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Greenpeace Launches Food For Life Campaign On World Environment Day

Feature story | June 5, 2016 at 17:11

05th June, New Delhi/Mumbai/ Bangalore : In the middle of the ongoing agricultural crisis devastating lives and fields across India, comes a story of incredible hope, from Kedia village in Jamui district of Bihar. On the occasion of World...

The Kedia Model Is Here

Feature story | July 14, 2016 at 14:31

13 July 2016: Kedia, Jamui district, Bihar: Farmers in Kedia village are adopting ecological agricultural practices. It's a sustainable model and steadily being known as the "Kedia model".

The US Assault on Biosafety – The WTO dispute on GMOs

Publication | August 15, 2005 at 23:30

Greenpeace Launches Food Justice Campaign

Press release | July 4, 2003 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — While five central ministries prepare to file affidavits in response to the Safe Food Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court, Bangalore citizens participated in the first consumer mobilization event...

Bihar’s First Solar Powered Cold Storage in Kedia

Press release | August 13, 2016 at 20:35

Patna 13th August: Greenpeace volunteers celebrated alongside farmers in Kedia, as the Bihar Labour Resources Minister Vijay Prakash inaugurated the state’s first ever solar powered cold storage in Kedia, Jamui on Saturday.

Global Maize Contamination Report

Publication | October 29, 2014 at 13:18

Genetically modified crops were first commercially grown on a wide scale in 1996. But, there has always been concern about their effects on both health and the environment. A specific concern has been that once released, it would not be possible...

Hope Brewing

Publication | October 15, 2014 at 16:21

The introduction of chemical fertilisers and chemical pesticides resulted in an increase in production in the early years, but by the 1990s and early 2000s, yields had begun to stagnate.

GE FAQ

Publication | June 29, 2005 at 5:30

Going! Going! Your Last Chance to Protect Your Food.

Feature story | May 24, 2005 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — This is a defining moment in Indian agriculture. And by putting your weight behind a crucial petition, you have a chance to make an impact on the government’s new Biotech Strategy even as it is being framed hand-in-glove with...

How safe is your food?

Feature story | July 29, 2004 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — · The fresh vegetables that you pick off the shelf in any supermarket store or elsewhere also contain pesticides like DDT, Endosulphan, Methyl Parathion, Phorate (to mention just a few) · Toxic pesticides like DDT and...

Does organic farming work?

Feature story | August 28, 2004 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — In the ultimate analysis, farming is about what works. And luckily for us, considering the ecological and human costs, pesticides and fertilizers do not have even that basic redeeming quality of doing what they claim to do.

Farmers say NO to pesticides - Public Hearing at Yavatmal, Maharashtra.

Feature story | November 29, 2004 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — About 50 farmers gathered at a public hearing on pesticides organised by Greenpeace India at Sunna village, Pandarakavda, Yavatmal District, along with local NGO’s and concerned citizens. An intense discussion followed, on the...

Genetically engineered rice: Illegal and unwanted in China

Publication | August 15, 2005 at 23:26

Greenpeace urges Union Finance Minister to invest in organic fertilizers while...

Press release | February 18, 2010 at 15:39

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace India today urged the Union Finance Minister to invest in organic fertilizers while implementing the newly proposed Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) system. The demand is made on the basis of the recommendations from the...

Extend subsidy benefits to Organic fertilizers, demands Vidharbha Farmers

Press release | November 10, 2009 at 13:20

WARDHA, MAHARASHTRA, India — Hundreds of famers from different districts of Vidharbha and other stakeholders of Agriculture came together at Sewagram Ashram, Wardha and demanded that the benefits of Central Government fertilizer subsidy should be...

Bangkok GE Free Rice Declaration

Publication | November 7, 2005 at 12:11

The Kisan Suraksha Kawach

Publication | September 22, 2005 at 16:51

Fixing Liability for Bt Cotton failure - a practical guide for farmers

DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Publication | June 22, 2005 at 14:36

The Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Andhra Pradesh and seed producers/seed marketers.

Sikkim demands subsidy for Organic fertilizers

Press release | October 26, 2009 at 16:56

Gangtok, 26 Oct 2009: The Government of Sikkim, farmers and other stakeholders of Agriculture in the State came together today to urge the Union Government of India to extend its fertilizer subsidy support to organic fertilizers, while...

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