Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated 05.11.2024 dated 16/12/2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled "The Last Feral Horses in India" appearing in Mongabay dated November …
The area under organic farming is increasing in Punjab with more farmers adopting this method to grow vegetables, fruits and cereals. Officials of the Organic Farming Council of Punjab said they had registered farmers practicing organic farming on more than 5,000 acres in the state. The figure is likely to …
Aiming to promote organic farming, the government has partially relaxed restrictions on exports of sugar, pulses and edible oils, produced without using chemical fertiliser and pesticides. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has allowed exports of organic cooking oil, sugar and pulses upto 10,000 tonnes each per annum.
Encounters with organic farming in Sri Lanka There is widespread recognition today of the land and food crisis in Sri Lanka, in both plantations and in the smallholder food-producing sectors. Lands are being degraded and poisoned, while devastating floods and periodic droughts take a heavy toll on food security. The …
In Sri Lanka, organic farmers draw inspiration from endemic practices such as home gardens or analog forestry, and have also adapted ‘imported’ ideas, such as zero-budget farming from India. To read more click on to the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/vignettes-sri-lankas-cloud-country
Minister says government committed to organic farming Decontamination of soil to be part of package Decision on farmers' pension scheme to be taken THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Agriculture Minister K.P. Mohanan said here on Monday that the government was committed to carrying forward the organic farming policy brought in by the previous government. …
In a startling revelation, 12 brands of organic tea, tested by the Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS) in Ahmedabad, showed traces of heavy metals in them. The findings have been published by CERS in the March-April 2011 issue of its consumer magazine, Insight. Of the 12 brands, seven were …
Bosco Acope and his family tend their farm in Atek, Uganda, where the government's use of DDT has threatened their livelihood. Growing up as a child here along the muggy, isolated plains of northern Uganda, life was not easy. His parents were poor. He did not attend secondary school. Many …
'Malgaon' is a village of East Nimad in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh. Rain precipitation is not satisfactory in this village. The average rainfall of the village is around 850 mm but last few years the village has been experiencing only 428 mm rainfall. The scanty rainfall is also affecting Kharif …
A frail frame hid beneath a layer of green shawl and a head covered with a white turban is deceptive attire, for it conceals the steely determination that organic farming scientist G. Nammalvar has. It also veils his achievement of bringing about a change in farming practice and creating awareness …
Note dated 31.3.2011 from the Principal Secretary to Government (RD), Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad on the formulation of a new society under the Societies Act for Community Managed sustainable Agriculture initiative.
Tea grown on the steep slopes of Darjeeling hills, connoisseurs swear, is unlike anywhere else in the world. Epicures use a plethora of adjectives to describe the “champagne of teas”: brisk, flowery, round, mellow and sparkling. Brewed properly, the Darjeeling tea leaves yield a thin-bodied, light-coloured liquor with a floral …
Initiate measures to restore biodiversity: panel Panchayats asked to maintain seed banks Thrissur: The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has called for banning farming with chemical fertilizers in the ecologically-sensitive areas in the Western Ghats. The WGEEP, which is holding a three-day meeting here, said organic farming should be …
Declare State GM organisms-free on the lines of M.P., Bihar. Farmer groups here on Sunday demanded that Rajasthan be declared a genetically modified (GM) organisms-free State on the lines of Madhya Pradesh, which has recently decided to prohibit any environmental release, including field trials, of GM seeds and crops in …
If numbers were enough, the case of Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association, et al versus Monsanto would already be won. On March 29, family farmers—in America, this essentially means small farmers; in India it would be redundancy— along with seed dealers and international organic farming organisations, filed an unusual …
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal yesterday said states should be allowed to implement their own agriculture initiatives, claiming the Centre should not force its programmes, particularly those connected with GM technology, on the states. Addressing delegates and later talking to newsmen at the two-day national convention of its …
