The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has urged that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) issue guidelines for poultry farms with more than 5,000 birds, claiming that their owners cannot be considered small farmers and that their pollution potential cannot be ignored. The argument that...
The government is creating unique ID cards for farmers for digitalizing the documentation process Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday that the central government is in the process of creating unique identification (ID) cards for farmers who have...
Zero-budget natural farming (ZBNF) has returned to the top of the government’s priority list, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to highlight it at a national conclave in Gujarat later this week. Despite the lack of scientific studies demonstrating the impact of the method, which...
PM Modi urges farmers across India to attend his speech on ‘natural farming’, online address on December-16 On December-16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a conference on ‘natural farming,’ in which state governments are also expected to participate. The...
Why grape growing farmers are converting their land into residential plots? Farmers anticipate that more farmers will convert their land into residential and commercial plots in order to recoup losses from the previous two years. A group of farmers in Vijayanagar village in the Sangli...
