Going Beyond Agricultural Production to Achieve Food Security
Region: United StatesCrossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. Agricultural production is only the first step in moving the world’s food from farm to fork, according to Nourishing the Planet, a project of the ... more
Views: 1684JK govt failed to solve the problems of farmers: Mehbooba
Region: India
R S Pura/Jammu, May 21 (Scoop News) –Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba today regretted that the present government headed by National Conference (NC) has failed to solve the problems being faced by the ... more
Views: 1277Border Farmers to be compensated: Chib
Region: India
Jammu, April 20 (Scoop News) –Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services and Sports, R.S. Chib today said the Government would acquire land in front of the fencing along zero line for which th... more
Views: 1415Poultry Farmers Association meets Kashmir Chief
Region: India
Srinagar, March 16 (Scoop News) - Kashmir Poultry Farmers Association met Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon and submitted a memorandum to h... more
Views: 670Tarigami for united struggle to safeguard farmers interests
Region: India
Jammu, December 31 (Scoop News) – Calling for making farmers equal share holders in State’s progress and development, CPI(M), J&K and MLA Kulgam M.Y.Tarigami rued that the producers continue to be at receiving ... more
Views: 1391J&K CM addresses largest ever Kissan rally in South Kashmir
Region: India
Anantnag/Srinagar, November 30 (Scoop News) - “With the full cooperation of the masses, I am determined to usher the state of Jammu and Kashmir in an era prosperity and self sufficiency and added that th... more
Views: 1493Economic condition of Indian farmers deteriorating due to wrong policies of government: Gadkari
Region: India
Fardibad/Jammu, October 06 (Scoop News) – BJP National President Nitin Gadkari while inaugurated 3-day National Executive meet,said that it is indeed unfortunate that due to wrong policies of the government, the econ... more
Views: 2812Women farmers: A growing force without a growing voice
Region: India
A group of women have broken into what has been a male bastion for centuries: Farming. An IndiaUnheard community reporter Varsha tells us how women are turning food growers in a remote village of India’s ... more
Views: 2300Locally Produced Crops for Locally Consumed Products
Region: ZambiaCross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. In Zambia, sorghum-a drought resistant cereal that thrives in the country- was considered a "poor man's crop" in the past, often shunned by small-scale farme... more
Views: 1496Nicaraguan Farmers Express Thoughts on Rural Development Through Video
Region: Nicaragua
Seed by theogeo http://www.flickr.com/photos/theogeo/ / CC BY 2.0 The Alzar las Voces (Raise the Voices) project in Nicaragua brings farmers in rural communities the possibility to speak out through video tel... more
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