The Rs 85-crore Apple Rejuvenation Project is being seen as a great opportunity to promote organic orchards in the hill state.

Chandigarh Haryana government has drawn up a new scheme to promote organic farming by adopting good agricultural practices and minimising the use of pesticides in the state and it has earmarked R1 crore for its implementation during 2011-12.

While stating this a spokesman of horticulture department said that 10,000 hectares of area would be focused for adoption of organic farming.

Hisar: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today called upon farmers and farm scientists to help conserve water.

Jairam intervenes after Nitish tells him that he is opposed to such trials
Even as the moratorium on commercialisation of Bt brinjal stands, Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) to immediately withdraw its permission to Monsanto for field trials of Bt maize in Bihar.

A workshop on "State level programme of capacity building and strengthening of vermi compositing units in university and colleges through solid waste management training programme" was held at MKP Inter College in Dehradun on Friday.

Buoyed by a fresh Rs 400-crore fillip to transform the east into the country

Food security and organic farming can go hand in hand.

Food security and organic farming can go hand in hand.