by Rukmini | Jul 14, 2006 | Agroecology, Articles, Crop Production
Majority of the farmers in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh are resource poor, mostly dependant on dryland agriculture. The rainfall in this region is erratic and prolonged drought conditions are quite normal. Groundnut is the major cash crop grown since 25 – 30... by Rukmini | Jul 14, 2006 | Agroecology, Agroecology and Development, Articles
It was just a couple of years back that I was working as Project Manager at IBM Bombay and had spent 16 years in the Information Technology business. Tired of the hectic schedules and not being able to live life to the fullest, I decided to quit the job and take up... by Rukmini | Jul 14, 2006 | Agroecology, Agroecology and Development, Articles
Today agriculture is passing through a difficult phase. The ever increasing costs of cultivation due to excessive dependency on the external inputs, high fluctuations in market prices due to opening of up of markets, reduced public support after liberalisation... by Rukmini | Jul 14, 2006 | Agroecology, Agroecology and Development, Articles
“We were reluctantly migrating to other places in search of livelihood. Dry lands of ours with erratic rainfall, were not able to meet our food needs. Hardly one crop could be grown in a year, that too only during years of good rainfall. Rest of the days we used to... by Rukmini | Jul 14, 2006 | Agroecology, Agroecology and Development, Articles, Farmer's Diary
Farmers who were leading a self reliant and honourable life, have been facing many problems in agriculture during the past decade. These problems relate to decreasing land productivity owing to soil and water erosion, declining natural resource base, fast changing... by Rukmini | Jul 14, 2006 | Agroecology, Agroecology and Development, Articles, Farmer's Diary
Though I was born in a farming community, I did not take up to farming initially, but served the government department. I resigned my job and took up farming in the 1970s. It was the time when the chemical agriculture was in full swing. Naturally, I also started...