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Prioritising organic farming is the step in right direction: Greenpeace India

Press release | November 10, 2017 at 12:23

Welcoming this Government initiative to prioritise organic farming, Greenpeace India has expressed the hope that the step would not only bring farm and food security in Bihar but it would also serve as a role model for other States of the country.

Stop Chemical Fertilisers

Hub | September 22, 2010 at 14:03

Greenpeace India’s campaign against chemical fertilisers is also a campaign to bring our soils, destroyed by intense chemical fertiliser usage, back to life. The government through its policies to subsidise and promote chemical fertilisers has...

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  • Punjab farmers trash..
Punjab farmers trash Centre's strategy to tackle soil degradation

Punjab farmers trash Centre's strategy to tackle soil degradation

Press release | October 27, 2010 at 14:05

Baghwangarh, Sangat, Punjab, 26 October 2010: In a first of its kind jansunwayi [public hearing] in Punjab farmers today trashed the Centre’s strategy to tackle soil degradation through the new Nutrient Based Subsidy System (NBS) . Hundreds of...

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  • North east demands Central..

North east demands Central Government for an umbrella policy to subsidize ecological...

Press release | September 6, 2010 at 20:54

Government officials, civil society representatives, Academicians and farmer representatives from North eastern States today urged the Central Government to create an umbrella policy to subsidize and support ecological fertilization in...

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  • Dewas Farmers to organize..

Dewas Farmers to organize first of its kind Public Hearing in Madhya Pradesh to save...

Press release | October 5, 2010 at 17:38

Farmers of Bagli tehsil of Dewas district will organize first of its kind Public Hearing to save soils from harmful impacts of Chemical Fertilizers. The Public hearing, scheduled for 8th October 2010 in Pandutalab Village will review the major...

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  • Greenpeace India launches..

Greenpeace India launches “Living Soils” campaign; call to save soils from harmful...

Press release | August 3, 2010 at 18:01

Guwahati, India — Greenpeace India today launched “Living Soils”, a nationwide campaign with a call to implement Government policies to save soils from the harmful impacts of chemical fertilizers. This campaign assumes significance in the context...

The Living Soils Report

Publication | February 3, 2011 at 16:00

Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers is murdering our soil and threatening our food security. It’s time to move away from them and nurture our soil the ecological way.

Living Soils: Concept Note

Publication | September 25, 2010 at 14:19

When you look at the soil, it may seem like lifeless clay and rocks. But in fact it is very much alive. Millions of small organisms live in healthy soil which is rich in organic matter. Some of them are big enough to see, such as earthworms and...

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  • India's soil health needs..

India's soil health needs urgent attention

Press release | February 3, 2011 at 16:00

New Delhi, Feb 3, 2011: Releasing the report of the first-ever social audit of soil health and support systems in India titled, Of Soils, Subsidies and Survival, Greenpeace today said the state of country’s soil health needs urgent attention to...

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  • देश में मिट्टी की सेहत पर..

देश में मिट्टी की सेहत पर तत्काल ध्यान देने की जरूरत

Press release | February 3, 2011 at 16:00

नई दिल्ली, 3 फरवरी, 2011: तेज़ी से बढ़ रहे खेतों की मिट्टी के क्षरण को रोकने के लिए देश में माटी की सेहत पर तत्काल ध्यान देने की जरूरत है । ग्रीनपीस ने भारत में पहली बारमाटी की सेहत को सामाजिक तंत्र की कसौटी पर परख कर आज यहां अपनी रिपोर्ट जारी...

Voices from the core of India

Voices from the core of India

Blog entry by Manvendra Singh Inaniya | June 5, 2015

For the villagers of Mahan, this World Environment Day stands out in quite a contrast from the one last year in 2014. T hen, Mahan was battling for its very existence as their ancient forests and tribal villages were being...

  • Anusha Rizvi talks about..
Anusha Rizvi talks about Living Soils

Anusha Rizvi talks about Living Soils

Video | February 7, 2011 at 16:04

Anusha Rizvi, director of Peepli Live, talking about "Living Soils" Campaign, environmental issues and activism after launching the Living Soils report at Constitution Club, New Delhi on 3 February 2011

  • Anusha Rizvi talks about..
Anusha Rizvi talks about Living Soils

Anusha Rizvi talks about Living Soils

Video | February 7, 2011 at 16:04

Anusha Rizvi, director of Peepli Live, talking about "Living Soils" Campaign, environmental issues and activism after launching the Living Soils report at Constitution Club, New Delhi on 3 February 2011

Anusha Rizvi talks about Living Soils

Anusha Rizvi talks about Living Soils

Video | February 7, 2011 at 16:04

Anusha Rizvi, director of Peepli Live, talking about "Living Soils" Campaign, environmental issues and activism after launching the Living Soils report at Constitution Club, New Delhi on 3 February 2011

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  • Let’s plan for “Living Soils”
Let’s plan for “Living Soils”

Let’s plan for “Living Soils”

Blog entry by Gopikrishna SR | May 9, 2011

It is planning time again. The Planning Commission of India is in the process of developing the 12th Five Year Plan, which will provide direction to the country for the next five years starting in 2012. The news is that this time,...

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  • बजट सत्र में सार्थक पहल,..
बजट सत्र में सार्थक पहल, अभी लम्बा् है सफर

बजट सत्र में सार्थक पहल, अभी लम्बा् है सफर

Blog entry by डा. सीमा जावेद | March 18, 2011

अगर हम एक तरफ जनवरी 2011 में हुए बजट पूर्व परामर्श और ग्रीनपीस की जीवित माटी अभियान के लगातार प्रयासों के नतीजों पर नज़र डालें तो इनसे बदलाव की एक सार्थक पहल साफ दिखायी दे रही है। हालांकि अभी लम्‍बा सफर बाकी है। इस बार बजट सत्र में...

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  • A celebration of soils
A celebration of soils

A celebration of soils

Blog entry by Gopi Krishna | February 7, 2011

Indiscriminate use of chemi cal fertilizers over several decades has been sucking life out of Indian soils, and thereby putting the country’s food security at stake. But the government has continued to mindlessly promote chemical...

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  • They are talking soils
They are talking soils

They are talking soils

Blog entry by Gopikrishna S R | March 17, 2011

Finally, there is attention on soils. The Finance Minister tried to give it some importance during his budget speech. A day after the budget speech, a few concerned parliamentarians quizzed the Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar,...

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  • हरित खाद को बढ़ावा देने से..
हरित खाद को बढ़ावा देने से सुधरेगी माटी की सेहत

हरित खाद को बढ़ावा देने से सुधरेगी माटी की सेहत

Blog entry by डा.सीमा जावेद. Photo: © Greenpeace/Yogesh Kumar | February 16, 2011

निर्देशिका   अनुषा   रिजवी   के साथ कुछ पल जानी मानी फिल्‍म निर्देशिका अनुषा रिजवी ने पीपली लाइव बनाने के दौरान एक लम्‍बा समय खेत खलिहानों में बिताया। इस बीच उन्‍हें किसानों के सुख-दुख को बहुत करीब से देखने और उनकी...

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  • Art for a living soil

Art for a living soil

Blog entry by Usha Saxena | February 24, 2011

The sweet fragrance of the soil after the rains, the lively brown-ness of recently ploughed fields, the pleasant crunch of grit as you bite into sweet carrots and mooli , the glistening sweat on the farmer's brow, the feel of wet soil...

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