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 UT Administration has finally given its nod to the eco-sensitive zone around Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. The decision was taken at a meeting of officials chaired by UT Adviser KK Sharma. The decision was hanging fire for the past two years following differences between various departments. Recently, the Ministry of …
Kerala, Karnataka Want Region Free Of Modified Crops Thiruvananthapuram: In contrast to the stand of the Kerala and Karnataka governments, the Union agriculture ministry bats for geneticallymodified (GM) crops in the Western Ghats area in its report submitted to the Kasturirangan committee. Both Kerala and Karnataka have already called for …
To promote organic farming, the Agriculture Department has decided to open Kisan Huts under the Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) project in all districts. “After the success of four Kisan Huts in Patiala, Nabha, Ropar and Nurpur Bedi, we are in the process of establishing these in all other districts …
The Government of Odisha declared a State Agriculture Policy in 1996. After more than a decade, in 2008, the State Agriculture Policy was revised and its scope widened to cover many other aspects of the State’s agriculture. The State Agriculture Policy 2008 served Odisha well, and stimulated the growth of …
There's a wizened figure hunched over a chulha in rural Uttar Pradesh. She stokes the fiery coals, coughs intermittently, and her eyes stream with the exertion of cooking over coal night after night. The same image is replicated across most parts of India with minor alterations. According to a 2012 …
New Delhi: Two years ago, 10 small villages along Yamuna were selected for a river restoration project. The Nadi Mitra Mandalis were given an action plan that included natural and organic farming, waste water management, improvement in sanitation, catchment restoration, and assessment of the river and village health. Children were …
Gangtok, Feb 25: Greener, bigger, fresher and more wholesome than elsewhere in the country – that’s how vegetables appear here, in the manicured Saramsa Gardens, the venue of the Sikkim International Flower Show, 2013. Rows upon rows of potted vegetables flourish in what is described as the State’s organic stomach. …
This study was conducted with the objective of testing the hypothesis that tomato fruits from organic farming accumulate more nutritional compounds, such as phenolics and vitamin C as a consequence of the stressing conditions associated with farming system. Original Source
Watch out for live reports from the Conference on food safety & environmental toxins being organised by Centre for Science and Environment from Feb 20-21, 2013 at New Delhi marking a decade of support to community and public policy by CSE's pollution monitoring lab.
By shunning all but organic farming techniques, the Himalayan state will cement its status as a paradigm of sustainability Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to turn its agriculture completely organic, banning the sales of pesticides and herbicides and relying on its own animals and farm …
Setting Up Saw Mills, Industries May Soon Be Banned Pune: Activities such as commercial mining and setting up saw mills, large hydroelectric projects and pollution-causing industries may soon be banned in the eco-sensitive zones around the main sanctuaries in the state, including the Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserve, Melghat tiger reserve and …
By adopting a policy decision to switch over to organic farming, Kerala could be chasing a delusion, according to S.Ganesan, chairman, International Treaties Expert Committee, Indian Chemical Council. Talking to The Hindu on the sidelines of a national seminar on `WTO, FTAs and Impact on Agriculture and Allied Sectors’ organised …
The European Union on Tuesday took the debate about genetically modified crops to the public with a survey asking citizens to share their thoughts on organic farming. The bloc's 500 million consumers are invited to complete an anonymous online questionnaire on the European Commission's Agriculture and Rural Development website The …
NILPHAMARI, JAN 13: Chemical fertilizer and insecticide free potato, wheat and mustard are being cultivated in Domar upazila of the district by NGO Proshika in recent times. Sources said, about 30 acres of lands have been brought under potato cultivation, 15 acres under wheat and 13 acres under mustard farming …
Market leaders, Dutch follows tringent quality control The potato has a 12,000-year-old history but an even brighter future as a crop that is set to replace rice as a staple in the Asian rice-consuming countries. It requires less amount of water compared to other basic food products, without compromising the …
ICAR highlights focus on agricultural development SHILLONG: Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Dr. Charan Das Mahant, visited ICAR Research Complex for NEH region, Umiam for a two day visit here on Saturday. During the visit, the MoS inaugurated the Phenomics facility at Plant Breeding division of …
ITANAGAR: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Dr Charan Das Mahant today asked Arunachal Pradesh to be a pioneer in organic farming in the country, considering the State’s suitable climatic condition. The minister was addressing the farmers at the valedictory function of the three-day first State-level …
Mining lobby behind misinformation campaign: panel member V.S. Vijayan, a member of the Madhav Gadgil Committee on the Western Ghats and former chairman of Kerala Biodiversity Board, said here on Friday that “the mining lobby and other vested interests were spreading canards about the Madhav Gadgil Committee report, which had …
For years, he kept incurring losses as the yield did not match his expenditure on the crop. Being a traditional farmer growing indigenous varieties of rice, he never used any chemical for his crops. But, Loknath Nauri of Bissamcuttack in Rayagada district, jumped to inorganic farming when told that this …
By April 2013, expect your shopping bag to flaunt organic tomatoes, cabbages, peas, turmeric and ginger. National Horticulture Mission (Jharkhand) director Prabhakar Singh told newsmen in Ranchi on Monday that by next spring, buyers could snap up vegetables and spices grown in the state without chemicals, including fertilisers, pesticides and …
