GM Free Bihar asks crop developers to quit Bt brinjal expert group

“No one can be judge in his own case” April 25th 2011, Patna: Ahead of a crucial meeting of a newly-constituted Expert Group to review Bt Brinjal, the GM-Free Bihar Movement has asked the members of the panel to recuse themselves from decision making as their presence was in conflict of interest. It also cited [...]

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Kisaan Swaraj Yatra

‘Kisan Ki mazbooti mein hi desh ki mazbooti’

‘Krishi Bache, Kisan Bache, Desh bache’

An outreach effort across India towards self-reliant, ecological farming and for securing farming communities’ rights

Jal, Jangal, Zameen aur BEEJ (Water, Forest, Land & SEED) – the basic common resources that have always belonged to people who acted as the resource-savers and resource-keepers – are in great jeopardy today. These are the basic resources which are pre-requisites for the sustainable livelihoods of millions of Indians. Along with these resources, the very lives of our fellow citizens are perched precariously, mired in unconscionable poverty, hunger, lack of basic rights and any assertive power.

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Drought hits maize-growing farmers

Abhay Singh, TNN, Aug 15, 2010, 02.51am IST PATNA: Due to drought this year, the country might not be able to tap maize from the state’s three districts — Begusarai, Khagaria, and five blocks of northern Bhagalpur — whose maize yields are considered among the bests in the country. While maize has 108 industrial uses, including in the [...]

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ENSURING FOOD SECURITY AMID CHALLENGES – Dr. S. Ayyappan

The National Agricultural Research System (NARS), one of the largest in the world has been playing a catalytic role in the overall growth and development of agriculture through generation of technologies for enhancing the productivity and production by overcoming production constraints. India, which was once upon a time dependent on imports of food grains to [...]

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Brazil: organic food production is an option of income for small farmers

The production of organic food has become an option of income for small farmers in Rio Grande do Norte. Currently, the farmer Manoel Vicente gets up to a thousand Reais per month with the sale of products. The initiative of planting organics began after he made a loan through the Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture. [...]

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