Hoshangabad (MP), Feb 9 (PTI) Advocating organic farming, RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat today said the practice is not only environment-friendly but it also enhances production of crops. Organic farming is not only environment friendly but it enhances crop production, the RSS chief said at a function in Govind Nagar of Bunkhedi region in the district. […]
A report prepared for the European Parliament, co-authored by Harvard Chan Schools Philippe Grandjean, adjunct professor of environmental health, outlines the health benefits of eating organic food and practicing organic agriculture.
MAYAPUR, India, Feb 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Wearing thick gloves and a shawl wrapped around her face, Kanchen Kanjarya is busily picking cotton in the midday sun on her small farm in Mayapur in India’s western state of Gujarat. Kanjarya, 42, works up to eight hours a day on the six acre plot, one […]
In an attempt to encourage a change in food habits, Yugaa, an all-women social welfare organisation, held a sensitisation programme Nam Unavu Nam Kayil (Our Food in Our Hands) for students at the Arokiamatha Matric School in Karumandapam in Trichy on Tuesday. Attended by over 500 students of classes 7,8,9 and 11, the morning programme […]
PUDUKKOTTAI: Drought, unseasonal rains, wilting crops, soaked harvest, suicides and clamour for compensation. These are the words that one associates with farming these days. However, amidst the gloom, a woman farmer, who refused to give in to the vagaries of nature, is a beacon of hope for the distressed. While paddy crops in various districts […]
BHADRADRI-KOTHAGUDEM: In an effort to encourage tribal farmers take up organic farming the Horticulture Department organised a day-long training in eco-friendly, organic methods of cultivation of vegetables for tribal farmers in the district. The Horticulture Department organised a training programme on preparation and application of vermicompost and other eco-friendly farming practices at the departments nursery […]
Times are changing and things do not seem to be happening for good. With the changing times, climatic conditions are also changing thanks to the callousness of the modern generation. In the mad rush for modernisation and urbanisation, people are utterly disregarding the Mother Earth and digging their own graves. Agricultural sector also is facing […]
Richa Gupta Around one in the afternoon, our car rolled into the driveway of the Chota Tingrai bungalow. Even as we stepped out, a Jeep came up behind us and out jumped a young man dressed in sweats and a t-shirt. Had I not been told, Id never have guessed that he runs the 600-hectare […]
Pawan Kalyan, Prakash Raj, Naresh and producer Chintalapuri Srinivasa Rao have one thing in common apart from acting organic farming. Though it is a revenue-generating business, the income they receive may not match the actors status, but no ones complaining. These stars are using this as a platform to create awareness about organic farming. Senior […]
By Gerald Pilger Once again my perception of our agricultural industry has been rocked by international travel. This time it was a visit to India in December that challenged my perception of organic production and marketing. First on my list was a cashew processor in Mangalore on Indias west coast. Canadians might be taken aback […]