A certified problem

Indian organic movement needs aggressive and long-term government support to ensure nation-wide adoption of organic farming practices

Organic standards

The government needs to midwife Indian agriculture to an organic revolution

Instead of making it difficult for the organic farmers, government should devise methods to reduce the complexity of the certification process

Kerala university finds toxins in 11% vegetables labelled organic

553 samples, including fruits, vegetables and spices, were collected from 7 districts in the state by Kerala Agriculture University at …

Uber-Stone Age

Food>> Organic • Germany

Natural paradox

On November 4, the un General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of ending the us-imposed embargo against Cuba. The Mexican representative …

India has the highest number of organic farmers globally, but most of them are struggling

Poor policy measures, rising input costs and limited market are affecting growth of organic farming in the country

Benchmarks in place

Small farms can be profitable

Ramesh Chander Dagar, an organic farmer from Akbarpur Barota village, Sonipat, Haryana demonstrates how

Organic Farmers' Market: A CSE initiative

These consumers are funding farmers to make food sustainable

A transformation in the food system is underway with 100 consumers funding traditional millet farmers

UNITED NATIONS

Natural shield

Organic diet increases pesticide tolerance in children

Online slander lands company head in trouble

FSSAI rules for organic farmers ‘pushing them out of business’

Farmer organisations, companies say concerns not addressed

Global agribusiness

FSSAI’s move regarding organic food’s certification not wise: CSE

Making organic certification mandatory will only promote the certification industry but not safe food  

`Growing food is like printing your own money'

Ron Finley grows food and for this he has been branded as a guerilla gardener, a renegede, an ecolutionist. It all began four years ago, when Ron,…

In absence of domestic markets, organics of the poor head North

Organic goes online

India’s organic food exports have found a new strength—online traceability. Web-based TraceNet can trace an organic product right …

'Poor nations need Codex education'

Sanjay Dave, director of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), was recently elected chairperson of …

First comes chick

Kuroiler hens offer a poultry business model that can fight poverty, nutritional stress

TRANSGENIC CROPS

One up

Monsanto wins a landmark victory in Britain

Food safety

In the wake of genetically-modified food flooding the Indian markets, 25 farmers' groups call for a 10-year moratorium on such food