Vegetable farmers in Tumkur are reaping many benefits by shifting to ecological alternatives. They are also improving farm sustainability by diversifying crops and trees on the...
LEISA India Team
LEISA India's internal team of scientists, agriculturists, researchers and scholars.
Value addition through solar drying
The collective strength of women farmers is being leveraged by integrating solar drying technology with off-farm value addition of primary produce. The decentralized enterprise...
Digital solutions for marketing
The Haryana Horticulture Department and SourceTrace digital platform collaborated bringing producers and buyers onto one common platform. The digital initiative empowers the FPOs...
Urban farming initiatives
Urban spaces need to radically rethink their relationship with food in terms of production and consumption as climate change, land degradation due to industrialised farming...
Our garden, our life
Across the world, the concept of ‘grow your own food’ is gaining popularity, especially in cities and towns. Rapid urbanization has increased the solid waste polluting our...
Eco alternatives for small-holder farmers
Farmers are interested to adopt the alternative options to agrochemicals. Adoption of disease resistant varieties and availability of bio-pesticides have great potential to...
Producing vegetable locally
In the times of Covid pandemic, building immunity has gained much more importance than ever before. Farmers and citizens in Kerala have tried a number of initiatives at growing...
Kutumba Kai Thottas
‘Kutumba Kai Thottas’ or family kitchen gardens are being successfully promoted in Karnataka, to supplement the nutritional intake of these families and provide a source for...
Editorial
With growing awareness on health and healthy diets, vegetables have gained greater significance in the overall diet. Small farmers with limited resources, have been growing...