Pesticides And Toxins

We The Human demands check over excessive use of toxic chemical pesticides

We the Human demanded check over excessive use of toxic chemical pesticides.

Publication Date: 
05/04/2018
Daily Excelsior (Jammu)
Tags:
Pesticides, Vegetables, Organic Farming, Chemical Fertilisers, Pesticides And Toxins
Agriculture

Organic agriculture development strategies: roadmap for 12th Five Year Plan and beyond

Bhutan’s stated vision is to go 100% organic by 2020. However, given the compulsions of ensuring food security and a desire to attain import substitution in agriculture, this vision demands a serious reappraisal.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2018
ICIMOD
Tags:
Organic Farming, Agriculture, Bhutan, Agricultural Systems, Food Security
Agriculture

Draft Assam agriculture policy (2018)

The recent Nasa findings that ornamental plants release maximum oxygen seem to have prompted the Assam government to plan massive urban agriculture and vertical farming to grow such plants, fruits and vegetables.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2018
Government of Assam
Tags:
Agriculture, Assam, Crop Insurance, Horticulture, Crops, Organic Farming, Urban Agriculture, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Climate Change, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Agriculture

250 farmers adopt organic farming to cultivate wheat in Bijnor

Bijnor: To curb use of pesticides in farming, the agriculture department has launched a project to train farmers in organic farming under the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana.

Publication Date: 
09/03/2018
Times Of India (Meerut)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Bijnor (D), Agriculture, Farmers, Organic Farming
Agriculture

Budget 2018: From farm exports to organic farming, all you need to know

From upgrading agriculture markets to blockchain, BS brings you all the nuts and bolts of Budget 2018-19

Upgrade for agricultural markets

Publication Date: 
02/02/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, Budget, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Agriculture

Rs 1,500 crore for organic farming

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,500 crore for three years to promote organic farming in state.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2018
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Organic Farming, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ministry Of Agriculture, Sugar Industry, Agriculture
Agriculture

Can contract farming in organic basmati rice be a boon to smallholders?: evidence from India

Demand for organic basmati rice (OBR), both at home and abroad, coupled with policy reforms in India have given rise to contract farming (CF) production in that nation. OBR production, however, is highly susceptible to weather and pest risks.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2018
Ashok K. Mishra, Anjani Kumar, P. K. Joshi, Alwin D’Souza, Gaurav Tripathi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Basmati Rice, Contract Farming, Organic Farming, India, Agriculture
Agriculture

Centre sanctions Rs 1,500 cr for organic farming in Uttarakhand

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,500 crore for three years to promote organic farming in Uttarakhand.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2018
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Organic Farming, Ministry Of Agriculture
Pesticides And Toxins

Organic farmers claim natural pesticide saved paddy from pests

Nagpur: Amid paddy growers of east Vidarbha reeling under a major pest attack, some of them who have adopted organic farming claim they could prevent losses in their fields using natural pesticides

Publication Date: 
08/01/2018
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Chandrapur (D), Agriculture, Natural Pesticides, Rice, Organic Farming, Pesticides And Toxins
Agriculture

Improving environmental practices in agricultural supply chains: The role of company-led standards

Food retailers and manufacturers are increasingly committing to address agricultural sustainability issues in their supply chains. In place of using established eco-certifications, many companies define their own supply chain sustainability standards. Scholars remain divided on whether we should expect such company-led programs to affect change. We use a major food retailer as a critical case to evaluate the effectiveness of a companyled supply chain standard in improving environmental farm management practices.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2018
Tannis Thorlakson, Jens Hainmueller, Eric F. Lambin
Global Environmental Change
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32-42
Tags:
Agriculture, South Africa, Food Process Industry, Environment Management, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Farmers, Organic Farming

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