Organic Living News

Kanjikkuzhi (Alappuzha): Minister for Agriculture V S Sunil Kumar visited an MBA holder who quit his manager post in a plantation company and engaged in organic farming. The minister appreciated Muhamma native Philip K Chacko after visiting his organic farm in Kanjikkuzhi here.…

GREATER NOIDA: Around 15-20 km from Noida lies Bhanauta, a village with 20 acres of arable land, which is slowly taking up organic farming. Almost half of the plantation area now has natural manure.

 

 

 

Farming is as successful as any other business; three young people from Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh have proved it right.

“One ought to know what kind of snails’ species are farmed. Not all of them can be farmed as some could be poisonous. I farm three species. One of the better edible giant land snails I am farming are called archachatina marginata land snails,” he said.

He said that as an…

Pathanamthitta: Kurampala native Kannan is really proud to be a farmer. When doctors, engineers and lawyers fixed emblems that indicate their profession on their vehicle, Kannan set up the emblem of a plough along with the name 'Janamithram' on his vehicle. An employee of…

A committee of All India Network Project on Organic Farming (AI-NPOF) has selected the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode, as the best centre in the country for its efforts in the development of organic farming technologies and the successful experimentation and…

The number of female farmers surged during the 1940s, as men went off to fight in the World War II. The Economic Survey 2017-18 says that in modern times, there is an increasing number of women in multiple roles as cultivators, entrepreneurs and labourers. Globally, there is…

Vipesh Garg, a horticulture development officer in Punjab's Mansa district, Has his own 100sqm fully sustainable farm. He is also helping other farmers with unique techniques and also encouraging children maintain their own gardens.

The Government is gearing up to make Uttar Pradesh an organic farming hub in the nation with CM Yogi Adityanath getting ready to start organic farming across villages situated along the…

The first-year undergraduate students of Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) will soon learn the basics of organic farming with the varsity deciding to offer a massive open online course in the subject as a mandatory part of the learning programme.