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Stinging fact
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2012
BUMBLEBEES carry out nearly 80 per cent of the pollination done by insects. However, just like honey bees, they too are becoming a victim of extensive pesticide use in agriculture. A study published in Nature on October 21 suggests the chemicals affect the insect’s ability to forage.
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Contaminating millets
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2012
Millets, suddenly, are a focus area for the Union Ministry of Agriculture.
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When battered people took on the pesticide industry
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2012
Today, I want to tell you a true story of extraordinary courage. The past week, I was in Kasaragod, a district in Kerala, splendid in beauty and with abundant natural resources, but destroyed by the toxic chemical, endosulfan.
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Seeking Food Sovereignty
Posted on: 29 Jun, 2012
From Cordoba to Chennai and Maine, farmers and consumers are coming together on the platform of right to safe food
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We have found in Asian country especially in rural sectors new mothers are unaware about baby's health care issues therefore...
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it is good to eat as many as vegetables and fruits (totally vegetarian), but my aurvedic doctor asked me to stop eating every...