There is need for both organic and inorganic food

London: Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study.

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said published Wednesday that consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007.

Inorder to highlight the the huge potential in organic farming in India and to provide inputs for starting an organic venture, CII

Ravish Tiwari

In the din of concerns expressed over agriculture in Parliament, a small

Genetic modification may be the only viable way to produce sufficient quantities of rice in the future as drought, climate change and dwindling acreage impact yields, experts said in a new report.

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, in collaboration with two of its alumni, is soon going to offer organic food to its students on campus. An outlet of

ALTERNATIVES: Government-run shops such as the Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan have devoted a portion of their shelf-space for organically grown products.

CHENNAI: It was, perhaps, the widely travelled and the well-educated who re-introduced the concept of organic food in Indian restaurants. Today, tour operators ensure that their customers are satisfied, by procuring them farm fresh food.

Though acquatic weeds such as water hyacinth play a vital role in the acquatic ecosystem, congestion of the weeds in wetlands could hamper the general productivity of the ecosystem.

Days after the government said it was planning to introduce genetically modified food crops in the country in three years, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton gave a clear indication of the US administration