LEISA India Team
September 2022 – Building farm resilience
Transforming our food system to make it less susceptible to disturbances is key to building farm resilience. Small scale farmers have been the most vulnerable to external shocks...
Kannada – March 2022
Urban Agriculture – March 2022 – Issue 24.1
Read the magazine When we first conceived urban agriculture as a potential theme, we were aware of some known initiatives across country both in urban and peri urban...
Homegrown harvests – Bringing food security to an educational campus
Urban spaces can be innovatively used for food production. They can help city dwellers rethink their connection with food ecosystems and land in the process. Educational...
Knowledge management for urban agriculture – Leveraging the lessons learned
The health conscious urbanites are moving towards growing their own food. Starting as a hobby, urban farming is evolving as a necessary means to address issues of food security,...
Urban farming for healthy life
Rapid urbanization, industrialization, land ceiling, construction of multi-storeyed buildings, wide roads, offices, markets have resulted in the non-availability of land for...
Food and livelihood security in urban-rural hinterlands
Peri-urban areas are not 'waiting rooms' for entry into urban areas. A fundamental change in mindsets is needed, to prevent further land-use changes and unregulated construction...
Creating new avenues in Vertical Gardening
Inspiring innovative structures and deep sense of recycling and reuse set this farmer innovator as a model to emulate for many aspiring urban gardeners Renowned Agricultural...