ALAPPUZHA, January 9, 2015 Implementation in a phased manner: Mohanan Agriculture Minister K.P. Mohanan has said that the government is seriously considering a ban on use of chemical fertilizers in the State. He was inaugurating an exhibition-cum-sale of dairy, agricultural, and industrial products organised by the Chengannur block panchayat here on Wednesday evening. Mr. Mohanan […]
Jency Samuel NAGAPATNAM, India, Jan 7 2015 (IPS) – Standing amidst his lush green paddy fields in Nagapatnam, a coastal district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a farmer named Ramajayam remembers how a single wave changed his entire life. The simple farmer was one of thousands whose agricultural lands were destroyed by […]
Suman Sahai Hold consultations to improve the regulatory system A high-level committee chaired by T S R Subramanian was set up to examine and review six laws related to the environment. In its report submitted recently to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the committee recommended that the latest technologies be used to prepare an […]
Thiruvananthapuram, January 2, 2015 To make State fully organic by 2016 The government has initiated efforts to promote organic farming in all Assembly constituencies. Minister for Agriculture K.P. Mohanan said here on Thursday that the initiative was designed to encourage farmers to switch over to organic methods of cultivation, under a project to convert Kerala […]
Saturday, 3 January 2015 Mumbai Perhaps it was the several disasters that came back-to-back, or the excitement in the build-up to New Year celebrations, but the 12 farmers in Vidarbha who committed suicide in the 72 hours leading to December 28, 2014, barely made news. Maharashtra has had the highest numbers of farmer suicides (as […]
Kavitha Public Statement, put out on Jan.1st 2015 With reference to recent media reports about pesticide residues in food sold as organic, we – Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI) and Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) – note foremost that there is no dispute regarding the growing domestic demand for safe food by […]
SALEM, December 31, 2014 To encourage people undertake organic farming and to produce vegetables on their own, three types of vegetable seeds and two types of spinach seeds were distributed free of cost to the public here on Tuesday.
To, Editor/Bureau Chief, Stop the Vibrant tamashas on the back of farmers’ corpses; we will not let it happen We do not want hundreds of thousands of FDI; we want fair prices for our produce Khedut.press
Fernando Naves Sousa, Dec 30, 2014 Farmers in Africa are waking up to the benefits of organic composting, that helps increase their yield and also reduce their chemical dependence, writes Fernando Naves Sousa. Moussa Konate has a secret. His fields of sorghum, millet and cotton are verdant and productive. Some neighbours are puzzled: they find […]
By Aswathi Krishna 27th December 2014 KOCHI: Roof-top farming may not be something new to people, but 56-year-old Keerthi Chandran’s farming methods may amuse even innovative farm enthusiasts. Atop his house and at a building constructed adjacent to it at Karikandan Para, Kozhikode, he grows all kinds of vegetables, along with paddy.