Zero Budget Natural Farming: Interview with Subhash Palekar

Subhash Palekar is an Indian agriculture scientist. He has been conferred with 'Padma Shree' in 2016 for his invention and extensive work on an …

READ MORE 30 Mar 2016

Exploiting earthworms for fertilisers

Vermicampost - worm excreta - is emerging as a feasible substitute for chemical fertilisers

READ MORE 31 Mar 1994

Too little of a good thing

The increasing demand for organic food is causing shortages and adulteration

READ MORE 15 Apr 1994

Baranaja: a climate resilient farming practice

Baranaja is a mixed crop farming practice from Uttarakhand based on traditional wisdom. Millets and pulses are the main crops cultivated through …

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Participatory Guarantee System brings credibility to small 'Organic' farmers

Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) is a new initiative for 'Organic' product certification in India. It helps small scale and marginal farmers, …

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Organic paradox

Sikkim will be the first Indian state to go wholly organic. But lack of markets can become counterproductive

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Straw manure

READ MORE 31 Aug 1994

The grapes of growth

After setting the trend of grape cultivation in Sangli district, Ganapathyrao Mhetre is all set to introduce organic farming techniques

READ MORE 15 Apr 1994

Waking up to old ways

Organic farming has found favour with agriculture officials and scientists.

READ MORE 15 Feb 1994

High-tech boost

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Bitter organic brew

Falling income and lukewarm market are forcing organic coffee growers to go back to chemical fertilisers

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Roof is the limit

Farming consultancies are cropping up in urban areas as households opt for rooftop farms and gardens for cleaner food and environment

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Going the bio way

The Biovillage project provides rural folk the finance and technical knowhow to cultivate for the market while conserving water and soil

READ MORE 15 Sep 1997

Going Dutch

The Netherlands leads the way in sustainable investments -- funds that go towards the setting up of projects that are ecologically viable

READ MORE 15 Apr 1997

Farewell to fertilisers

The Netherlands' position as an agricultural superpower stands threatened... unless it shifts to eco-friendlier organic cultivation

READ MORE 15 Feb 1997

The golden grains

A new polymer can increase crop yields phenomenally by improving the water-retaining ability of soil and seeds

READ MORE 31 Oct 1996

Organic uplift

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Organic farming is the answer

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READ MORE 15 Feb 1994

Training villagers in organic farming

Despite the general reluctance of farmers to adopt organic farming, one village in Tamil Nadu is using these techniques successfully.

READ MORE 15 Dec 1993

Realising the virtues of organic farming

Several organisations, at home and abroad, are promoting organic farming as a method of food production that is both ecologically and socially …

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Farmers demand law for guaranteed income

Participants voice concern on drought, farmers' suicide and water conservation, among other issues

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Organic Farmers' Market: A CSE initiative

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With help from worms

Shekhawati farmers in Rajasthan go organic

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CUBA

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Thinking afresh

Agriculturists in India are gradually moving away from chemical pesticides and fertilisers;

READ MORE 15 Jul 1997