The Union of Latin American Scientists Committed to Society and Nature (UCCSN-AL) has rejected Tuesday the recent letter signed by several Nobel Prize laureates in favor of genetically modified crops and the transgenic rice called golden rice. Golden rice was designed, along with other crops called bio-fortified, as a generic drug for malnourished children in […]
Thousands of farmers throughout India are reverting to traditional farming methods, as the consequences of Western agriculture have begun to negatively impact the region’s food and water supply, as well as the health of its people. More than 40 years after the “Green Revolution,” a period in which India’s agriculture yields skyrocketed following the introduction […]
Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), Indian Society for Agro Ecology (ISAE) and the Third World Network (TWN) jointly announcing a five-day capacity building programme on “Access to Seeds: Building Capacities, Discussing Policies” during period October 2428, 2016 at ISID Campus New Delhi. The programme will update the participants on the laws and policies […]
The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), the economic wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, on Sunday reiterated its opposition to genetically modified crops in the Indian market. In a national symposium with scientists, academics and activists, some with leftist background, at Keshav Bhavan, the RSS headquarters here, the SJM opposed the possible announcement of environmental release […]
Go to a grocery store in the U.S. and youll likely find a small area of the produce section marked organic, where the options are pricey and scant compared to the regularAKAconventionally producedsection. Now, go to India,and youll find an entire state growing only organic produce. Thats right:every farm, every field, every vegetable. Home to […]
A truck, carrying a load huge load of dead bees, wrapped it’s journey across the United States as it ended up in front of the Environmental Protection Agency in protest. In the five years since I started keeping bees, Ive seen many hives killed by pesticides, said James Cook, aMinnesota-based beekeeperwho has been driving the […]
News broke this week that Monsanto accepted a $66 billion takeover bid from Bayer.The new company would control more than 25 per cent of the global supply of commercial seeds and pesticides.Bayers crop chemicals business is the worlds second largest after Syngenta, and Monsanto is the leading commercial seeds business. Monsantohelda 26 per cent market […]
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Terra Greens founder and Director Likitha Bhanu on Sunday pledged to adopt 4,000 farmers across Tamil Nadu. She made the announcement at the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Centre for Sustainable Rural Development & Research Studies (CSRD-RS) during second edition of the Agri Expo. Terra Greens range of 99 organic staples products is […]
Biodynamic Agriculture Training Course (5 days) Course fees (inclusive of simple boarding and lodging for one person) Corporate Rs. 15,000 Individual / NGOs Rs. 12,000 Overseas participants USD300 Note: If from a society or NGO, please attach a letter with the letterhead of the institution. Members of the BDAI (with corporate or society membership) can […]
JODHPUR: Every year, since the farm was opened for the farmers, 500-600 farmers from nearby districts have been making visits to this farm, which is the only certified organic farm in the government sector, to draw inspiration. Senior scientist Arun Kumar Sharma said that this has come as a huge surprise for farmers to see […]