Farrukh Nadim, TNN Sep 2, 2013, 01.55AM IST BIHARSHARIF: Rakesh Kumar of Nalanda Organic Vegetable Growers Federation ( NOVGF), who set a world record by producing highest yield of potato in 2011, and Sumant Kumar of Darveshpura village, who surpassed the previous world record of producing highest paddy yield in 2010, and were among five […]
New Delhi, September 3, 2013 Agreement comes after meeting between Jairam Ramesh and Arun Jaitley The UPA government has agreed to two more amendments that the BJP had asked for to make acquisition of irrigation land easier and cheaper under the ‘Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2012.’ […]
Dear all, Finally here is the letter from Chattisgarh state. From Minister for Agriculture Sri Chandrashekar Sahu. Jacob Nellithanam. For more details :
Saturday, August 31, 2013 Our Bureau, Bengaluru Manoj Kumar Menon, executive director, International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA), was elected a member of IFOAM Asia Board at the latter’s inaugural General Assembly, which was held at the Namyangju Organic Agricultural Science Museum in the Republic of Korea recently. The other members on the Board […]
Date: 28th & 29th September Venue: Kannada Bhavana, Veterinary college campus, Hebbal Bengaluru Seed, the basic input, is the lifeline of agriculture. Local farming communities have preserved and reused their diverse indigenous eed varieties over generations. It is with this art of preserving and reusing all the agriculture biodiversity and our heritage maintained and developed. […]
Srinagar, Aug 26: A 5-day training programme on organic farming “Certification & Internal Control System Management” began today. The programme is being organized by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, in collaboration with Joint Directorate of Agriculture (Ext) Kashmir at Lalmandi Srinagar. As many as 22 officers from all the districts of the valley participate […]
You are invited for two days all India conference on agrarian crises, its causes, effects, and solution in Udaipur by Prakrati Manav Hiteshi Krishi Abhiyan. Prakrati Manav Hiteshi Krishi Abhiyan, Bharat came into existence on 12 March 2013 in Diyatra, Bikaner where farmers and activist from across India gathered for three days conference on natural […]
For Information: Invitation Letter to Organic program
The New Indian Express, 24th August 2013 The State government will distribute jowar, wheat, ragi and boiled red rice at Rs 1 per kg, along with regular rice as part of ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme to Below Poverty Line and Antyodaya cardholders from October 2. After the Cabinet meeting on Friday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, August 24, 2013 Excessive amounts of Malathion, a general use pesticide, have been detected in a rice sample collected for inspection from the Food Corporation of India godown at Valiyathura here. Traces of uric acid, indicating presence of pests, were also found in three to four samples, of a total of nine samples that […]