The M.R.K. Co-operative Sugar Mill area is situated in the coastal zone of Tamil Nadu with nearly 21.42 per cent area under alkaline soils which reduces the sugarcane...
LEISA India Team
Eco Friendly Pest Management in Orange – a Farmer’s Experience
This is a success story of a farmer who has implemented the concept of bio control in orange orchards successfully. He was interviewed by ALL INIDIA RADIO on this subject in...
Organising farmer group into producer company
I worked with farmers and SHGs in Nadukuppam village, Marakanam block, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu as a consultant to the Pitchandikulam Bioresource Centre, Auroville 605101....
Doing is believing – Taking LEISA to the younger generation
I am a government school teacher cum trainer in a middle English School of Guhalpur which is 10 kms from the Block Head quarters in Ganjam district. The school was established in...
KVK trying out organic cotton
LEISA India helped me to enhance my idea on organic product marketing. In fact, the article on Agroecological cotton will be tried in Sundarbans islands where organic cotton is...
Adopting fair trade practices
I am working with Attappady Hills Area Development Society in Palakkad district. We are working for the eco restoration of the Attappady Valley. The population of tribes in...
Tamil – December 2009
Spreading beyond country borders
We are a Training Organisation offering various kinds of training to Industries and Business houses in India and abroad. We are also involved in social and charitable activities....
LEISA for self sustenance
My farm is situated near a forest area, 25 kms. from the Karwar-Kaiga Road. House are spread apart and the nearest house is half a kilometer away. I purchased a farm of size 13...