By 2027, we hope all farmers here will go pesticide-free and we have launched initiatives to promote organic farming in 13 states, organising training workshops and there is a lot Punjab can learn and replicate, according to its own conditions. Another urgent need of the hour is to…
July 2018
Recently published research findings confirm what is known to our elders for generations. The research involved data from over 290 million people from 20 countries. It claims that living close to nature and spending time outside may reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease,…
Bhojanakutuhalam is an encyclopaedic book on various aspects of food from the perspective of Ayurveda, with English translation of the original Sanskrit text. It synthesises the 2,000-year old Ayurveda tradition with Food science.
The title of the great book literally means…
Medicinal plants research in India has gained prominence during the last three decades. At the same period, the number of journals publishing information on medicinal plants has increased all over the world. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the research workers…
Home remedies have been effectively used for thousands of years in the treatment and prevention of illness. For generations, we have been using herbs from our kitchens, farms and forests to reduce pain, heal wounds and cure illness.
For many centuries, India’s wide variety…
In a bid to promote a healthy lifestyle, the UT education department has designated space for organic farming in 50 government schools.
The startup activity to help farmers will now find support from IBM’s subsidiary The Weather Company, which has tied up with Niti Aayog to engage with startups in the farm sector.
The growth rate of the organic food and beverage industry is projected to expand at a rate of 14.56% between now and 2024.
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…
The island has immense potential and is favourably placed for organic farming due to less use of chemical fertilisers and abundant species," Singh said in Port Blair. The aim is to convert the UT into an organic farming island and therefore efforts are being made to create more…