A stark portrayal of the hardships faced by farmers, Mulshi Pattern tackles some of the raging issues of our times. The film lays bare the deep flaws of the system which turns the farmer into a criminal and a social outcast. Films story is based on farmers who sold off their land in Mulshi taluka … Read more
FarmOS farmOS is a web-based application for farm management and planning. It is built on Drupal, which makes it modular, extensible, and secure. Openlayers is used for mapping and geodata manipulation. Check the article “Installing FarmOS on Linux/Ubuntu Desktop” if you want to try the FarmOS software by your own. The source code is also … Read more
[ Click on Photos to View Full Screen ] As we can see from pictures, all pomegranates remain unaffected with sunburn, hence no dark spots. The look is very fresh and attractive which is very necessary for export quality fruits.
As per Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2016, Notification No.FEMA.362/2016-RB, February 15, 2016, Issued by Reserve Bank of India, details of Foreign Direct Investments ( FDI ) in India for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Plantations are as below, 1. Agriculture & Animal Husbandry … Read more
Haji Kalimullah Khan from Malihabad, Lucknow, India, also called as ‘Mango Man’ has been awarded the Padma Shri in 2008 for his rare technique of growing more than 300 varieties of mangoes of different shapes, sizes and hues on one tree. Khan’s prized tree is about 100 years old on which he started work in … Read more
There is an IT Employee working as a software developer in a well known Multinational Company. When he is assigned for a project of one overseas client, he himself prepares a work breakdown structure, project plan and delivery schedule and gets an approval from his client. As the projects kicks off, he starts following the … Read more
With the formation of WTO, a new international economic world order came into being. This has greatly affected the fate of farmers in developing countries across the world. While the successes of the new global trade regime have been appreciated, the issue of rising number of farmer suicides has faltered out of attention in the … Read more
Is our food safe? A red alert question that Ramanjaneyulu, puts out to all of us. Hear him talk about the quality of food we are eating. Listen to the reasons we need to adapt to organic farming as a results of excessive use of chemical pesticides and horrifying facts and statistics, surrounding them. He … Read more
The Open Food Network is an online marketplace for local food. It enables a network of independent online food stores that connect farmers and food hubs (including coops, online farmers’ markets, independent food businesses etc); with individuals and local businesses. It gives farmers and food hubs an easier and fairer way to distribute their food. … Read more
Devinder Sharma is a distinguished food and trade policy analyst. An award-winning Indian journalist, writer, thinker, and researcher. His twitter profile describes himself as Writer, Researcher, Columnist, Author, Speaker, Commentator for economics, global trade food, agricultural policy and environment development. He does research and writes columns in various news papers, appears on television debates related to … Read more
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which consolidates various acts & orders that have hitherto handled food related issues in various Ministries and Departments. FSSAI has been created for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their … Read more
International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science Technology (IJAFST)ISSN No. 2249-3050, Volume 4 No. 2 (2013)11 ROLE OF ECO-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT Mandavi MishraBioversity, International Office for South Asia NASC Complex, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-12 Abstract Green revolution technologies have more than doubled the yield potential of rice and wheat, especially in … Read more
