Till a year ago, Jaspal Kaur’s daily life comprised a rigmarole of household chores, interspersed with some activities at the women’s self-help group in Changali Wala village of Sangrur, Punjab. But now, she is most likely to be found at a field on the outskirts of the village,…
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Ruchi Jain used to go on field visits to different villages in India as a government official under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. She was working on rural electrification project funded by the World Bank between 2012 and 2014.
Amid the huge crisis over the global market due to the Coronavirus effect, the central government is planning to promote organic farming to boost Indian agriculture and commodity market into a self-dependent and self-sufficient mode.
As a mother of two, 24-year-old Rajshree from Andur village in Osmanabad, Maharashtra, was at her wit’s end. Her children, aged 3 and 5, were falling sick almost routinely every two or three weeks. The nature of the ailments was common, and the parents were incurring heavy medical…
Our vision is to make good food and a holistic lifestyle easy for people. We want to develop and nurture a sense of purpose which is greener and more sustainable,” says Akshay, the co-founder.
When Suresh Devang, an IT professional working in California told his parents about leaving his job and taking up organic farming in India professionally, he faced protests in place of support. His family members failed to understand why someone at a senior position would want to…
With the UN urging us to change our ways in the face of climate crisis, Joyce Fegan meets producers who say going organic isn’t just good for the environment — it’s also good for their bottom line.
We all need to eat and farmers need to make a living.…
With Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb announcing to give importance to organic farming and promote rural livelihood by increasing land under organic farming from 2,000 to 9,000 hectares in phases, farmers and entrepreneurs are eyeing organic farming as the next big thing.…
Being concerned for the environment and actually reducing your pollution footprint are two very different things. Lalita Mukati, a 51-year-old farmer from Borlai village of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh, decided to embrace organic farming practices when she realized the damage…
In a bid to promote women entrepreneurship in the production and processing of organic products, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Development, is organising an organic food festival here later this month.
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