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 …
GOING ORGANIC: Basudeb Banerjee (right), Chairman, Tea Board of India, shaking hands with Kaison Chang, Secretary, FAO IGG on Tea, at a press conference in Kolkata on Friday. Anne Boor (left), Project Director, INFOAM, and Nianjun Schen, Assistant Project Manager-Common Fund for Commodities, look on. KOLKATA: The Intergovernmental Group (IGG) …
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Ahmedabad: In a novel initiative, state farmers have established their own system for organic certification. Vadodarabased NGO Jatan and farmers associated with it are responsible for the venture. Interestingly, technical knowhow has been provided by non-resident Indian PhD student of Stanford University, Neil Patel.
Ambootia tea garden (Kurseong), Sept. 18: A UN body will partially fund three pilot projects worth $4 million in India for creating a scientific system for cultivation of organic black tea. Till date, organic tea plantation in India is based on a trial and error method, without any set procedures. …
Certain reports have raised doubts over biotech crops, but they are as safe as conventional ones and the success of Bt cotton can be replicated in other crops. This was stated by the All-India Biotechnology Association at a press conference here today. Representing the interests of 13 leading corporate houses …
The scope of this paper is safe and sustainable sanitation in agriculture. Specifically, the idea of the paper is to find out the existing regulations and guidelines concerning a sustainable wastewater management in the European Union (EU), regarding small-scale on-site wastewater management, and particularly regarding the safe reuse of the …
The harvesting of organic paddy cultivated by the Vadakkencherry Padashekhara Samithi was performed here on Thursday. The Vadakkencherry Padashekhara Samithi consisting of 40 farmers had grown paddy in a 75 acre area. This was the second harvest festival being held here. Last year organic paddy cultivation was experimented in the …
Sresta helps many farmers switch to a sustainable route of organic farming RAJASHEKAR Reddy Seelam, a man in his early forties with a management degree from IIM Ahmedabad, left his well-grounded career with a private company selling pesticides, seeds, fertilisers and allied products to start his own venture
This policy is intended to help in rejuvenating the agriculture sector of Orissa and bringing lasting improvement in the economic condition of the farmers. An integrated implementation of the intentions of the Government would definitely achieve the targeted annual growth rate of 4 per cent during the Eleventh Five Year …
Tribal communities are a rich source of traditional knowledge. Initiatives that respect their knowledge while taking them through the process of development could be enriching to all the partners involved. Here is a case of a partnership which has been mutually enriching.
Farmers' representatives from south Asian countries at the inaugural session of a four-day meeting yesterday demanded duty and quota free access of their agricultural products to developed nations to ensure food security in the region. Farmers who work for security of food and other agricultural produces are themselves in insecure …
Although China's agricultural reputation has been tarnished by widespread reports of food tainted with pesticides and other contaminants, the country is undergoing a rapid expansion in the production of and market for organic food. Spurred in part by growing demand for organic products from other nations, China now devotes more …
M.J. PRABU The villagers do not have a proper marketing channel to help them Welcome trend: Farmers of Kothia village in Samastipur district, Bihar seen in front of the village entrance.
PALAKKAD: The grama panchayats should prepare plans for the development of watersheds in their respective areas and seek approval if they want it to be implemented under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), according to District Collector K S Sreenivas. Each watershed area should be considered as a unit …
This document details the Andhra Pradesh state organic farming policy aimed at promoting the use of organic manure and helping the farmers to get higher yield and price for the produce. Government of Andhra Pradesh is giving emphasis for promoting organic farming in the state with the following objectives: To …
M.J. PRABU Traditional varieties are resistant to drought and infestations Low input big yield: Mr. Balaji Shankar of Srikazhi in his paddy field. Organic farming is not something new to the farmers. Several types of organic farming are being practised all over the country. But, in recent years it has …
S. Rajendran BANGALORE: The Karnataka government is embarking on a major plan to encourage organic farming in the State, and Thursday's budget is expected to have an allocation of funds for this. The State will have a full-fledged wing to monitor organic farming. Experts in agriculture and horticulture and agricultural …
