India

 Profit from an acre

Innovative farming system revives a farmer s fortune in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
Deepa Kozhisseri
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Agricultural Systems, Organic Farming, Vermiculture, Cash Crops, Water Harvesting, India, Tamil Nadu
India

 Cotton tangle

Indian Bt cotton varieties show 75 per cent expression of the Bt gene, while elsewhere it is 100 per cent

Publication Date: 
30/08/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Farming, Pesticides, Pest Control, India, Andhra Pradesh, Agricultural Science
Agriculture

 Organic triumph

Over conventional farming

Publication Date: 
30/08/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Organic Farming, Technology, Agricultural Science
India

 An organic cup of tea

The right mix of quality and profits

Publication Date: 
30/12/2004
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Farming, Tea, Exports, India, West Bengal, Darjiling
India

 Organic states

Mizoram passes legislation to go fully organic, Sikkim already on the path

Publication Date: 
30/08/2004
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Farming, Chemical Fertilisers, Legislation, India, Mizoram, Sikkim
Climate Change

 24/7 water supply

Three villages in West Bengal s Darjeeling district also export organic tea

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Farming, Tea, Drinking Water, West Bengal, Darjiling (D)
India

 Worm wonder

Vermicompost has changed fortunes of farmers in a drought prone Karnataka district

Publication Date: 
30/05/2004
Manu Kulkarni
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Farming, Vermiculture, Earthworms, India, Karnataka
Climate Change

The role of organic agriculture in mitigating climate change - a Scoping Study

There is dramatic evidence that various Greenhouse Gases are responsible for Global Warming and climate change. This present study discusses the potential of Organic Agriculture both to avoid and to sequester Greenhouse Gases (GHG), and makes comparisons with conventional agriculture.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2004
Johannes Kotschi, Karl Mller-Smann
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
Tags:
Land Use, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Organic Farming, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Mitigation, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation, Carbon Sequestration
India

 Organically inclined

A sudden spurt has been witnessed in the states opting for organic farming. Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Nagaland and Meghalaya are planning to ban the use of chemicals in their agricultural processes. In

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
Down to Earth
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Organic Farming, India, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Small farms can be profitable

Ramesh Chander Dagar, an organic farmer from Akbarpur Barota village, Sonipat, Haryana demonstrates how

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Farming, Vermiculture, Organic Foods, Aquaculture, Farmers, Biogas, Haryana, Sonipat (D)

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