Decades after farmers on Indias plains flocked to the Green Revolution, reliant on chemical fertilisers to drive agricultural growth, the northeast Himalayan state of Sikkim is trying its luck with organic farming a pull for young, green-minded entrepreneurs who could help get the produce to market. Last year, Sikkim was declared 100% organic by the […]
Dr Mandeep Singh Azad and Dr Manmeet Motan We have grown up hearing that food is medicine. It helps us grow, rejuvenate and gives us energy. Almost all of us insist on buying the fresh stock, nitpicking each fruit and vegetable before we buy it. However, the highly industrialized and competitive times that we live […]
AMRITSAR : To discourage farmers from using poisonous insecticides and pesticides and to promote organic farming for healthy living, Khalsa College’s agriculture scientists have developed “friendly insects” in the laboratory to control growth of harmful insects. While talking to TOI on Saturday agriculture scientist and in charge of College’s Bio Control Lab Rajinder Pal Singh […]
With the success of Bengal’s organic farming in the past few years, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) from the Indian city of Bankura are going to export organic vegetables to countries abroad. In a few short weeks the organic produce will be exported to Middle Eastern countries will also be exported to South-East Asian countries, the […]
Tripura has initiated organic farming in the state and would take lessons from Sikkim on this, Agriculture Minister Aghore Debbarma said here on Saturday. “To expand the organic farming of vegetables in Tripura we would take help and knowledge from Sikkim,” the minister told IANS. He said that the agriculture department has earmarked 2,000 hectares […]
Jaipur, Feb 23 (PTI) Former Union Minister Sanwarlal Jat today pitched for consumer awareness over organic farming and consumption. Sanwarlal Jat, Chairman of State Farmers Commission, said ample awareness will create demand and also trigger supply, while addressing a state level advocacy meeting organised by Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS), a non-profit organisation to […]
Over a century old, the historic Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in Coimbatore has seen many remarkable individuals in the position of vice chancellor. Many have come and gone in the past decades. The coveted post entails dealing with technocrats, labourers, academics and students alike. During their term, vice chancellors are the face and emblem […]
The annual indigenous traditional community seed festivals have been an ancient practice in India and an integral part of the indigenous farming culture. There is no gainsaying that conservation of agro-biodiversity and agro-ecology is indispensable for food security and indigenous farmers realized it long ago. As an ancient practice, the indigenous farmers in India have […]
The demand for organic crops in the U.S. is climbing, but American organic farmers are not necessarily reaping the benefits. Farmers that switched to growing organic crops to take advantage of growingconsumer demand are disappointed that the U.S. is still importing so much grain from overseas, particularly Turkey, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
She was 22 and just out of college when Likitha Bhanu got together with her mother Padmaja, and started Terra Greens Organic, a food company based in Hyderabad that aims to revive sustainable agricultural practices in India through organic farming. This was in 2013. Today, the company has a presence in 16 states and over […]