Of 39-invitation For Seminar.

Phone : +91 40 23547350

United Social Cultural and Educational Foundation of India No. 56, Road No. 8, Jublee Hills, Hyderabad Bangalore-500 033. A.P. India. jointly sponsored by

Vedavyasa Bharati Trust

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*** Invitation For participation in International Seminar on

‘Organicic Farming and Traditional Medicinal Plants’ at Tirupati, A.P. during 9 – 10 Nov. 2008. Respected Sir, We cordially invite you and your esteemed Organization to participate in the International Seminar on ‘Organic Farming and Traditional Medicinal Plants’ at Tirupati, A.P. during 9 – 10 Nov. 2008. You are requested to present a paper on your experience and expertise in the few topics mentioned in the Annexure. We greatly appreciate if you can respond to this mail as early as possible. Thanking you for your interest in this topic and in anticipation of your participation, G.S.Raju. Vice President, USCEFI. 2.10.2008.

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International Seminar on

‘Organic Farming and Traditional Medicinal Plants’ at Tirupati, A.P. during 9 – 10 Nov. 2008.

*** Venur for Inauguration of the Seminar and a few Book--Releases from USCEFI : Main Hall, Vaikhanasa Ashram, Ring Road Tirumala. Seminar Venue Venue on 10th Nov. : Bliss Hotel, Tirupati. 9.30 a.m. to 16.30 hrs.

*** Topics for Papers 1. Organic Farming, Eco-Farming, Natural Farming 2. Organic Farming and Recent Trends 3. Sustainable Agriculture 4. Food Security 5. Chemical Manures and attendant Health Hazards. 6. World Scenario of Organic Farming 7. Standardisation Norms and Procedures 8. Organic Farming Efforts in India and in Other Countries 9. Small farmer Benefits 10. Some case Studies Of Organic farming 11. US Appetite for Organic Foods 12. Traditional and Herbal, Medicinal Plants 13. Hazards of Refined Processes of Edible Oils 14. Food Processing and Health Hazards – an Over View 15. Medicinal Plants in the kitchen Garden and in our back yard. 16. Some Case Studies of Popular Medicinal Plants at hand’s reach. 17. Manures of Organic Nature and some examples with success stories 18. Economic Viabilities of Organic Farming 19. Healthy Foods 20. What to eat and what not to … for Good Health. 21. Historicity and Relevance of Organic farming

22. Farming in Ancient and Medieval Times in India