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 …
Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) is highly dependent on traditional farming and traditional practices of grassland management. Habitat loss and habitat alterations are major threats identified for its decline and maintenance of its mosaic habitat is crucial for long term survival of the species. Local community plays a …
Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. True to the adage, the innovative farmers of Gudibande have taken challenges to seek a solution to redress their evergreen drought problem bogging their taluk. And they have become successful in it. Gudibande taluk, of late, has earned the notorious tag of being …
The State Bio Technology department director Dr JMS Rana inaugurated a two-day training programme on organic farming at the Navdanya biodiversity conservation farm in Ramgarh on Tuesday. Addressing the workshop participants, Rana said prosperity of farmers is the basis of public health while adding that farmers are true scientists. Exhorting …
Gangtok, Feb 4: Sikkim Government has ambitious plans to make the State a fully organic one by 2015 which will make it a hotspot for organic products, state Agriculture minister D N Takarpa said today. At the “Sikkim Food Processing Investors meet” here, the minister said efforts were on in …
This new report by Greenpeace assesses the impact of government policies on soil health across five states of India and warns that indiscriminate chemical fertilizer usage, catalyzed by a lenient subsidy policy is posing a threat to country's soil health. This is the report of the first-ever social audit of …
Genetically engineered (GE, also called genetically modified, GM) Bt eggplant (also called talong, brinjal or aubergine) has been engineered to be resistant to injury caused by the eggplant fruit and shoot borer. A genetic cassette containing genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringenesis has been inserted into the DNA of the …
When shopping for food, ever more consumers in rich nations pay attention not only to prices, appearance and flavour. They also consider environmental and social aspects. Therefore, certifications of organic production, fair-trade practices or regional origin often lead to a premium in the marketplace and can benefit small-scale farmers. Two …
India is facing severe food inflation due to lack of focus by the government in India and RBI is helpless in containing inflation with its monetary policy. What we need to do to tackle this long term problem is with a credible plan using organic farming to set our food …
It came to them as a small business proposal. About 10,000 farmers in the semi-arid Shekhawati region on the edge of Thar desert turned it into a fortune spinner and have become major organic farmers in Rajasthan. It was 1994, recalled Om Prakash Sharma, farmer in Korela village near Nawalgarh …
In a bid to popularise environment-friendly technology options at the grassroots, the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is joining hands with the Local Self-government Department to set up a network of Green Technology Centres across the State. The units, to be modelled on the lines of …
LUCKNOW: In a bid to promote organic farming in Uttar Pradesh, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India (ASSOCHAM) will adopt five districts in the state. The names of the districts will be finalised after a meeting of the ASSOCHAM officials with chief minister Mayawati. Under the programme, …
The Horticulture Research Station (HRS) of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in association with the Hill Area Development Programme (HADP) organised a training programme to promote organic farming at Adhigaratty, near here, recently. Role Addressing the farmers, the Project Director, HADP, Mita Banerjee, said that eco-friendly schemes would be …
The Bt gene gave cotton farmers freedom from bollworm. Now the weedicide-resistant gene is likely to relieve them of weeds as well. Field trials at eight centres across the country
Wiebe E. Bijker, Professor, Department of Technology and Society Studies, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands had chaired the Health Council committee. Genuine fear of genetically modified (GM) crops arising from relatively less studied science combined with the fear of the unknown and lack of transparency of the companies dealing with GM …
ENVIRONMENT minister Jairam Ramesh has sought to allay the apprehensions raised by the Kerala government about his decision to allow field trials of genetically modified rubber in the state. In marked contrast to his stand on genetically modified (GM) food crops, the minister has argued that field trials are important …
New Delhi: The US government was advised by its officials to start a military-style trade war against European countries that oppose GM crop cultivation, a new Wikileak release by the UK-based newspaper Guardian has shown. The US embassy in Paris in 2007, when France moved to ban GM corn by …
