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Seed and food festival in Sundarbans

Sunderbans, Mar 22: Paschim Sridhrakathi Janakalyan Sanghya of Jogeshgunj, Hingalgunj Block , North 24 Parganas , WB , India had organized a fair on 18th March to 21st March 2016 at Jogeshgunj at the remotest corner of West Bengal in Sundarban to showcase folk rice seeds, folk vegetables and food items made from rice. There was tremendous enthusiasm among […]

Beating malnutrition with organic farming

Raipur, Mar 19: Students of 10 tribal residential schools in Maoist-hit Antagarh region of tribal Bastar district have used their free time to develop kitchen gardens in school premises, producing fruits and vegetables for their use. Produce grown at these gardens knows as ‘Poshan Vatika’ or nutrition garden, supported by agriculture experts, are seasonal and […]

Entrepreneurs take to organic farming for sake of kids’ health

Noida, Mar 22: Concern over what their children eat — food laden with pesticides, chemicals and fertilizers — has driven six families in Noida to farming organic vegetables. The families that consist of entrepreneurs and professionals working with multinational companies have leased out land to grow organic pulses, potato, onion, cauliflower and peas among other […]

Nothing to lose if Monsanto withdraws, claims CICR

Nagpur, Mar 8: Monsanto is threatening to leave India after being issued a show cause notice on March 3 by the government of India, asking why it’s patent on Bollgard-II should not be revoked due to failure of its technology in protecting cotton against pink boll worm. However, several experts claim that India stands to lose […]

Monsanto threatens to exit India over govt’s show cause notice

New Delhi, Mar 5: The NDA government late Thursday issued show cause notice to Monsanto for revoking patent rights on one variant of genetically modified BT Cotton following representation by Bharatiya Janata Kisan Morcha that the crop had shown declining resistance against bollworm. Sources said the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion issued the show cause […]

Kerala State Organic Farmers Sangamam 2016

As you all know Kerala Jaiva Karshaka Samiti (KJKS) (Kerala Organic Farmers’ Association) is an organization that has been working for the last 24 years with the vision of making Kerala shift to organic farming. Every year all district people come together for the State level Sangamam. We would like to invite you for this […]

Organic Farming Promoted at Krishi Unnati Mela 2016

New Delhi, Mar 21: A national level Agriculture Fair-cum-Exhibition was organised from 19th of March 2016 to 21st March 2016 by the ‘Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers, Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture’ and Farmers Welfare, Government of India jointly with Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Krishi Unnati Mela’- […]