely acknowledged as a revolution in the history of conventional agricultural practices. He is considered to be one of the five giant personalities who inspired the organic farming movement along with Rudolf Steiner from Austria, Lady Eve Balfour from […]
Indias agricultural exports have risen to $25 billion to take a share of 9% of its total exportsfrom 7.1% in 2010-11. Today, a marginal farmer from Heran, a village in Punjab, finds markets in the UK for his produce of baby corn. India ranks second in fruits and vegetables production in the world. Its exports […]
Bengaluru, August 14:Since Independence, Indias food grain production has registered an over a five-fold increase, to around 273 million tonnes in 2016-17. The country has largely attained self-sufficiency as it transformed itself from a status of ship-to-mouth to an exporter over the past 70 years. Despite this progress, the agriculture sector faces major challenges as […]
Talking about the importance of organic farming at an event in Chennai, actor Kamal Haasan has said that food should be produced using this mode of farming. He said that there was a basic logic regarding genetically modified crops which people usually forget. “We modify the corn crop to kill the insect which feeds on […]