Documentary filmmaker, Clement Montfort screened his film ‘The Seed War’ in city War of seeds. Debt ridden farmers committing suicide in India is not a new thing. But has anybody thought, what forces them to take such loans. French documentary filmmaker Clement Montfort has come up with one of the answers with his film ‘The […]
Vishwa Mohan,TNN Oct 19, 2014, NEW DELHI: As part of the Centre’s grand plan to convert the hilly areas of the country as exclusive zones of high-value organic farm products, the government on Saturday launched a scheme to encourage farmers in J&K to cultivate scientifically tested and commercially beneficial aromatic and medicinal plants in […]
Thursday, October 16, 2014 08:00 IST Abhitash Singh, Mumbai Arunachal Pradesh’s Department of Industries inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Haryana’s National Skill Foundation of India (NSFI) for the development of the state food processing sector at the recent Arunachal Pradesh Food Conclave Investors’ Meet 2014.
KATHMANDU, OCT 16 – India has agreed to support Nepal in implementing organic farming and soil health cards. The soil health card, which is widely implemented in India, is particularly a crop-wise recommendation of nutrients and fertilisers required for farms, so that farmers can use inputs accordingly and raise the productivity. The plan was announced […]
Bidhu Bhushan Palo Without simplification of certification procedures, exemption of export ban may end up as a lip service to a sector that is rapidly growing in both domestic and international markets Despite favourable climatic conditions and a heritage of organic farming, India’s performance in the organic food export sector remains dismal. According to government […]
Venkat Iyer Grower and buyer find each other directly on the Eco-Farmers Market info-exchange portal Maridesi Here Gowda of Mandya District, Karnataka, has for seven years now grown sugarcane without using pesticides on his two acres and produced organic jaggery. But selling it has been a challenge each year and it often goes for a […]
Shimoga, October 9, 2014 Veerendra P.M. Fast food and fast lifestyle are blamed for many health ailments. Inspired by the ‘slow food movement’ initiated by Italian journalist Carlo Petrini against the fast-food culture promoted by multinational companies, Eshwaran P. Teertha, a small farmer from Kudligere village in Bhadravathi taluk has ventured to popularise traditional cuisines […]
Debobrat Ghose Oct 9, 2014 Indore: A week ahead of Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a clear message that only a healthy Centre-state relation could catapult a state into the category of a developed one.
SUSAN PARAJULI The use of chemicals in agriculture is rampant. Chemicals are used to supplement deficit elements to assist plant growth but farmers heavily depend on chemicals for all aspects of agriculture. Everyone knows about the harm caused by chemicals in agriculture to humans and the entire environment but this issue has yet to be […]
A K Tripathy Thursday, October 09, 2014 Our Bureau, New Delhi India lacks a credible certification system for organic foods. This was stated by A K Tripathy, joint secretary, Department of Commerce and Industries, at the fourth National Conference on Organic Farming, organised by the Associated Chambers of Commere and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in […]