India Today Education went all the way to IIT-Madras for an exclusive chat with Professor Kamakoti Veezhinathan who is growing 55 variety of traditional rice in his very own organic farm in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.
September 2018
The board of directors of LT Foods took note of and approved the proposed investment of up to Rs 140 crore (Indian rupees one hundred forty crores) by India Agri Business Fund II Limited in the share capital of Nature Bio Foods Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in…
The 15th Indian Census noted a 24% increase in the number of women as agricultural labourers in the decade from 2001-2011. At 61.6 million, it is more than half (58%) of the 98 million women who are employed in agriculture in the country. …
A 23-year old civil engineer by profession and a resident of Meerut, Rohan Prakash always wanted to do something big in the agriculture sector and has even succeeded in doing it. Rohan is the lone certified organic mango cultivator in Uttar Pradesh and in the past three years, his…
If you ever visit Pennagaram village in Tamil Nadu border, you may come across forty-something Hari Nath toiling in his fields. You are most likely to brush him off as just another farmer unless you google Dr Hari Nath Kasiganesan. A drug researcher of global repute, he left his…
Today’s consumers are conscious not only of what they eat but also how it has been grown. With reports that most produce contains impurities because of the way it is grown, there has never been an opportune time to practice organic farming. While most farmers desire to go organic,…
Medicinal plants are not only a major resource base for the traditional medicine & herbal industry but also provide livelihood and health security to a large segment of Indian population.
Information drawn from the published records on codified Indian Systems of Medicine…