Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Monday that India needs a new agricultural exports policy focussing on enhancing the exports of agricultural products from the country and to increase the incomes of the farmers. A new agricultural exports policy is required that lays focus on increasing exports of value-added agricultural products so that […]
NEW DELHI: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in the country, has put a stamp over the use of cow urine in organic farming. Under its Network Project on Organic Farming, ICAR observed that cow urine can supplement the nutrient value of the soil and […]
Ecolife, the organic foods brand of Nature-Bio Foods Limited which is a wholly owned subsidiary of LT Foods, a global Indian food brand with presence across the globe, today announced the modernization and automation of its existing organic facility that it believes will help EcoLife gain more market share in India as well as international […]
Come July, it would be illegal to sell organic food that was not appropriately labelled so. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had issued regulations that required food companies selling organic produce to get certified with one of the two authorities National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) or the Participatory Guarantee System […]
In an interview with ETHealthworld, Abhinandan Dhoke, CEO, Organic India, New Delhi, talks about the advent, growth and the market for organic products in India. In the past 2 years Organic as a category has seen a lot of explosion. There is a lot of awareness and the consumer actually wants a good healthy solution […]
Ancient Mauryan engineering has brought water back to the undulating and rocky terrain of Magadh, the grain bowl of Bihar that had turned almost entirely arid because of abortive modern irrigation policies. The Magadh region, comprising 10 districts in south-central Bihar, was reeling from its worst water crisis over a decade ago, forcing farmers to […]
Concerned with the authenticity of whats on ones plate and health, on the whole, many people in urban spaces are consciously making the switch of growing their produce in their backyards and terraces in the most organic manner possible. One amongst the rising tide of urban farmers is Tirupur-resident Jeevna Murlidharan, who has been successfully […]
Growing fruits and vegetables with the aid of chemical fertilisers is common and widespread, as is artificial ripening with chemicals, that depletes them of vital nutrients. Lack of transparency and traceability from the source and in the supply chain makes it almost impossible to find out if the food on our plate is safe and […]
For the tough, weather-beaten farmers in the rural heartland of West Bengal, agroforestry is an age-old tradition that even finds mention in their folklore. In the remote village of Bhattadighi, a group of women farmers observes a unique ritual, known as Paakh Pakhali or welcoming birds, in which they fill an earthen urn with water […]
CHENNAI: India’s population would touch 162 crore by 2050 and the country’s food grain requirement would be 50 crore tonnes. Agricultural production has to be doubled from the existing quantity and zero budget spiritual farming could be a step in that direction, said renowned agriculturalist Subash Palekar on Friday. In zero budget farming, farmers are […]