Snehlata Shrivastav,TNN | Oct 5, 2015 NAGPUR: Honey bees do not just produce honey. They can also increase yields of crops, especially vegetables and fruits, from 20% to 300% by ensuring cross pollination. The biggest advantage of using honey bees for cross pollination is that it will help chemical based agriculture transition to organic farming.
Sayantanee Choudhury | Oct 4, 2015 Kedia (Jamui): A silent revolution against chemical fertilizers and pesticides is taking place at village Kedia under Barhat police station area in the Maoist-hit Jamui assembly constituency.
Dipak Kumar Dash,TNN | Oct 5, 2015 NEW DELHI: It is well-known that vegetables sold in major cities contain pesticides, but it has now emerged that these harmful chemicals are present in alarmingly high doses in greens across the country.
September 29, 2015 Reuters, Satsam Farmer Phub Zam, 55, is in a hurry. Monsoon rains have hit her farm in Bhutan’s Paro valley and Zam is rushing to harvest her broccoli before crop is damaged. “Of all my vegetables, broccoli is the most sought after,” she said. “Each kilogram sells for 90 rupees ($1.40).”
Tuesday, 29 September 2015 Panaji: In a bid to impart scientific training to farmers, the state government has set up the State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute and Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA). The two bodies were inaugurated on Monday at the Agricultural Department at Tonca Caranzalem in the presence of senior officials of […]
Sep 30 2015 Jotirmay Thapliyal Dehradun Genetically engineered seeds, use of chemical-based fertilisers and pesticides and climate change are taking a toll on farmers. Panduranga Hedge, a farmer from Karnataka, said 500 farmers had committed suicide in Karnataka in the past six months. He said most of these suicides had been due to farmers taking […]
By Anirban Sen, ET Bureau | 30 Sep, 2015 BENGALURU: The Tamara, a hospitality venture founded by Shruti Shibulal, plans to expand to overseas destinations and enter segments in India to cater to middle-class customers.
PAN International 29 September 2015 Agroecological practices can increase farm productivity and food security, improve rural livelihoods and adaption to climate change, and reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture.
Stella Paul Mon Sep 28, 2015 SATSAM, Bhutan, Sept 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – F armer Phub Zam, 55, is in a hurry. Monsoon rains have hit her farm in Bhutan’s Paro valley and Zam is rushing to harvest her broccoli before crop is damaged.
This is to share information about Permaculture Design Courses being organised by Aranya Agricultural Alternatives in Nov and Dec 2015. The details are provided in the link below Registration required by Sept 30th, 2015 PDC info for OFAI website-ARANYA-Hyd-