DC CORRESPONDENT | September 11, 2014 Hyderabad: The demand for organic food products has been rising steadily in the city, with a 48 per cent increase since 2011. In fact, the city is in strong competition with Bengaluru, which was once much ahead of Hyderabad. Many residents of the twin cities are steadily making the shift […]
Rebuilding India’s Soils
On next Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 next state level review meeting of natural farming will be held at Rohtak in Swami Nitanand School. For this meeting only those farmers who have been practicing natural farming or have attended previous training workshops are invitee. Kapil Bhai from Gujarat will also be there to guide and advise […]
Aritra Bhatacharya Mumbai, 9 September The apparatus responsible for monitoring field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops is in shambles, an investigation by The Statesman has revealed. The State Biotechnology Coordination Committee (SBCC) in Maharashtra, which is supposed to monitor these trials, has not met in years with some members being unaware even of its […]
We are happy to announce that a residential Natural Farming Learning Centre at Bhaskar Save’s farm, Kalpavruksha, will be inaugurated soon, beginning with an introductory course from Sunday, November 2 to 9, 2014 (8 days). The course will be conducted in Hindi. The teachers/guides will include Bhaskar Save, Naresh Save, Suresh Save, and guest lecturers […]
CSA, Rythu Swarajya Vedika, ASHA and SEDAD are jointly organizing a 2 day National workshop on Adivasis-Agriculture and Livelihoods in Visakhaptnam on 19th and 20th of Sept. Attached please find a concept note and tentative program schedule National Workshop on Adivasi Agriculture (1)
Organisers: Promass ASHA, DRCSC, Kolkata and Agriculture Dept Venue: Tripura at Agartala Press Club Date: September 10, 2014 2nd Kisan Swaraj Sammelan -14 Report_040614 ProMs Prog scheduleProMs Prog schedule
Past life Megha Deokule, 32, the founder of i2cook, is an architect by training. She was working at Studio Mumbai, headed by award-winning architect Bijoy Jain, when it struck her that designing spaces was not what she was cut out for. “I was on a sabbatical from work after marriage. It was bugging me that […]
Dennis Normile 20 August 2014 China’s Ministry of Agriculture has decided not to renew biosafety certificates that allowed research groups to grow genetically modified (GM) rice and corn. The permits, to grow two varieties of GM rice and one transgenic corn strain, expired on 17 August. The reasoning behind the move is not clear, and […]