Invitation for National Consultation on Enrooting Agrarian Crisis & National Level Public Hearing on Farmers Suicides Date: December 17th & 18th 2013 Contact Persons- Dr. Madhukar Gumble, Contact No- 09422190811, Arati Bais-9552080070, 07225-224097, 224040 Email [email protected] For more details: Invitation letter
TNN Dec 3, 2013, 05.20AM IST BHUBANESWAR: The state government sought withdrawal of Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, stating that it was undermining its authority. Agriculture minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Monday in a letter to T Subbarami Reddy, chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, requested him to […]
Saturday Apr 26, 2014 There should be a permanent solution to the food security programme, before moving on to the main agenda of the developed countries, namely the trade facilitation programme Commerce minister Anand Sharma’s assurances on not making any compromise on India’s food security programme at the World Trade Organisation conference in Bali that […]
Dear All It gives us me a great pleasure to invite all for the Farmer’s Market at IIT, Mumbai on 7th December 2013 from 10 am to 6 pm. The event is organised by IIT. Please find attached is the communication for the same. Thanks and Regards Vishal V Ghodke +91 98209 66802 +91 22 […]
Dear friends, The South Asia Social Forum is being planned to be held in Lucknow during March 1st to 4th 2014. This is part of the World Social Forum process. The event is expected to have a large gathering of people from the region, and particularly from India, driven by the dream of “Another World […]
The first two days of KISAN 2013 are specially reserved for business dialogue and knowledge sharing. It will provide you with an excellent opportunity to initiate dialogue and expand your business network. Meet and have fruitful association with the decision makers of the agricultural business sector. 11th and 12th December are designated Business Days for […]
Land rights and agrarian reform are two adjacent fundamental issues that have been at the centre of peoples’ struggles working for safeguarding peoples’ livelihood and control over livelihood resources. The concept of access and ownership of people over natural resources has been fundamentally and constitutionally challenged under the neo-liberal trend by replacing the notion of […]
Friends, Its been a month since we have started organic farming and gardening activities to grow food in Urban landscape at Vigyan Ashram Do it Yourself(DIY) Lab, Kothrud. Many of you have witnessed physically or via email these activities. We are happy to announce a name for these activities and form a club so as […]
Karishma Goenka Tuesday, Dec 3, 2013 India’s fast-growing population and rapid inflation has been affecting the urban common man and the rural farmer in equal measure. And, at this time, comes the movement against Genetically Modified (GM) crops and the growing trend of organic farming, which some feel might not be enough to feed the […]
Workshop on growing various winter food plants organically. Miguel Braganza and Green Essentials are pleased to announce a workshop on growing organic winter vegetables – on Saturday, 7th December at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. This is a Live Working Workshop where participants and faculty will work together to set up a winter kitchen […]