Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nabin Kisan Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to discharge of wastewater by the municipality of Belpahar on the applicants land. The affidavit filed by the District Magistrate, Jharsuguda, May 14, …
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------D RAJASEKHAR, BANGALORE The Agricultural Development and Training Society (ADATS), has been leading more than 14,000 coolies (landless labourers and poor farmers) towards sustainable development in 691 villages of Bagepalli taluk (province) in Kolar district of Karnataka since 1977. The society aims at building up a mass agricultural labourer …
The Caribbean's account for three per cent of world trade in bananas, which are cultivated by small farmers and sold to the European Union (eu). However, not all the profits from the trade of Caribbean bananas go to small farmers. Fyffes, a Dublin-based mediator company dominating the uk market, has …
On the higher value model of watershed development advocated by him: Conventional watershed development models demand land and water resource development in an entire area which is classified as the watershed and does not discriminate between the land of the rich and the poor. But the higher value model of …
the newly-elected Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh Badal's move to provide free irrigation water and electricity to farmers will only harm the economy and the environment, without helping those it is meant to. Anything that comes cheap is overused or misused. Farmers must learn to use irrigation water effectively or …
cultivators of rice in India have something to look forward to. Agricultural researchers at the Karjat Research Centre, Maharashtra, have developed the nation's first hybrid rice variety
The government has turned to forcible spraying of defoliant chemicals on coca plants across the country in an attempt to give strength to its anti-drug policy. This has led to strong protests from the Columbian farmers who have tried various methods like blocking the roads to the airstrips in Putumayo, …
agriculture can be a highly disease and accident-prone proposition. A large number of acute and traumatic injuries and deaths are caused by accidents involving farm machinery. Farm equipment also impart chronic injuries upon workers which include noise-induced hearing loss and vibration associated ailments of the back. Agrichemicals pose a risk …
the Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization (fao) in Leipzig, Germany, from June 17-23 , was dogged by criticisms even before the curtains were actually raised on it. The representatives of the 148 nations who met there to forge an agreement …
THE landmark 'Freedom To Farm' bill which was recently inked by the us President Bill Clinton, marks a sweeping change in us farm programme instituted in the post-deprewon era- The bill will gradually phase out not just the heavy subsidies enjoyed by American farmers, but also 11inlrate them from earlier …
FOR Ganapathi Hedge, owner of a spice garden in Sirsee, Western India, each species is partner to the other. Human, animals and crops, all work together in creating a sustainable planet. He says, "When you plant many different crops together, you get fruits and food throughout the year. Coconut takes …
SHRIMP farmers are up in arms against green activists in Orissa. The Orissa Shrimp Farm ers:ssociation has threatened to move the National Human Rights Commission against the "pseudo-environmentalists and eco-terrorists, jeopardising the livelihood of thousands of prawn farmers and villagers dependant on shrimp farming." Meanwhile, the Orissa Krishak Mahasangha, a …
INDIA'S fields and seed stores are the cradles of tremendous biological wealth in the form of diverse crop varieties. These varieties or 'landraces' have been shaped by farmers over generations to fit the requirements of often harsh environments, the opportunities of diverse production 'niches' and people's preferences for different products …
Farmers in Vietnam and the Philippines are literally being taught a lesson. Eager to incr crop yields, they were liberal ia using pesticides to contain leaf dar4 age, which has never affected crop yield in the first place. Some 9q farmers were recently interviewee by researchers at the Internationq Rice …
With tastes for organically pro duced food growing by the day, increasing number of Japan farmers swear by organic metho of cultivation. Roughly 3 to 5 n lion people throughout Japan, larly eat organic produce claim that it tastes better. Organic pro cers, have succeeded in obtain yields that are …
Film director Sahjo Singh's latest Sons Mati, has been selected for Panorama '95. The film is based on the story of Sona Bel of west Rajasthan, who is fight-ing to get back her ancetral land. Sona Bal is being deprived of her rights due to the improper chakb&ndi; (consolidation of …
The Bhutan government is conducting study tours for farmers. Twenty farmers from Parop village were recently taken on a 5-day trip to forestry plantations and nurseries in Wangduephodrang, Punakha and Thimphu to launch the "Farmers-Foresters Familiarisation" tour organised by the government's social forestry and extension section. The aim of the …
ENVIRONMENTAL degradation, ecological imbalances and sustainability top the agenda of seminars and workshops today. But I have always felt that these discussions are quite superficial. I would like to share my experience and views on sustainable agriculture as a woman farmer. I stress upon the term woman farmer, because I …
The first Dutch agriculture minister of urban origin, Jozias van Aartsen, has upset farmers in the country, charmed free-market enthusiasts, and at the same time added fillip to the green movement. In his recent policy paper, he envisions a rural development scheme with less regulation and financial- support. He suggests …
Soyabeans are about to become hot stuff in Brazil. The crop faced a serious crisis when the government almost entirely cut it out of its subsidised credit programmes and the producers were desperately looking out for money for the next crop. But the situation has taken a dramatic turn after …
WITH farmers using primitive methods offood storage that provide easy access to a variety of pests, the storage scenario in India is quite depressing at present. In view ofthis problem, A Thimmaiah and A Ravishankar of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute have come up with a down-to-earth method for small-scale …
