HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times Chandigarh, February 15, 2014 First Published: 23:16 IST(15/2/2014) | Last Updated: 23:17 IST(15/2/2014) Reacting to a recent media conference addressed by a group of scientists from National Bureau of Plant Genetic resources (NBPGR) and Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (MAHYCO) to promote transgenic crops, the farmers unions and several social groups have […]
Elisabeth (Betty) Eitner Owner, Managing Director, Modal Consulting Inc. Top Contributor As the world’s 2nd largest organic market ($9.52 billion) Germany holds great potential for exporters.
Living Farms are organizing an adivasi food festival where both cultivated as well as uncultivated and / or forest foods that the adivasis depend on will be displayed on 25th February at Bisamcuttack, Rayagada. This is a unique event where people from a dozen tribes who live in the villages of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya […]
Bangalore, February 14, 2014 A variety of cereals, pulses, minor millets, spices, flours, vegetables, fresh and dried herbs are among 374 organic products to be sold at Jaivik Mall in AECS Layout, Sanjaynagar. The mall was inaugurated on Thursday by Minister for Agriculture Krishna Byre Gowda. It is the second retail outlet of Jaivik Krishik […]
Saswati Mukherjee B, TNN Feb 12, 2014, BANGALORE: Did you know those glossy green capsicums you so carefully pick off market shelves are hybrid varieties? Look for the missing seeds and you’ll know. Your vegetable basket may appear healthy but don’t go by its face value. At a time when hybrid fruits and veggies crowd […]
BY admin | February 12, 2014 New Delhi: Government is promoting organic/chemical free fertilizers under Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme of National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) through NABARD by setting up of Fruit & Vegetable Waste/Agro Waste Compost Units under Municipalities, Agricultural Produce marketing Committees (APMCs), Public Sector/Private Sector Companies, individual entrepreneurs and Bio-fertilizer/Bio-pesticide Production […]
Prof. Joan Mencher Date: Friday 14h February Time: 4.30 pm Venue: Office, No.33/1-9, Thygraja Layout, Jaibharath Nagar, M. S. Nagar P.O, Banswadi Road, Bangalore 560 033. About the Speaker Prof. Joan P Mencher has been working in South India since late 1958 on numerous issues including agriculture and social structure alongside issues of structured inequality. […]
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Sikkim has set for itself the goal of becoming an organic agricultural state by 2015 — but there are several challenges that it needs to overcome to see the shift, said an ecology expert from the Himalayan state. “Organic agriculture, as an adaptation strategy to climate change, is a concrete, […]
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6 February 2014 The French parliament has adopted a law which prohibits the private or public use of pesticides from 2020 in green areas, forests or public space. The law which is to start from 1 January 2020 for private individuals and the public excludes the use of pesticides on railways, airport runways or motorways. […]