Financial Express

R L Srinivasan lives in a neighbourhood in Chennai that is surrounded by the sea, a river, two thermal power plants, a coal terminal and petroleum refinery. A fisherman and kabbadi champion, Srinivasan knows the air pollution sweeping his surroundings will destroy his beautiful neighbourhood until people start fighting the mammoth danger.

The Times of India

Organic farmers in the region will soon have access to a laboratory that exclusively tests their produce for pesticide residue. The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)’s sustainable and organic farming department is setting up the pesticide residue testing laboratory on its campus. It is expected to be functional within three months.

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How a food enterprise is using its networks and sustainable farm-to-market food supply processes to fight for ecological and social justice.

All India Radio

The government has notified its decision to extend the benefit of six thousand rupees per year to eligible farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme. The decision will benefit all 14.5 crore farmers, irrespective of the size of their landholding, in the country.

The Indian Express

While farmers and farm leaders express concern over difficulties in accessing credit in the pre-sowing weeks, when agriculturists usually seek capital to make investments and purchase farm inputs, the state’s credit plan has set an agriculture sector lending target that is modestly more hopeful than the previous year. Officials say this is due to an apparent dip in demand for fresh credit.

Rising Kashmir

Agriculture Department Samba in collaboration with allied Departments and Banks of the area held Awareness camp today at Kamore village of Ramgarh tehsil in Samba district. The awareness campaign launched by the Department of Agriculture at the behest of DDC Samba, Sushma Chauhan is eliciting massive response from farming community, where more than 200 Farmers, including men and women, participated.

The Hans India

Can rice be grown in a factory? This question is increasingly being asked today as large number of farmers are fast shifting from agriculture to other employment opportunities. This urge to support the backbone of India’s economy – agriculture and farmers, along with simplifying production and consumption of organic millet has led to the birth of Hyderabad-based startup Khadyam Speciality Foods.