Priya Yadav, TNN Jun 23, 2013, 03.43AM IST CHANDIGARH: A survey commissioned by Nabard and undertaken by Punjab Agriculture University has confirmed that 94% of the government subsidies are being availed by big and medium farmers, leaving the smaller farmers for whom subsidies are actually meant sidelined. The survey has also indicated that the subsidies […]
Chhattisgarh proves no cash transfer or UID is needed to make PDS work Viewed from a ration shop in Surguja in the largely poor tribal north of Chhattisgarh, the arguments for and against the food security Bill seem way off the mark. We had travelled there to see first-hand Chhattisgarh’s much-celebrated transformation of its broken, […]
For advocate Prasada Varma, cultivating vegetables and raising different varieties of plants is a hobby. He spends some time in his mango garden before attending court. “As a criminal lawyer, I argued several cases in the last ten years. But, doing farm work and growing organic food gives me a lot of satisfaction. I am […]
Staff Reporter ALAPPUZHA, June 11, 2013 The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) formally declared the Kuttanad below sea-level farming system as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) at the International Forum on GIAHS held at Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan from May 29 to June 1. Sources said agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan attended the […]
Priya Ranjan Sahu, Hindustan Times June 04, 2013 In 1988, as a post-graduate student of sociology in Sambalpur University, Ranjan Panda visited some villages in western parts of Odisha. To his dismay, he discovered that the once agriculturally prosperous villages had turned parched and drought prone. It was a turning point for Panda, who decided […]
Hyderabad, May 29: K. V. Kurmanath The Centre has asked Andhra Pradesh to abandon its plans to come out with a separate Seed Bill. The Bill proposes to regulate retail prices of the seed and the royalty component in the case of transgenic seeds. It also empowers the State to withdraw permission for genetic technology […]
Bagish K Jha, TNN | Jun 7, 2013, 04.18 AM IST Source: Times of India INDORE: Green Tribunal, Bhopal, has issued notices to Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), Coal India, National Biodiversity Committee, Union ministry of environment and forest and MP state biodiversity board for not sharing benefits from bio-resources with local bio-diversity committee. Eklehra Panchayat […]
New Delhi, Thu May 30 2013 Favouring intensified monitoring of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables sold in Delhi, an expert committee set up by the High Court on Wednesday suggested that the Delhi government establish a special cell to handle such issues. Filing its suggestions before the bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and […]
Jayashree Nandi, TNN May 30, 2013, 02.05AM IST NEW DELHI: If Delhi government has to make sure that residents don’t eat pesticide-laced food, it will have to push neighboring states to reduce their pesticide usage. Most of Delhi’s fruits and vegetables come from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Agricultural experts say that while High […]
Published on Thursday, 06 June 2013 (Jakarta, 6th June of 2013) La Via Campesina (LVC), the international peasants’ movement, will inaugurate its 6th Global conferencia and celebrate the 20th anniversary of its struggle with the Women’s Assembly starting at 8:00 AM on the 6th and 7th June at the Padepokan Pencak Silat Indonesia, Taman Mini, […]