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Conservation - Reducing Water Usage
Go organic and triple your profits
Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 07:15 PMKalaivani, a single mother of three, took to farming after the loss of her husband almost two decades ago. Since then, she has grown all the crops on her farm without using chemical or synthetic pesticides or fertilisers. Over the last few years, she has focused her time and energy in growing organic cotton.
An organic manure factory for Rs. 800 only
Posted on 19 Aug, 2013 01:22 PMNitrogen and phosphorus are essential for plant growth – that is common knowledge for farmers. Cow dung contains nitrogen – that is also common knowledge for farmers. Then why is it that many farmers look for costly solutions rather than use the abundant cow dung they have in their farms as manure? Luckily, one farmer did think of this.
Angioplasty for groundwater or a heart attack waiting to happen?
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 10:38 AM“What is in a name? That which we call a rose, would smell as sweet by any other”, goes the line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. There is quite a lot in a name, Juliet, especially if attaching the wrong terminology to a process is used to appropriate public funds - Rs. 800 crores, in fact.
Applications invited for UN-Water Best Practices Award, United Nations University
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 08:24 AMFurther details of the announcement can be gathered from the link here
Invitation for WASH For India Launch, Bengaluru
Posted on 13 Aug, 2013 03:14 PMFor more information on the event , please click here
Invite for an International course on 'Farming, Natural home building and Self Sustainable Living', Krisit, Rajasthan, November 2013 - October 2014
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 02:11 PMFor details on this very interesting course please click here
Apply for online distance learning course on ' Water Safety Plans (WSPs)', The Water Institute
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 11:48 AMFor more information on the course, please click here
To access registration form, please click here
Applications invited for ' Ecovillage Design Education Course', Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI), Koraput, Orissa, September10-October 8, 2013
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 08:07 AMFor details on the sustainable training course please click here
You may also download the brochure for the course from below
Sowing the seeds of change
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 07:53 PMTill a few decades ago, most people in India grew vegetables and fruits in their own gardens. Then something changed. We shifted from 'farming for food' to 'farming for money'. The start of the ‘green revolution’ meant that production increased but so did the farmer's dependency on chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides.