Dumlao-Sevillena said the demand of organic products in the province alone is very high that organic farmers have failed to provide.
June 2018
The couple, with the help of their son Laurence, also run 80 to 90 Angus breeders to raise soil fertility and heal the landscape. they are saying that We practise holistic resource management, and part of that system is time-controlled grazing — high stock numbers for a short time,…
The few organic cotton cultivars available today do not always meet textile industry quality standards, and often yield cotton that is unsuitable for garment production. The private sector companies, too have focused on Bt cotton seeds. Compounding the problem is poor regulation…
Under the proposed law, the antecedents of all agencies that will apply for marketing the locally grown organic food will be properly checked before they will be registered with the government.
Prof Kamakoti Veezhinathan, IIT-M, said that people refrain themselves from growing and consuming organic food because it is expensive. Organic food is 1.5 to 2 times costlier than the regular food, and the price of organic food is high because the yield is low.
According to the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority’s report, there is a 38% increase in total certified organic produce in 2016-17 compared to 2013-14.
Veera Reddy, a resident of Aknoor village in Karimnagar district of Telangana, comes…
After working in the IT industry for 18 years, Bangalore-based Laxminarayan Srinivasaiah, decided to take a sabbatical from work to concentrate on farming, quoting sustainability as the key reason. In 2007, there was a small financial meltdown and that’s when he started to think…
Those looking to start an agribusiness have an opportunity to hone their skills by attending a 20-day agri-business start-up programme, which will be held in Hyderabad.
Organised by Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) of ICRISAT, in association with The Entrepreneur Zone (TEZ),…
Sikkim government employees, students and teachers embarked on a organic farming drive in the premises of government centres and schools across West Sikkim.
The…
The protesters, who are mostly organic farmers, have gathered in front of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry since last Thursday |to protest a decision by the Hazardous Substance Committee to allow ongoing use of the three farm chemicals in Thailand.
They pointed to…