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Organic Farming & Sustainable Agriculture
The need for better productivity and higher economic
returns, lack of public awareness and social sensitiviuties
has led to such farming practices that often results
in some toxity in the resultant produce as well as polluted
and fatigued soil and water in the region.
We aim to -
i) Spread public awareness about -
- needs of organic farming in the region,
- benefits of organic food produce,
- good case practices and organic farm management
- health risks of over-usage of chemical fertilizers
and insecticide sprays
ii) institute hands on organic farming activities by
working on the field, at the grassroot level both to
implement, develop and promote this kind of agriculture.
iii) Fundraise by designing subsidies application for
your organisation aiming at institutional actors.
iv) establish some relationships with other actors
who strive to work in the same sector and with a similar
vision in order to benefit from their own experiences
and technical knowledge.
v) develop a network regarding organic farming so that
it can strengthen itself through cooperation with other
actors, instead of reducing itself to a barren competition.
Organic Farming links -
1. Organic Farming Policy in Punjab
- 23 March, 2006
http://www.countercurrents.org/en-dutt230306.htm
2. The Corporate Hijack Of Organic
Farming Initiative In Punjab - 20 April, 2006
http://www.countercurrents.org/en-dutt200406.htm
3. Sikh
state of Punjab Going Green
http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikh-state-punjab-going-green
4. Sikh Faith & Ecology
http://www.arcworld.org/faiths.asp?pageID=72
5. Greener habits for up to 24 million
Sikhs - July 4, 2009
http://www.arcworld.org/news.asp?pageID=336
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