Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Sandip Das New Delhi: With rich natural resources, biodiversity, dependable rainfall (annual average close to 2000 mm) and lower use of pesticides, north eastern states of the country could become a hub for organic products cultivation, the demand for which is up in global markets, an independent research paper has …
Experts Favour Regulatory Mechanism To Monitor Implications Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI EVEN as the fate of Bt brinjal hangs in balance, the parliamentary standing committee attached to the agriculture ministry has started examining the pros and cons of introducing genetically-modified food in India, with a panel of experts coming out …
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar called for tapping the growing demand for organic food in domestic and international market for the benefit of farmers and the country. Describing it as an ideal option for rainfed, marginal land and hilly areas, Mr Pawar said that promotion of organic farming will not …
Sandip Das New Delhi: A decade after launching the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) to export green products from India, the government is planning to launch a comprehensive web-based traceability software to trace operations from farms to consumers online. Named
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 …
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 …
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 tea from Kurseong hill station was served at the Beijing Olympics. Sankar Ray writes about its lesser known victories with organic farming and environment friendly initiatives When a Calcutta-based daily carried a news item that VVIPs at the 2008 Beijing Olympics would be served Darjeeling tea, some eyebrows were …
The European Union, where genetically modified food crops face stiff opposition on grounds of health and environmental risk, has approved the cultivation of GM potato
The Seventh Traditional Food Festival reaffirmed the growing demand for traditional food items and organic products: coupled with a sustainable lifestyle. About forty thousand visitors thronged not only around the food counters, but also shopped to see different innovations and gadgets promoting a healthy lifestyle. Will Sattvik 2009 (19th to …
If you care about the environment, you may want to show that in the way you spend your money. These decisions could help steer us towards a truly green economy - but only if consumers and investors have a good idea of which companies have genuinely minimised their impact on …
Eminent scientist Dr PM Bhargava today flayed the current system of approval for genetically modified crops and said there was an immediate need for constitution of an independent national testing authority to carry out long-term health impact studies. Welcoming the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh
APEDA chairman Asit Tripathy addressing stakeholders at a training programme on the soon to be launched Traceability system for organic products, in B BHUBANESWAR: Orissa
by Rachel Shields GM crops have a role to play in preventing mass starvation across the world caused by a combination of climate change and rapid population growth, a scientist has said. Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientific adviser at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), called …
PALAKKAD: People are becoming more conscious about the food they eat, in particular rice, and are insisting on food which are nutritious and organically cultivated, said Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. He was speaking after inaugurating the national workshop on
In a few months, a consumer in the European Union should be able to trace an item of organic food on his table to the specific bit of farmland in India that produced it. The Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), which works under the central Ministry …
