Tegan Renner Over the past three decades, organic agriculture has evolved into a global system of third party certification and international trade. This system has seen...
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Organic bazaars – linking small producers with urban consumers
B N Vishwanath In India, the term organic farming has caught the imagination of all those farmers and consumers, who are seriously trying to do away with harmful chemicals and...
Eco Foot Prints – Using People’s Participation as a Way Forward
Mathew John and Kunal Sharma For millions of organic farmers who earn their livelihoods from cultivating a host of diverse crops, much has changed for the better in the past...
Markets, trading and Fair trade
NCB Nath Markets have been a part of human organization from time immemorial. Goods have been bought and sold for barter, cash, and credit giving varying degrees of satisfaction...
Direct trade that benefits poor communities in India and the U.K.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara “Just Change” is becoming well known in fair trade and development circles around the world. It is an initiative which aims to establish an alternative and...
Improved shea butter trading through certification
Cindy D'Auteuil The Union of Women Producers of Shea Products of Sissili and Ziro (UGPPK-S/Z) counts members from 53 clusters of 38 villages in the provinces of Sissili and...
Growing a local organic movement: The Mexican Network of Organic Markets
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Fair to the last drop: corporate challenges to Fairtrade
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Community Supported Agriculture: An alternative local food system
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‘Pure & Fair’: Organic & Fair Trade Supports Sustainable Livelihoods
Alistair Leadbetter, Heather Parr and Maveen Pereira The 20th Century saw the rise of the organic consumer movement in the North. Increasing numbers of consumers want to avoid...
Silent Services of “winged beauties” in agriculture
C.K Vishnudas A Common Myna is seen to have brought food including insects, locusts, caterpillars, grasshoppers etc. 340 times in a day. A German ornithologist reported that...
Eco-friendly and cost effective pest management
Narayana Reddy Usually all the crops have the tolerance against insects and fungus damage by their evolutionary character. Most of the pest problems cropped up due to...