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 …
Nov 25: A unique agriculture festival called the tulsi mahotsav that celebrates the wonder herb tulsi (holy basil) was held in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh this week. The festival was celebrated by a cluster of 13 villages where tulsi cultivation is popular. Organised by Organic India with its tulsi …
NAGAPATTINAM: Private initiatives in organic farming are the only option as the establishment was not yet sold on the wisdom of avoiding chemicals in agriculture, organic farmers opined at a meeting held here recently. Although there has been increased interest in organic farming, it is still restricted to some pockets, …
DH News Service, Bangalore: In order to boost the organic farming prospects in the State, the Government will be implementing the National Organic Cultivation Mission from the year 2008-09. Speaking at a function to felicitate farmers, who have made a significant achievement, the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said considering …
Kolar: Farmers should work towards improving their economic situation by adopting the organic method of farming, Rajyostava awardee Kurubarahalli Papamma Papanna said here today. She was addressing the gathering after being felicitated at a programme organised by the Zilla Raitha Rakshana Samiti, in Kolar on Tuesday.
Inaugural sale: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan makes the first purchase at the SKC Road branch of Green Shop in Erode on Friday. Beside her is organic farming scientist G. Nammalvar.
The agricultural sectors of developing Asian countries are experiencing two important new developments: the growth of organic agriculture (OA) and the increasing use of land to grow energy crops (biofuels). This policy brief summarizes the pros and cons of OA and biofuel and makes policy recommendations based on a detailed …
Organic farm in California gets compensation for pesticide drift a california court awarded a us $1 million compensation to an organic farm whose culinary herbs were contaminated by pesticides drifting in from a neighbouring farm. Jacobs Farm, part of Del Cabo farms in Santa Cruz, suffered losses as pesticides destroyed …
DH News Service, Chikmagalur: Organic farming process must be promoted for the farmers to become self dependent, said MLC C T Ravi. Laying the foundation stone for the veterinary hospital at Sindigere village, Mr Ravi said that India is incomplete without farmers and farmers are incomplete without cattle.
A cultural procession held in Thrissur as part of the conclusion of the Central Zone Agriculture Fair on Monday. THRISSUR: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran said that the government aimed at creating at least 100 organic farming villages in the state by the end of the current financial year. He said …
Jamshedpur: The organic tussar silk produced in Kuchai-Kharsawan has now got patent, making Jharkhand the first state in India to obtain the same. The Jharkhand government had applied to a US-based firm, Onecert Asia, for the patent. The firm affiliated to Agriculture Produce Export Development Agency (OPEDA) gave its approval …
Indian physicist and environmental activist Vandana Shiva said the financial crisis showed it was high time for countries to rebuild local, diverse farms to become independent from global turmoil. "The lesson to be learned from the financial meltdown is that the world is at a tipping point," Shiva told Reuters …
M.J. PRABU Safe & secure: The farmer, Subbaian in his lush organic farm in Tamil Nadu. The importance of good soil and clean water for raising any crop can hardly be overemphasised. A soil with low fertility and a contaminated water source can make life very difficult for farmers.
Priscilla Jebaraj Organic vegetables on sale at Anna Nagar, Chennai. If people are watching their wallets in a time of rising prices, they are not going to shell out even more for expensive items such as organic products, right? Wrong, say farmers and retailers.
The majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are small scale entrepreneurs whose farm operations are performed with low input agricultural technologies. Many of these technologies are supported with low input farm power and simple machines. Essentially, low input agricultural technologies are embodied in the refined indigenous knowledge systems. These include …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has a mandate to guarantee 100 days of labour in a financial year to those registered under it, under various categories such as natural resource management, drought proofing, water harvesting and conservation, afforestation and tree planting, and horticulture activities. In reality however, what …
A programme to motivate farmers and youth to use organic fertiliser to save money on expensive non-organic fertilisers and insecticides is launched by the Agro Division of Gold Lanka company. If the farmer is to be made rich, the land should be fertile. Rich soil will yield a better harvest …
