State governments should assert their views in the debate on the commercial production of genetically modified (GM) mustard as they will end up bearing the fallout of the Centres decision on GM crops, said Kavitha Kurugante, convener for GMO-Free India, here on Sunday. Public consultations on the commercial production of GM mustard have been farcical […]
Jalandhar City residents this morning witnessed a different kind of an awareness rally against the genetically modified (GM) sarson, where activists of various NGOs, along with the Kheti Virasat Mission, told people about ill-effects of GM crops and also made them sign postal cards that will be sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Various NGOs, […]
Organic gardening is not new to Bengaluru. But quite frequently we need to be reminded of how our food is adulterated with pesticides that pose a health hazards. At a recently-held workshop Its Thyme to Garden by Anu Ganapathy, delved into the dos and donts of the process of organic gardening. Anu, a former HR […]
After returning from Austin, Texas, Kapil Mandawewala began tilling his familys 22 acre land just outside Jamnagar in Gujarat. Mono-cropping of tomatoes paved the way for a farm designed on the principles of permaculture and mixed cropping that yielded seasonal and local produce along with herbs that were grown in a shade-net house. Mandawewala established […]
Shankaregowda, a farmer from Devagalli near Mysuru, has shown that a farmer can make a good living through farming. His success is attributed to a variety of factors such asorganic farming, crop diversity and non-dependence on external inputs, including seeds. He has a four-acre farm, of which three acres are irrigated with the help of […]
Farmers suicide, droughts, debt, crop failure, and poverty these words echo the massive scale of problems faced by the agrarian community in India. However, technological innovations, agriculture startups and aggregators, primarily driven by the youth, have helped the farmer community to mitigate some of these challenges. Post the crop harvesting phase, access to the market […]
Entrepreneurs Vishnu Vardhan and Dhivya spearhead a movement where they make it possible for green enthusiasts to learn the ropes of organic farming
BIJNOR: In three years’ time, five groups of 185 farmers each will begin supplying organic agricultural produce in the district. These farmers have been selected under the national organic farming programme under which they will be provided with organic seeds and imparted special training from sowing of seed to marketing of product, according to officials […]
Syngenta AG was ordered to pay $217.7 million to a group of Kansas farmers who claimed the company carelessly marketed its genetically modified corn seed, causing contamination of U.S. crops and a rejection of export sales to China by officials there. A Kansas jury issued the verdict Friday in the first trial brought by U.S. […]
Delhi-based non-profit, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has disapproved of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)s move to make certification of organic food sold in India mandatory. It says that not only will such a move promote just the certification industry but also strike a blow to the organic farming movement […]