At the eve of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), we congratulate the hundreds of organisations and individuals who committed to participate in it. All of you are...
LEISA India Team
LEISA India's internal team of scientists, agriculturists, researchers and scholars.
Launch of International Year of Family Farming – 2014
The International Year of Family Farming 2014 is an initiative promoted by the World Rural Forum and supported by over 360 civil society and farmers’ organizations from 60...
The Narayana Reddy Column: Family farming
Only way to protect farmers and farming. Family farming is a characteristic of farms that can be maintained by the family members without much dependence on high cost external...
Research Notes
Rain shelters – A tool to strengthen family farming / Low cost seed testing method for small -scale farmers / Sustainability of an integrated poultry-pig-fish farming system /...
Small-scale farmers, big-scale change
The organisations working together in the Agricultural Biodiversity Knowledge Programme (agrobiodiversity@knowledged) initiated by Oxfam Novib and Hivos all work with family...
Multilayer vegetable farming: Small holder community innovates for improved production
Farmers often try new ideas in their fields and develop many local technologies by innovations and adaptations. These innovations are based on deep knowledge of the local...
Family farming can lead to significant gains
Owing to its predominance and advantages, family farming can have a significant role to play in feeding the world, eradicating poverty, ensuring the sustainable management of...
A farmer innovation spreads far and wide
Processed cardamom has more market value but processing of cardamom is a labour intensive process. Owing to lack of support from research institutions, farmers in the region have...
The mother of our breath
In the westernmost region of the Caroline Islands of Micronesia lies the Republic of Palau. Palauan traditional farming shows how agriculture, family values and culture are...