Organic farming is merely a niche model of agriculture that is not capable of helping to feed the global population in any serious way. Although that’s what the detractors like to claim, the evidence suggests otherwise. In the 2006 book The impact of organic farming on food security in a regional and global perspective, Halberg […]
Sikkim, the picturesque northeastern Indian state in the eastern Himalayas, announced in January that it had transitioned completely to organic agriculture the first state in the South Asian nation to do so. The process of shifting to organic agriculture was initiated by the state government 13 years ago when it launched the Sikkim Organic Mission. […]
New Delhi, Aug 12 Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave today stuck a note of caution over using genetically modified crops, saying one particular scientific process should not be given preference and asserted that natural farming is “always better”. “We should not stick to one particular scientific process of producing better seeds. Basically Indian scientists […]
Trichy: Slowly but surely city residents are taking to organic products. This is evident from the large crowd which thronged the two-day festival and exhibition on organic farming which concluded at the Makkal Mandram on Sunday. Organic products such as millets, vegetables, greens, traditional seeds and food products prepared by using organic methods, flew off […]
In 1960’s the Green Revolution took India by surprise; the size of seeds increased, the yield per acre increased geometrically, the plants became pest resistant and shorter plants meant lesser damage by winds. But once the sheen settled, the reality came at the forefront. States that had adopted Green Revolution were left with destructed soils, […]
In a tiny hamlet at the heart of the cotton belt in northern India, Ramandeep Mann planted Monsanto’s genetically modified Bt cotton seed for over a decade, but that changed after a whitefly blight last year. Mann’s 25-acre farm in Punjab’s Bhatinda district now boasts “desi”, or indigenous, cotton shrubs that promise good yields and […]
CHENNAI: It was about four years back that Kavitha Ramakrishnan stopped watering her lawn after noticing the amount of water it was taking up. Today, her rooftop garden grows pumpkins, ladies finger, basil, yams and a host of other seasonal vegetables. And she waters the plants only once every two days, even in peak summer. […]
BENGALURU: Acity-based start-up has come up with an eco-friendly laundry detergent made from soapnuts grown in the hills of Uttarakhand and Odisha. Organic and natural, the product cleans clothes while also protecting the lakes of the city, claims Manas Nanda, founder, BubbleNut Wash. Incubated at the Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at the […]
In the parched, brown landscape of Uttar Pradeshs Bundelkhand region, where hundreds of distressed farmers have taken their lives in the past few decades or have been forced to migrate, Prem Singhs farm is an exception. In the fabulous green farm, there is plenty for everyone: abundance of water-bodies for animals to drink from, many […]
GANDHINAGAR: Chief minister Anandiben Patel on Saturday inaugurated the 67th State Van Mahotsav at Nanapoda in Valsad district by throwing open mango orchard ‘Amravan’ created by state forest department, amidst light showers in the backdrop of greenery all around. She also opened a village haat built at a cost of Rs.2-crore as local buyers-sellers meeting […]