Takeaways

Coronavirus pandemic hit India just at a time when its agriculture sector was looking forward to the harvesting season. In India, harvesting of Rabi crops normally begins after 14 April, every year. This year, an extended winter and the eventual nationwide lockdown gravely affected the agriculture sector, especially the smallholder farmers. Harvesting, transporting and finding a market were some of

With India going into a nationwide lockdown since 24th March due to COVID19 pandemic, the country’s organic food supply chain is struggling with multiple challenges. Most critical being logistics, manpower shortage, and depleting stocks of items. In some cases, out-of-reach seed banks which will determine what we reap in the coming season. Despite these serious challenges, Bhoomi Ka supported retail partners are

Between October 25-27, 2018, agripreneurs from the project `Promoting sustainable consumption and production systems for safe and organic foods in India’ participated in the 10th edition of BIOFACH – the biggest global trading platform for high-quality organic products. Biofach 2018 was a good platform for networking with more than 150 exhibitors from India and abroad at a common platform. For

Ensuring quality assurance for Bhoomi Ka consumers by small and tribal farmers of India Inception of PGS We all are aware that India’s agricultural history dates back to 9000 BC, organically evolved in different agro ecological-climatic conditions and food consumption which always projected India as a traditionally agrarian community. Indian farmers are consciously engaged in sustainable farming on 170million Hectares