“Strategies to Drive Organic Sector Forward: For Sustainability and Markets” Venue: Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Krishak Nagar, Raipur- 492012 Date: 26-27 May, 2015 This two-days event focus on – National Conference: Identifying business opportunities in Chhattisgarh, interaction between practitioners and experts (Conference), Buyer Seller meets (B2B): Provide platform for farmers groups to meet businesses. […]
April 22, 2015 Hyderabad: The Telangana government faced flack, Tuesday, over its decision to send four MLAs on a trip to Israel as ‘progressive farmers’. The MLAs are to attend the 19th International Agriculture Exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israel for four days starting April 27.
April 22, 2015 A group of researchers at IIT Kharagpur have turned farmlands near the campus into a ‘laboratory’ to experiment with new agricultural technologies and help farmers whose land they have “adopted” to improve their yield. Around 10 kilometres away from the campus, the team adopted 14 acres of land from a group of […]
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN Vidarbha, India (CNN)Yogita Kanhaiya is expecting a baby soon. She already has a two-year-old son. Her husband, Moreshwor, a cotton farmer, won’t be around to see his children grown up. He committed suicide early in the pregnancy. Eight years back, Yogita’s father-in-law, also a cotton farmer, took his own life.
This Course is suitable for all the individuals interested in a responsible, aware living, for small landholders or garden-holders who would like to become self-sustainable in the production of the food & growing the plants without using fertilisers, pesticides, pollutants and toxins, respecting the Mother Nature and not destroying it. The Course will consist of […]
Date: 2-3 May 2015, Time: 11:00 A.M. – 7:30 P.M. Venue: Seva Kendra, Kolkata Take home a wide range of nutritious, wholesome organic grains directly from the people who produce them.
MANGALURU, April 14, 2015 Rudrappa was honest when he said, “Though I wanted to use fertilizers for my land, because of lack of money I was compelled to do conventional farming.” But once their way of farming began to yield fruit, Mr. Rudrappa and his brother Veeranna never turned towards fertilisers and chemicals and are […]
April 14, 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the Indian Diaspora at a community reception in Berlin hosted by India’s ambassador to Germany Vijay Gokhale. He stressed on India’s need to become world’s manufacturing hub and said that it is not just economic but a matter of pride and dignity.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 The report of the Swaminathan Commission on Farmers begins by stating: “This report is designed to serve as a wake-up call on the nation on the deteriorating farm conditions.” The very phrase “wake-up call’ implies that agriculture is in serious crisis and if a proper strategy is not evolved to deal […]
Mumbai, April 12, 2015 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari suffered a foot-in-the-mouth moment while trying to preach words of wisdom to farmers. While speaking at an event in Amravati on Friday, the Union minister told farmers not to be dependent on god or the government. “You should instead focus on improving the yield by using modern technology […]