Jun 27, 2014 CEO of agri-biotech major Santosh Nair credits his company’s healthy growth to the rise in acceptance levels amongst farmers in India of organic products over chemical pesticides. CEO of agri-biotech major Santosh Nair credits his company’s healthy growth to higher acceptance levels of organic products over chemical pesticides. In an interview with […]
June 24, 2014 Damian Carrington The world’s most widely used insecticides have contaminated the environment across the planet so pervasively that global food production is at risk, according to a comprehensive scientific assessment of the chemicals’ impacts. The researchers compare their impact with that reported in Silent Spring, the landmark 1956 book by Rachel Carson […]
22 June 2014 The results of a recent U.N. Food and Agriculture (FAO) survey on genetically modified crops in international trade, reveals that trace amounts of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are being detected with increasing regularity. The survey, conducted between February 2013 to June 2013, collected responses from 75 country officials. Participants were asked questions relating […]
R. Krishna Kumar MYSORE, June 23, 2014 A unique volunteer-driven effort to map the rice diversity of Karnataka has resulted in the documentation of more than 300 rice varieties. The project, an ongoing process, does not entail government help and is born out of the deep-rooted desire of organic activists to celebrate the diversity […]
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Mumbai, 17 June On a day when some prominent activists working in the agriculture sector issued a statement questioning whether the country’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) was being used by foreign corporations to take over the seed sector, the Executive Director of the association of biotechnology companies in India questioned the timing of the leakage of […]
New Delhi, June 17: Farm sector activists on Tuesday flayed the Intelligence Bureau’s (IB) report blaming NGOs for impeding development in India, especially with regard to genetically modified foods. Alleging that the IB report would be used by foreign corporates to take over India’s seed sector, activists Vandana Shiva of Navdanya, Suman Sahai of Gene […]
PRESS RELEASE June 20, 2014 IGC Launches Organic Produce Platform Setting up Infrastructure For Future Cultivation Of Legal Cannabis Bethesda, June 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — India Globalization Capital, Inc. (NYSE MKT: IGC), announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement to produce organic leafy green vegetables through advanced vertical indoor farming […]
C. Somashekar, Department of Cooperation: Principal Secretary, Department of Cooperation, C. Somashekar on Wednesday called upon organic farmers to launch a movement among the farming community to promote the eco-friendly practice of organic farming. Inaugurating a seminar on the role of cooperatives in organic farming and allied activities, organised by Karnataka State Cooperative Organic Producers’ […]
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 When Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the organic farming of Sikkim, he was being more than politically correct. The Sikkim reference fits pretty well with his now proclaimed stance of learning from best practices across India. The obvious challenge is the mindset but with Modi in command this can […]