Cambodian Government and United Nations officials joined up yesterday to launch a media campaign to raise awareness about organic food and to promote a scheme for small-scale farmers to take part in a guarantee programme. The campaign is being promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture with technical assistance from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. […]
On 11 May, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee – Indias biotech regulator, approved the commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard, Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH)-11.DMH-11 and GM cotton, Indias only transgenic crop so far, have something in common-a gene conferring resistance to the herbicide glufosinate. Six days later, European parliamentarians voted against allowing the import […]
UPLI NAGNI, TEHRI-GARHWAL: The words ‘seed capital’ take on a whole new meaning in the hills of Uttarakhand. Far from the networks of seed corporations, farmers here still do agriculture in the traditional way where they are not only cultivators but also field scientists and seed tinkerers. Most farmers in the Garhwal and Kumaon hills […]
NAGAPATTINAM: A retired professor, here in Tharangambadi, had started with his works on preparing the soil for organic farming only about two months ago. Now, he is posting a high yield from his vegetable cultivation and is making good money from his 100 cents of land. Vanmeega Venkataachalam, who was a professor at a private […]
By Surabhi R How often have you thought of leaving the concrete jungle and living in the lap of nature, leading a simple life and having healthy organic meals? Thats exactly what Arul Futnani hoped for when he left his city life to start The Farm, which he has meticulously built over the last decade. […]
KOLKATA: With an eye to frame an organic farming policy, Bengal agriculture department, food processing industries, and horticulture department have started organic farming activities in across the state. The increasing demand for organic vegetables, especially among urban residents, has convinced the state government to formulate the organic farming policy, senior government executives said.
Jayapal Kaliyaperumal, a farmer from Adamangalam village near Sirkazhi in Nagapattinam district, trots down to his six-acre dry paddy land. This year the severe drought took away his entire paddy harvest. However, in this brown patch of land, bright yellow flowers and clusters of green gram stand out. Kaliyaperumal grew green gram and vegetables like […]
MARGAO: Goa’s Minister of TCP and agriculture, Vijai Sardesai, exhorted Goan farmers to take up organic farming with a view to boost their income and promote Goa’s brand of agricultural produce. “Consumption of pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables also affects the health of the people. We need to start organic farming. It will be the endeavour […]
By the end of June, you could be eating delicious dishes made out of fresh organic vegetables purchased from the Savayava Santhe (organic market), if everything goes according to the plan of the Udupi district administration here. The authority has given its nod to hold the weekly organic market at the Flower Auction Centre at […]
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in Gogamukh of Assam. According to a report in NDTV, speaking on the occasion, Modi said, I have come here for very important work. I have come to lay the foundation stone for a project that will change […]