Citizens protest ICAR offer of India’s gene banks to MNCs
CITIZENS’ LETTER TO DR SWAPAN KUMAR DATTA To: May 24, 2012 Dr Swapan Kumar Datta, DDG-Crop Science, Indian Council For Agricultural Research,... Read More
Adopt farmer-centric, community based models while shifting subsidies from chemical to organic fertilizers: ASHA tells Pawar
Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) congratulated Mr Sharad Pawar, Union Agriculture Minister for his statement in the Parliament on shifting... Read More
Apr. 27-29, 2012: Kolkata Seed Festival
Kolkata Seed Festival ‘Celebrating and Conserving India’s Rich Heritage of Crop Diversity’ from April 27 to 29, 2012 About 21 groups from... Read More
May 15-17, 2012: Capacity Building workshop on Eco-Farming, Chattisgarh
ASHA STATE-LEVEL ECOLOGICAL FARMING TRAINING WORKSHOP: CHATTISGARH Hosted by MSKPP, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh May 15th to 17th, 2012 MAY 15TH 2012 10.30... Read More
May 11-13, 2012: Natural Farming & Environment Festival, Bathinda
Carnival of Traditional Food-Nature-Health-Organic Farming and Environment Natural Farming and Environment Festival 11, 12 and 13 May 2012 at Teachers Home, Bathinda... Read More
MONSANTO SEED WITHDRAWN FROM GUJARAT GOVT PROJECT: BKS & ASHA welcome Gujarat Govt’s decision
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, 26th April 2012: The Gujarat government’s cabinet decision yesterday to withdraw controversial American MNC Monsanto’s proprietary seed from ongoing government... Read More
Project Sunshine needs to be suspended immediately
A rapid appraisal of Project Sunshine in Gujarat, organised by ASHA, came up with its report recently. The main conclusions of the... Read More
ASHA deeply disappointed with agri-related Budget proposals for 2012-13
ASHA believes that Indian Agriculture can be revived and farm livelihoods improved if the government guarantees income security for all rural households,... Read More
Debt-Free, Poison-Free, Integrated, Self-Reliant, Empowering Agriculture: Farmers’ Jury in Bhubaneswar comes up with its verdict
We want and ask for Debt-Free, Poison-Free, Integrated, Self-Reliant, Empowering Agriculture. We dream of building a Naya Aasmaan (a New Sky), Nayee... Read More
Project Golden Rays (Hybrid Maize promotion project in Rajasthan): Fact Finding by ASHA
WHO’S BENEFITING FROM PROPRIETARY HYBRID MAIZE PROMOTION IN RAJASTHAN, ASK CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS & FARMERS’ LEADERS Another controversial seed-based project favoring... Read More