New Delhi, Jul 24: An area of two lakh hectare will be covered under organic farming from 2015-16 to 2017-18, the government said today. Realising the importance of organic farming in hilly, tribal and rainfed areas where usage of chemical fertilisers and pesticides is less, the government has launched dedicated schemes like Paramparagat Krishi Vikas […]
Raipur, July 24: Out of 640 Krishi Vigyaan Kendra (KVK) across India, tribal Dantewada based KVK of Indira Gandhi Agricultural University received the best KVK award by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. For this achievement chief minister Dr Raman Singh and state agriculture minister Brijmohan Agrawal congratulated the agriculture scientists and officers-employees of the […]
Dehradun, July 23: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is going to provide a Rs 40cr fund to support organic farming in villages situated outside Corbett Tiger Reserve under their Global Environment Fund plan. Experts of stakeholder departments such as forest, agriculture, irrigation, soil etc have expressed concern that the diminishing […]
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Belthangudy, Jul 19: About 30 years ago, we were growing paddy using chemical fertilisers and felt that the yield can be good only with chemical inputs. However, this notion changed when we visited B K Devarao’s farm in Mittabagilu near Ujire. He was cultivating many varieties of paddy without using any chemical fertiliser. Hence, we […]
Visakhapatnam, July 19: The state government has come up with a comprehensive project on creating viable and sustainable farm livelihoods by promoting organic farming in the kharif season on the lines of that in Sikkim where more than 90% of the crops are produced with organic supplements. Towards that end, the state government has earmarked […]
Food is nutrition. Nutritious food gives strength – immunity and prevents diseases and deficiencies. Hence, nutritious food is safe and is a basic need. As a consumer, everyone have the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to choose safe food. But, today we have shifted to the industrial mode of agriculture involving unsafe agrochemicals and controversial Genetically Modified Crops […]
Bengaluru, Jul 12: As Indians are becoming more health conscious and the awareness about effects of the harmful chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers is growing, the market for organic food products is witnessing a surge. Bengaluru, the IT hub of the country, has also seen an increase in the consumers of organic vegetables. People having lesser […]
New Delhi, Jul 12: India will seek greater market access in the Japanese market for its farm products such as sesame seeds as well as for its services professionals including nurses, when senior officials of both the countries meet on July 28 in New Delhi. India’s Commerce Ministry will be pushing a proposal asking Japan […]
India, July 14: India’s largest organic food products maker Sresta Natural Bioproducts Pvt. Ltd has hired global advisory firm Alvarez and Marsal to find a buyer, a person familiar with the development said. The Hyderabad-based firm, which sells the 24 Mantra brand of rice, pulses and oil among others, is in early talks with private […]