Megha Mann Tribune News Service Bathinda, July 25 Organic farming can feed a country as diverse and huge as India. Twenty five years of research by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland, and 10 years of research by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have data that show that sustainable […]
Ashpuneet Kaur Sandhu, Hindustan Times Bathinda, July 27, 2013 Farming is mostly a male-dominated profession but some young women are leaving their footprints in the field of farming by adopting and promoting poison-free farming. For some of them it is passion, some want to be independent, and some want to carry forward the family tradition. […]
Kerry Grens Reuters 2:34 p.m. CDT, July 26, 2013 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Farmers who used weedkillers were more than twice as likely to be treated for depression than farmers who didn’t use the chemicals in a new study from France. Whether the weedkillers are causing depression “is not clear,” said Marc Weisskopf, the […]
Press Release : 26 July, 2013 Chitradurga Deputy Commissioner Office Swarmed by Hundreds of Villagers and Thousands of Sheep Protest against illegal diversion of Grasslands intensifies ● Over 1,000 people gather along with 4,000 sheep protest against handing over of Amrithmahal Kavals to DRDO, IISC, BARC and other institutes ● Noted Writer Banjagere Jayaprakash and […]
TNN Jul 28, 2013, 06.43AM IST BATHINDA: Enthused by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal promising to frame a policy to promote natural farming, organic farming enthusiasts and environmentalists have decided to prepare a draft of the proposed policy. Organic farming lovers and environmentalists have started deliberations to prepare a foolproof draft wherein earnest efforts […]
It is proposed to organize a “Mela on Organic Inputs and Organic Products” at Pondicherry Multi Purpose Social Service Society (PMSSS) on 31.07.2013 as a meeting point of the organic product producers (farmers), organic inputs dealers and consumers.There will be a technical session running simultaneously on various topics like organic farming, certification, roof top gardening, […]
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Laying hands on organic food items is easier, thanks to Navdanya, and its network of organic farmers spread across 17 states of the country. Now, the organisation has become part of the Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited (CCIC), falling under the jurisdiction of the textiles ministry. “We have […]
25 July 2013 A farmer in the northern Indian state of Bihar is using magic shows to promote organic farming, Amarnath Tewary reports from Govindpur village in Muzaffarpur district. Shreekant Kushwaha, in his late 40s, is a farmer who is a trained magician and has been using his skills to convince farmers in the state […]
By Ashraf Padanna/Thiruvananthapuram 24th July 2013 The first outlet of Aroma Fresh, a retail food chain offering pesticide-free fruits and vegetables using precision-farming, was opened in Kerala’s capital city yesterday. Actor Suhasini inaugurated the store operated by Aroma Horticulture Products, a subsidiary of the Aroma Group of Companies which has operations in India and the […]
Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh), July 25 (ANI): Prakash Kushwaha, a young 23-year-old farmer has become a role model in Rajawar, a small village in the climate sensitive Bundelkhand region of Central India. In September 2011, he led a group of farmers to participate in India’s first rural reality show – ‘KaunBanegaShubhKal Leader’ (who will become a […]