It also pledged to reform the APMC Act and to revise the existing PDS Press Trust of India | New Delhi April 7, 2014 BJP today promised ensuring 50% profits over the cost of production to farmers and committed not to allow cultivation of GM food crops in the country without full scientific assessment, if […]
By Express News Service – KOCHI Published: 05th April Planning to set up a vegetable farm on your house premises house and looking for assistance? Visit the ongoing Organic Fest at the Rajendra Maidan for solutions. The fest also offers you necessary requirements for a small garden, including seeds and advice of experienced farmers. The […]
V Devanathan, TNN | Apr 1, 2014 MADURAI: Organic farming veteran Nammalvar may have died, but not his ideologies. Environmentalists attached to various organisations are coming together in order to promote organic farming. While organic farming in Madurai is in dire straits, as not even one percent of the total cultivation is done using such […]
First Published: Tue, Apr 01 2014 The apex court had set up a six-member technical expert committee while hearing a petition against field trials of GM crops. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has pushed back its hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL) on controversial genetically modified (GM) crops from Tuesday to 22 April, Rajesh […]
Aparna Pallavi Date:Mar 31, 2014 Seed company, Mahyco, offered Rs 10 crore compensation to farmers when losses were to the tune of Rs 230 crore. It is finally out in the open. Bt cotton has failed miserably to deliver in Karnataka. Following large-scale crop failure on a whopping 58,195 hectares (ha) in seven districts in […]
Sreedevi Chitharanjan, TNN | Mar 30, 2014, KOZHIKODE: The agriculture department will be extending its scheme of production and marketing of safe-to-eat vegetables through government outlets to more districts. The scheme, launched in association with Kerala Agriculture University last year, also envisages ensuring that vegetables and fruits being sold under the organic brand are pesticide-free. […]
Vishwa Mohan, TNN | Mar 29, 2014 NEW DELHI: India doesn’t allow commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops but Indians may well be consuming GM processed food- knowingly or un-knowingly. A Parliamentary panel has brought this out in the open by pointing out shortcomings in the functioning of the Food Safety and Standards Authority […]
Sreedevi Chitharanjan, TNN | Mar 29, 2014 KOZHIKODE: A test conducted by the Pesticide Residue Laboratory of the Kerala Agricultural University on eight types of vegetables procured from the Niravu- Vengeri, the collective forum of 101 households confirmed that the vegetables are pesticide free. The laboratory test was conducted jointly by the Kerala Agriculture University […]
Haveri, March 27, 2014, DHNS: The Agriculture department has banned sale of Bt cotton seeds by Maharashtra Hybrid Company (Mahyco), in the State. Due to the substandard quality of seeds supplied by Mahyco, the kharif crops had failed in Haveri, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Belgaum, and Bellary in 2013, triggering protests by the farmers in these districts. Till […]
March 27, 2014 Organic produce is unlike its conventionally-grown counterpart. Careful steps are taken to ensure every carrot, strawberry, beet, potato or head of lettuce is cultivated using organic, time-tested practices, like spreading house-made fertilizer on crops or irrigating from open creeks. Such methods differ from those of so-called factory farms, where pesticides and other […]