Agriculture

 Germany goes green

Environment friendly farm policies will be the new paradigm

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Germany, Sustainable Development
Agriculture

 Deadly increase

Growing use of pesticides in agriculture has increased human consumption of chemicals. According to studies, around three new synthetic chemicals are introduced each day in the agricultural sector.

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, June 14, 2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Agriculture, Organic Farming, Pesticides, Chemical Industry
India

 Thinking afresh

Agriculturists in India are gradually moving away from chemical pesticides and fertilisers;

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
Tirtho Banerjee
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Agriculture, Organic Farming, Pest Control, Pesticide Residues, India
Agriculture

 Waking up to old ways

Organic farming has found favour with agriculture officials and scientists.

Publication Date: 
14/02/1994
S Rajendran
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, Government Of India (GOI)
India

 Pitching for sustainability in agriculture

Two films, shown recently in the Capital, focus on alternative farming strategies as a counterbalance to the ecologically destructive Green Revolution

Publication Date: 
14/08/1993
Sevanti Ninan
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Agriculture, Organic Farming, Pesticides, TV, India
Agriculture

 Princely act

THE PRINCE of Wales wants it known far and wide that he was "not entirely dotty" when he switched to organic farming on his vast estates both around his country home 160 km west of London and in

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, Traditional Knowledge, United Kingdom (UK)
Environment

 Making the most of little plots of land

A Filipino research institute has blended agro forestry and bio intensive forming technicques to help small farmers produce more, without further burdening their packet.

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
Pamela Philipose
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Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Agroforestry, Organic Farming, Afforestation, Asia
Environment

 Fighting pests at home

Harmless pesticides can be prepared for home gardens from -recipes compiled by the International Institute ofRural Reconstruction in the Philippines: Tobacco: Place tobacco leaves, stems and

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
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Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Agroforestry, Organic Farming, Afforestation, Asia

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