ENVIRONMENT minister Jairam Ramesh has sought to allay the apprehensions raised by the Kerala government about his decision to allow field trials of genetically modified rubber in the state.

New Delhi: The US government was advised by its officials to start a military-style trade war against European countries that oppose GM crop cultivation, a new Wikileak release by the UK-based newspaper Guardian has shown.
The US embassy in Paris in 2007, when France moved to ban GM corn by Monsanto, recommended that the US

Mr Narendrabhai N. Limbasaya of Kotada Nayan village in Gujarat's Rajkot district has been growing cotton on 15 acres of land he owns for the last 7-8 years.

Satish Shile, Bangalore, Dec 27, DHNS:

Farmers in the State practising organic farming have an all-paid trip to Cuba coming their way.

Experts discuss shrinking farmland, effects of pesticides at a seminar organised as part of Gandhi Utsav.

Thiruvananthapuram: Agricultural scientists, farmers, doctors, environmentalists and bankers who participated in a seminar series organised here last week in connection with the ongoing Gandhi Utsav, highlighted the importance of organic farming as a sustainable method of agriculture.

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Muthalamada famers seek a

ALAPPUZHA: Chief Minister V.S.

KOCHI: Union Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas has called upon the State Government to take efforts to encourage organic farming in the state.

The government can use a good amount of the unutilised drought relief fund, granted by the Centre, for the purpose, he said after inaugurating the three-day India International Food and Agri Expo here on Saturday.

Shishir Behera

A cup of good tea in the morning is the perfect way to start a day, and if it is organic nothing like it. With people becoming health conscious by the day, demand for organic products is rising multi-fold every year.