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Colombo, December 10, 2013. At the request of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organized a stakeholder meeting to discuss improvements that can be made to the management of municipal waste in the City of Colombo. The meeting was held at the […]

Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc in the United States increased to 4432 USD Million in March from 4196 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc in the United States averaged 3273.76 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 5407 USD Million in April of 2015 and a record low of 1061 USD Million in November of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc.

Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc in the United States increased to 972 USD Million in March from 845 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc in the United States averaged 861.48 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1790 USD Million in September of 2011 and a record low of 349 USD Million in June of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc.

Imports Intra Eu - Soaps, Organic Agents, Lubricants, Waxes in the United Kingdom decreased to 119.70 GBP Million in February from 135.12 GBP Million in January of 2020. Imports Intra Eu - Soaps, Organic Agents, Lubrican in the United Kingdom averaged 79.98 GBP Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 162.57 GBP Million in October of 2019 and a record low of 28.96 GBP Million in December of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Imports of Intra EU - Soaps, Organic Agents, Lubr.

Imports of Intra EU - Organic Chemicals in the United Kingdom increased to 355.73 GBP Million in February from 349.04 GBP Million in January of 2020. Imports of Intra EU - Organic Chemicals in the United Kingdom averaged 393.09 GBP Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 842.21 GBP Million in November of 2011 and a record low of 0.50 GBP Million in March of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Imports of Intra EU - Organic Chemicals.

Imports of Intra EU - Inorganic Chemicals in the United Kingdom increased to 90.76 GBP Million in February from 69.83 GBP Million in January of 2020. Imports of Intra EU - Inorganic Chemicals in the United Kingdom averaged 87.11 GBP Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 197.43 GBP Million in October of 2009 and a record low of 39.83 GBP Million in April of 1999. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Imports of Intra EU - Inorganic Chemicals.

Imports of Organic Chemicals in Singapore increased to 966.87 SGD Million in March from 804.29 SGD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Organic Chemicals in Singapore averaged 767.03 SGD Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1132.98 SGD Million in May of 2019 and a record low of 557.70 SGD Million in February of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for Singapore Imports of Organic Chemicals.

Imports of Inorganic Chemicals in Japan increased to 53474.06 JPY Million in March from 47926.07 JPY Million in February of 2020. Imports of Inorganic Chemicals in Japan averaged 32492.32 JPY Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 87498.27 JPY Million in January of 2018 and a record low of 10051.16 JPY Million in February of 1993. This page includes a chart with historical data for Japan Imports of Inorganic Chemicals.

Imports - Synthetic Organic Coloring Matter & Preparations in Mexico increased to 31812 USD THO in March from 27837 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Synthetic Organic Coloring Matter & Prep in Mexico averaged 32331.45 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 41859 USD THO in August of 2018 and a record low of 24425 USD THO in December of 2014. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Synthetic Organic Coloring Matter & Pr.

The laws governing the labelling on organic foods do not extend to beauty products. A product can be called organic if it contains only tiny amounts of organic ingredients.

Prince Charles is planning to have a huge organic cattle herd at Sandringham which could send farmyard smells wafting over the country home of Prince William (pictured, the Prince of Wales, 2015).

Staple vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, onions and cabbage - which have vanished from the shelves of Sainsbury's and Asda - were on display at Harrods, but at vastly inflated prices.

NASA's curiosity rover has identified signs of thiophenes on the surface of the red planet and Washington State University astronomers believe they were formed by biological processes.

In a significant move, the Kerala government has decided to promote the production and marketing of organic food. C Surendranath reports.

Kasturi Das makes a strategic case for a shift to organic agriculture in India.

A new bio-fertilisation solution offers protection for the long-term health of soils, as well as a cheaper alternative to traditional chemical treatment. Rasika Dhavse reports.

Kasturi Das discusses the challenges for conventional farmers who may want to adopt organic practices.

Large numbers of farmers have opted for a way of cultivation that does away with chemical pesticides, and most importantly, uses less water in a water-starved state. The dramatic results are nowhere more visible than in Rajasthan's Shekhawati belt, reports Deepa A.

Since 1980, organic tea consumption has grown by leaps and bounds. India too has joined this new green revolution with many farmers already growing organic tea or converting their plantations to do so. However many barriers have to be overcome before this sector realises its full potential. K V Prayukth reports.

For a number of reasons including frustration with chemical agriculture, improved economic prospects and concern for nature, some farmers in Punjab are growing organic. Kavitha Kuruganti travelled around parts of the state to meet a number of farmers and dealers of organic products last month.

This year, 160 farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district committed 480 acres for organic production. Two complete cycles of procurement, processing, and marketing of organic produce in a number of cities have already been completed. Rajni Bakshi says Timbaktu Organic is expanding.

In operation now for more than two years, Gorus has a network of about 50 committed families as consumers and 25 farmers as suppliers, and growing steadily. Shripad Dharmadhikary reports.

Anitha Pailoor profiles a large landholding family farm in Karnataka's Hassan district that switched from chemical farming to organic in the mid-nineties.

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