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Recent report from the National Academy of Science of The United States, titled Gene Drives on the Horizon : Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values”, warns: “One possible goal of release of a gene-drive modified organism is to cause the extinction of the target species or......
Read more: Biodiversity , GMOs, & Gene Drives of the Militarised Mind
Organic farming does not use pesticides and fertilizers. Instead it relies on organic manure because it strives for sustainability, enhancement of soil fertility and biological diversity. The budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 29 February announced that 500,000 farm ponds and dug wells in rain fed areas and......
Read more: New hope for Indian farmers
Nimtshreng Lepcha seeps medicinal leaves in cow urine and sprays the brew over his tomatoes. It’s the main way pests are repelled on his farm in the Himalayan foothills and across the northeastern state of Sikkim, the first in India to go fully organic.
For more than a decade,......
For more than a decade,......
Read more: Cow Urine Kills Farm Pests in India’s First Fully Organic State
The Green Revolution, which began in Punjab, was given a Nobel Peace prize based on the narrative that new seeds and chemicals would create prosperity and hence peace. But by 1984, Punjab was a land of violence and war. 30,000 people had been killed.
It was this divergence between......
It was this divergence between......
Read more: ‘Udta Punjab’ Opens Our Eyes To Green Revolution’s Toxic Legacy
With the aim of giving more options to dry land Vidarbha farmers and promoting organic farming replacing genetically modified crops and curbing uncontrolled use of pesticides in agriculture for protecting biodiversity through special action plan Maharashtra govt. and with help of Navdanya of environmental activist Vandana Shiva planned project to......
A great seed and biodiversity piracy is underway and it must be stopped. The privateers of today include not just the corporations — which are becoming fewer and larger through mergers — but also individuals like Bill Gates, the “richest man in the world”.
When the Green Revolution was......
When the Green Revolution was......
Read more: The great seed piracy
Celebrate the first drops of rains at Navdanya’s Biodiversity organic farm redolent with the smells of ripening native organic mangoes. Form the 1st to 3rd of July 2016, we have for you over nine varieties of these yellow and green mangoes to tempt each corner of your tongue. We call you......
Read more: The Mango Festival, Amrapali
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