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By Neelam Jeena / New Delhi,2015-01-10,19:01:00

Sugarcane & Gur festival began in Delhi on Saturday which is aimed at creating awareness about sugarcane crisis and offer alternatives. The three month long festival which would be on in Dilli Haat, will try to involve people and farmers in conserving and protecting economy,......


NEW DELHI, 10 JAN: Farmers in the sugarcane belt of western Uttar Pradesh have threatened to start a protest as they are burdened with indebtedness which has led to suicides. The state recorded 750 suicides in 2013 which was 6.4 per cent......


Join us this Saturday, 10th Jan for the inauguration of

a Sugarcane and Gur Festival

(10th Jan - 30th March)

at Navdanya organic food stall

No:18, Dilli Haat

 

 Taste of our artisanal sugarcane & gur products

Learn more about why gur is good for your health and good for farmers

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To claim that by adding one gene a corporation creates the seed and all future generations of that seed is an ontological flaw, a scientific outrage and an ethical violation

As the New Year begins, I feel compelled to reflect on how fictions and abstract constructions are ruling us; the nature......


Tibet House
Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In collaboration with India International Centre
Invites you to

Annual Lecture on
SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY

Navdanya: An experiment in Non-Voilent Farming and Food

 

Tibet House
Cultural Centre of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In collaboration with......


Michael Specter's story in The New Yorker about Dr. Vandana Shiva's work to protect public health from the effects of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) skewed the facts and fell short of the magazine's usually high standards for fairness. In the piece published in the August 20th issue (and in a......


There is no scientific evidence to prove that genetically-modified crops would harm soil, human health and environment, the government said on Thursday.

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar's response came to queries in Rajya Sabha over the recent controversial decision of biotech regulator — the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee's (GEAC) — granting approval......


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Navdanya means “nine seeds” (symbolizing protection of biological and cultural diversity) and also the “new gift” (for seed as commons, based on the right to save and share seeds In today’s context of biological and ecological destruction, seed savers are the true givers of seed. This gift or “dana” of Navadhanyas (nine seeds) is the ultimate gift – it is a gift of life, of heritage and continuity. Conserving seed is conserving biodiversity, conserving knowledge of the seed and its utilization, conserving culture, conserving sustainability.

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