Manasi Singh, TNN | Jul 23, 2015 CHANDIGARH: To promote organic kitchen gardening in city, Mission OGSFV (organic gardening and safe food venture) has been kicked off under Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM). Under this initiative, students from different colleges in Chandigarh, including PEC University of Technology, Institute of Technology and Future Management Trends and Chandigarh […]
NEW DELHI, JULY 15: The Centre launched three new websites for farmers here on Wednesday aimed at making organic farming certification, fertiliser quality checks and disbursal of soil health cards easier. The portals, developed by National Informatics Centre, are part of the existing schemes.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 IST Kusalava International, a manufacturer of critical engine parts, recently forayed into food sector by establishing Kusalava Organics and launching JioFresh, an organic fruits and vegetables brand. In an email interaction with Abhitash Singh, Prasad R K Chukkapalli, managing director, Kusalava International, talks about his company’s recent forays in a new […]
Barkha Mathur, TNN | Jul 14, 2015 NAGPUR: In a two pronged effort to make farmers wealthy and keep Nagpurians healthy, a local organization, Nisarg Organic, has set up a shop that sells produces brought directly from organic farms around the city. Started in March by Hemant Singh Chauhan, a supervisor in agriculture department, the […]
By PTI | 12 Jul, 2015 Even as Maharashtra continues to grapple with an agrarian crisis, farmers in Latur, one of the drought-prone districts in the state, are slowly moving towards the organic way of farming to reduce input costs and increase agriculture output.
MYSURU, July 7, 2015 The two-day rally, launched on Monday, will cover nearly 60 villages Members of the Karnataka State Sugarcane Cultivators’ Association launched a rally on Monday to reach out to fellow farmers in a bid to curb the rising suicides in recent times. The two-day rally aims to infuse confidence among farmers who […]
Mysuru, July 7, 2015 Calls are pouring into the farmers’ helpline set up at the office of the Joint Director of Agriculture. Over 130 farmers have called the helpline in the last five days and sought remedies for their problems. The Agriculture Department at the behest of Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha had setup the helpline […]
Mandya, July 7, 2015 Two distressed sugarcane growers in the district destroyed their standing crop on Monday, as the sugar mills were delaying buying their produce. While Kulle Gowda set his sugarcane crop ablaze at Bevinahalli on the outskirts of Mandya, Umesh destroyed his crop using a tractor at Uppinakere in Maddur taluk.
Hassan, July 7, 2015 A farmer reportedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide at Kuruvanka village in Channarayapatna taluk on Monday night.
BELAGAVI, July 7, 2015 Vijaykumar Patil One more debt-ridden farmer, Parasappa Yallappa Sampagavi (35), committed suicide by consuming pesticide at his native Ganeshwadi in Gokak, which is also the home taluk of Small Scale Industries and district in-charge Minister Satish L. Jarkiholi, on Sunday evening.