Friday, July 17, 2015 Ashok Kumar/OneWorld South Asia Ashwani Muthoo, Deputy Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation, IFAD, talks to development journalist Ashok Kumar about the agency’s role in making smallholder farming profitable in India. IFAD is a financial institution under the United Nations that focuses on the task of eradicating rural poverty, and […]
By Kitty McConnell Mohan Viddam left India 35 years ago with one suitcase. After earning his first master’s degree in animal science at Kansas State University, Viddam planned to return to India and pursue a career in organic farming. He became fascinated with computers while writing his thesis, however. Instead of returning to India, he […]
Ruchira Talapatra, July 23, 2015 The importance of eating organic has enhanced our understanding of ‘healthy food’. But even organic food takes more than 24 hours to reach the market, and longer to reach our doorstep and even longer to be consumed. In such a situation, many in and around the city have started growing […]
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 […]