by Team LEISA India | Dec 15, 2015 | Agroecology, Articles, Biodiversity
There is renewed interest in conserving seeds and growing traditional paddy varieties among the farmers in South India. The annual seed festivals have played a significant role in bringing about this change. This initiative by Save our Rice Campaign has resulted in...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 15, 2015 | Agroecology, Articles, Biodiversity, Farmer's Diary
I very well remember my father, who could produce food enough to feed his 94 member family from 30 acres of rainfed farm and 5 acre irrigated garden. He used to grow 5 varieties of micro millets, 3 varieties of oil seeds, 5 varieties of pulses, 12 varieties of...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 15, 2015 | Agroecology, Articles, Biodiversity
Rapidly increasing on-farm biodiversity is a matter of urgency in an era of climate change. Farmers often have limited access to genetic resources. Not only do they need greater access to the genetic material in research stations and gene banks, they also need to...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 15, 2015 | Agroecology, Articles, Biodiversity
While famers everywhere are struggling to cope with the changing agro-climatic conditions, a few farmers in Kumbharwadi village in Maharashtra are adapting to the situation by diversifying their cropping systems. The diversified cropping systems have not only...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 15, 2015 | Agroecology, Articles, Biodiversity
Seed which was a ‘community resource’, carefully bred, conserved and evolved over thousands of years, has transformed into a ‘commercial proprietary resource’. Farmer led conservation and development of improved varieties gives hope for not only nurturing agro...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 15, 2015 | Agroecology, Articles, Biodiversity
Millets are highly nutritious food crops which are hardy and are resilient to climate changes. Ironically over years, the area under these crops is declining owing to undue focus on monocropping systems and high input agriculture. Tribal communities in Kandhamal have...