“Sikkim is an example in the sense that when the idea of organic farming was raised here in 2003, it wasn’t like there could not have been any opposition…Despite that, I salute those lakhs ...

News News: The agriculture ministry on Wednesday approved setting up of National Organic Farming Research Institute (NOFRI) in Gangtok, Sikkim, to extend researc ...

Sikkim became India’s first fully organic state in 2016. It took the state 13 years to fully implement organic farming since the idea was mooted in 2003, the Press Trust of India (PTI) says.

Sikkim Becomes India’s First 100% Organic, GMO-free Farming State This small Himalayan state has been officially declared free of chemical pesticides and fertilizers.

Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], February 23 (ANI): Renowned organic farmer Padma Shri Tula Ram Upreti, from Assam Lingzey village ...

By 2015, all of Sikkim's 66,000 farming families were organic. “We didn't just grow food,” said Prem Das Rai, a former Sikkim MP.“We built a way of life.” The land responded. Soil grew softer.

Ranchi: State agriculture minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey on Saturday asked Organic Farming Authority of Jharkhand (OFAJ) to prepare a focussed work plan .

Lok Sabha MP from Sikkim Indra Hang Subba, on December 4 held a key meeting with Minister of Food Processing Industries Chirag Paswan to address matters critical to Sikkim’s organic farming and ...

As part of the four-day visit, French Ambassador to India, Thierry Mathou praised Sikkim's extraordinary achievements in the field of sustainable agriculture, particularly highlighting its status ...