Farming is no more a simple “way of life.” It is now a key economic segment, under development. The first goal of development is poverty alleviation. But, this development has...
LEISA India Team
LEISA India's internal team of scientists, agriculturists, researchers and scholars.
Mulching: Harvesting many benefits in cardamom
Intensive cultivation of cardamom, ignoring the traditional cultural practices, has resulted in repeated losses for cardamom farmers in the Western Ghats region. Paulose, an...
Biochar for healthy soils
To enhance the soil carbon content of nutrient poor soils, Tamil Nadu farmers used biochar application on a trial basis. They observed that by applying biochar to soils, the...
Bringing back the soil
Rainfed lands are less productive and are also subjected to soil erosion. Replenishing such lands with the lost soil by applying tanksilt will not only help farmers improve their...
Editorial – Soils for life
Soil is an ecosystem full of life. It is neither a lifeless weathering crust of the rocks nor a single organism, but a biological organisation of the plants (with the roots),...
Threatened landscapes unite rural and urban communities in Japan
In the past 50 years, about a quarter of Japan’s cultivated land has been lost, threatening food production, cultural landscapes and biodiversity. One of Japan’s most valued...
Farmily: A social media for farmer-consumer linkages
The rural penetration of internet and social media is increasing by the day in India. Interestingly, farmers too are using these services to get connected with agriculture...
Linking markets: Students show the way
In an unique initiative, students of agriculture in Tikamgarh played an important role in building linkages and thereby spreading organic farming. The linkage paved the way to...
Learning lunch with nature
Working lunch is in vogue but ‘learning lunch’ is a novelty, connecting city-dwellers with food-producers with an aim to let each farmer-find-a-friend for renewing rural-urban...