India witnessed a jump of nearly 50 per cent in organic product exports touching the Rs 5151 crore-mark ($757 million) in 2018-19.
January 2020
Most people plant their gardens with little thought as to what plants grow well together. The secret to an amazing garden, though? Companion planting!
Away from the hullabaloo of urban life, the quaint village of Viswema lies nestled in the Purvanchal Himalayas of Nagaland. Home to around 7,500 people, the sparsely populated hamlet is well-known in the North-East for its pottery craft and panoramic beauty.
Most of the…
In Kozhikode, Kerala, everyone recognises Jayakrishnan Thaazhathuveettil as the pioneer of organic paddy farming in the state. Partnering with his friend Leneesh K, Jayakrishnan has helped revive 118 traditional, rare and exotic varieties of paddy, many of which hold excellent…
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has trained a number of farmers in Palawan on organic farming and animal raising at a farm tourism destination in Puerto Princesa.
Breast-fed babies or bottle-fed ones? Which is the healthier one? Organic farmer SR Sundararaman asks me. The farmer was in the city for a session on organic farming, organised by Bio Basics and On The Go. “Any nutrient that is artificially fed can never be a substitute to what is…
Hundreds of people belonging to farmers’ associations in the Nilgiris staged a protest in Udhagamandalam town on Tuesday against the efforts taken by the Horticulture Department and the District Administration to eliminate the use of toxic pesticides that are blamed for the high…
Agriculture and Health Departments will jointly launch Jeevani, an initiative to encourage organic farming and ensure safe food in the district.
The 54-year-old Padma Pinnaka, a resident of Miyapur in Hyderabad, is keen on terrace farming for over five years now. From different varieties of fruits to leafy green vegetables, today she has grown about 600 plants on the terrace of her independent house.