Adding to the growing list of environment-conscious citizens are residents of a Bandra society, who have embraced organic farming and converted their buildings terrace into a garden. Since last December, Piya Reddy and four residents of Monisha society in Bandra stared organic farming using their own compost which the society creates by recycling wet waste. […]
While the country debates the governments decision to import pulses, Dr Narasimhan, a senior physician who has been a farmerfor 60 years, is a worried man. He is an avid organicfarmer and also trains others in organic cultivation techniques. His worry is that organic products are not being marketed at a good price. Compared to […]
California was in the news this week as it took its fight against global warming to the farm! Greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock will soon be under the scanner as the Methane Law was passed in the State. The new law aims to reduce methane emissions from dairies and livestock operations […]
An American is collaborating with Indian farmers to build a new kind of business model for cotton farming. If successful, it could revolutionize Indias cotton farming industry and push companies in the US on a more environmentally-sound path. Thats great news for the $3 trillion fashion industry thats been targeted as the second largest polluter […]
Crops genetically-engineered to withstand certain pesticides have a short shelf-life in Boulder County, Colorado, USA. The countys commissioners voted Wednesday to ban growing genetically engineered crops on county open space. The decision does not apply to privately-owned farmland. The vote puts in place a transition plan to remove GMO corn and sugar beets — the […]
Nov 29, 2016- Japanese artist Setsu Suzukis solo installation art exhibition, titled Taauye (which translates to paddy plantation in English), has concluded on Monday, in Harnamaadi, Hetauda. The three-day exhibit was organised jointly by Harnamaadi Art Council and Kathmandu-based Srijana College of Arts. During the event, Suzukis artworks were installed in actual paddy fields, in […]
Prof Ningthoujam Ram Singh (Contd from previous issue) The main value added products from Chahaomubi are 1. Indigenous black beer and fermented food and wine 2. Beatened rice, cake, paratha, ladhu, and other sweetened food 3. Syrup, chocolate and several beverage drinks 4. Shampoo and other toilet soaps etc. There is scope for earning foreign […]
By Prof Ningthoujam Ram Singh The word Chahaomubi is a combination of three Manipuri words of cha-hao-mubi meaning rice-tasty and black. It is a blackwhole rice plant bearing dark grains. Chahaomubi is also known as Poireiton Chakhao because it was first domesticated by king Poireiton in his land of Poi. Poi is the first generation […]
Wayanad is turning into a hub of rice diversity in the country. As many as 219 traditional varieties of paddy are being cultivated at the Rice Diversity Block (RDB) established at Panavelly under the Save Our Rice campaign involving farmers, environmental activists and voluntary organisations. The first aerial photographs of the RDB have been released […]
The Kerala Agriculture Department will select 18 productive farming clusters from the Kozhikode district this month and give them financial aid of up to Rs.3 lakh each to explore newer marketing opportunities. Residents associations engaged in small-scale vegetable farming will primarily be the beneficiaries of the initiative that will also boost large-scale marketing of home-grown […]