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 …
ERODE: Erode MP A. Ganesha Murthi has appealed to the Central Government to declare Erode, Coimbatore and Tirupur districts as Special Zone for Organic Farming and initiate concerted efforts to promote the organic farm practices. Many farmers in the three districts had taken up organic farming at a large scale. …
Two of India's foremost agricultural scientists, whose names invariably come up whenever the phrase "green revolution" is uttered or written about - Dr. MS Swaminathan and Dr MV Rao-have not endorsed the application of Bt technology in brinjal so far Why? Dr. Swaminathan is well known as the "father of …
Cautiously, but convincingly, farmers of Katewadi in Baramati district have embraced organic farming, bidding farewell to pesticides and chemical fertilisers for the sake of their own health and that of their crops. The transition began around 2004 when Katewadi
Washington: Genetically engineered crops are profitable for farmers and may help protect people and the environment from an overload of pesticides, a panel of experts has reported. But there is a risk that weeds are developing resistance to Roundup, a weedkiller that is used to treat fields planted with certain …
BHUBANESWAR: Fearing that the proposed Seeds Bill, 2004, if enacted, would harm millions of small and medium farmers across the country and only benefit the multi-national companies, city-based United Coalition Against Genetic Engineering (Uncage) today said that all stakeholders in agriculture and environment sectors must come forward to oppose the …
District in-charge minister Dr Mumtaz Ali Khan has suggested farmers in the parched district to adopt scientific methods in agriculture. Mumtaz Ali KhanPresiding over a meeting of Agriculture Development Committee here on Monday, the minister said farmers in the drought-hit district were dependent on vagaries of weather and truant rains. …
State Finance Minister Raghavji has said that the State Government wants that Madhya Pradesh should become the organic State and process of indigenous independency should speed up as it has been done earlier through the Akhil Bharatiya Swadeshi Sangh. He was speaking on the occasion on two-day organic training workshop …
The Kerala Government is considering a law to ban genetically modified crops (GM) in order to ensure seed quality and protect traditionally cultivated crops in the State. A Bill in this regard is likely to be presented in the Assembly in its next session. The Government is said to have …
Manila (Philippines): The moratorium on commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in India, which has led to a controversy over genetically modified (GM) food crops in the country, has caught farmers
The Madhya Pradesh government is undertaking all out efforts to promote organic farming in the state. in the series, a two-day training camp will be organised at Deendayal Research Institute, Chitrakoot, Satna, with a view to apprising state
The Madhya Pradesh government is undertaking all out efforts to promote organic farming in the state. in the series, a two-day training camp will be organised at Deendayal Research Institute, Chitrakoot, Satna, with a view to apprising state's agriculture officers of various dimensions of organic farming. The training camp will …
Chennai: You knew that organic food is pesticide-free, it has no preservatives or added colours and, so of course, that it is the healthier choice. But did you know that this category has been largely recession-proof too? In the past year, through the economic slowdown and commodities price inflation, organic …
Many organisations emerged in the country to create awareness among the farmers on organic farming. The 'Welfare Organization for Rural Development' (WORD) is a dedicated organization in Tirupati (A.P.) working for the upliftment of the rural poor through implementation of various technologies for livelihood, health and environment protection. The NGO …
Organic farming systems have attracted increasing attention over the last one decade because they are perceived to offer some solutions to the problems currently besetting the agricultural sector. Organic farming has the potential to provide benefits in terms of environmental protection, conservation of non-renewable resources and improved food quality. India …
THERE is unlikely to be any decision on Bt food crops till next year. Dr K Kasturirangan, who is discussing the controversial issue of biotechnology and food crops with the scientific community, will present a detailed review report in December this year. The decision to undertake a detailed study of …
- A backward Netarhat village shows the way by making vermi-compost Bishunpur (Gumla), March 24: A sleepy nondescript village in Bishunpur block of Gumla district, inhabited by primitive tribes and otherwise looked down upon for being backward, has a lesson to teach to not only its neighbours but also to …
Misleading the public on safety of genetically modified crops or organisms without scientific evidence would not be made a punishable offence, the government has decided following concerns raised by some scientists and civil society groups. A relevant clause to this effect in the proposed Bill to set up the National …
