The first hour of Arun Jaitley's Budget speech in the parliament today was mostly about famers, rural livelihood and social security. A slew…
June 2018
Explaining the benefits of ‘zero budget’ farming, Thakur said that income of farmers will double-up with no additional inputs. He went on elaborating how excessive use of the fertilizers and pesticides have ruined the farmers’ and forced them to commit suicides on crop failures.…
The two built a supply chain, working with organic cotton farmers in the country, focusing on certification for their organic clothes. To do so, they settled on the GOTS certification, or Global Organic Textile Standard, which had an increasing audience. Working directly with…
Plant-based proteins, such as beans and grains, are often the least expensive foods available and produce a smaller carbon footprint than meat alternatives. Nationally, investing in organic agriculture means reducing costs associated with clean-up efforts in polluted water and soil…
The move is part of the ‘Organic Mission’ envisioned by Sikkim in 2003. The implementation started in 2010, and in 2016, the Central government declared Sikkim the country’s ‘first organic state’. The same year, Sikkim was also declared as the country’s cleanest state.
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The government had recently brought in large flagship programmes to promote organic farming. The recent growth in “formally-counted” organic farming areas and the number of farmers is reflective of the investments being made. As per reports, the year-on-year growth rate of the…
Matoshree Pearl in Mahim, Mumbai, is one such high-rise housing society with 22 floors and 65 apartments. And the waste it generates is so efficiently managed that it is turned into organic fruits and vegetables by the residents.
Organic produce is an emerging market in India, clocking a turnover of Rs3,350 crore in 2016, and is expected to treble it by 2020. According to N. Balasubramanian, CEO of 24 Mantra Organic, among the largest organic food companies in India, rising consumer preference for safe food…
The agriculture ministry plans to offer cash incentives to farmers who take up yogik farming, gou mata kheti and rishi krishi, obscure methods of cultivation that have little scientific evidence to prove they are beneficial.
The guidelines were…