Bengaluru will host Organics and Millets 2018 International Trade Fair from January 19 to 21 at Bangalore Palace to promote organic and millet food. Talking to reporters, Agriculture Minister Krishna Byregowda said: “Karnataka is a major producer and exporter of organic foods. However, there is an immense potential and opportunities in diversifying the product range […]
Patna: Students of various schools and colleges indulged in pre-Makar Sankranti celebrations in a slightly different way at Tarumitra Ashram on Saturday. They ate organic chura (made with rare varieties of rice) along with curd, jaggery and tilkut (sweetmeat prepared with sesame seeds). Over 100 students from St Xavier’s High School, AN College, Patna University […]
SHIMLA: A committee would be set up to conduct a study on zero budget natural farming and to submit a detailed report on it, Himachal Pradesh governor Acharya Devvrat said on Tuesday while presiding over a meeting with senior scientists of Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Agriculture University, Palampur, in Kangra district.
Farmers have a distinct place of their own in Indian society; they burn their skin, feed the nation, and yet live a life of poverty and backwardness. They comprise 48% of the total population, so no political party can afford to neglect them. They are remembered at the time of elections with much fanfare and […]
SRINAGAR: To review the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in fertilisers for J&K State, Additional Secretary to Department of Fertilisers, Government of India Dharam Pal chaired a high level meeting at New Delhi on Tuesday. Director Agriculture Kashmir asked the Additional Secretary, Department of Fertilisers, Government of India that extension in the date for completion of […]
PALLUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Fed up with local officials denying their demand for land, 40 women decided to form a collective and simply start farming a plot near their village of Pallur, in Indias southern state of Tamil Nadu.
The Andhra Pradesh governments unique initiative to improve farmers livelihood through zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) is the right solution to fight climate change in the drought-prone Rayalaseema region. Districts like Anantapur, Prakasam, Kadapa, Kurnool and Chittoor have traditionally been drought-prone. The only advantage Kurnool has is the occurrence of black cotton soils over a […]
NAGPUR: Amid paddy growers of east Vidarbha reeling under a major pest attack, some of them who have adopted organic farming claim they could prevent losses in their fields using natural pesticides. They had gathered at a meet organized in the city by Bijotsav an organization promoting organic agriculture. As each of them spoke about […]
Aurangabad: State-level agriculture fair, Maha Agro 2018, saw a glittering conclusion on Monday after an impressive response from farmers in the region. According to the organisers, an estimated 30,000 people visited the three-day event. The fair was inaugurated on January 5 by Assembly speaker Haribhau Bagade in presence of dairy development and fisheries development minister […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: ‘Vasantholvam 2018’, the state tourism department’s annual flower show being organized at Kanakakkunnu Palace premises is drawing huge crowd including local residents and visitors, thanks to a huge collection of colourful flowers, a large variety of seeds and saplings and presentation of tribal cultures and Kerala’s rich heritage. The show, which is being held […]