by Rukmini | Jul 12, 2005 | Articles, Documentation, Education
Documentation in organisations generally happens due to its mandatory requirements to the donors. Most of the time, it is the external persons who come and document the programme, mostly at the end of the programme. This way of documentation is not helpful for... by Rukmini | Jul 12, 2005 | Agriculture Policy, Agroecology, Articles
P V Satheesh The much touted progress in food production in this country in the last couple of decades has been fuelled just by two crops, rice and wheat (the so called `fine’ cereals) and that too in irrigated areas. While the agricultural policy makers debate... by Rukmini | Jul 12, 2005 | Agriculture Policy, Agroecology, Articles, Farmer's Diary
Since ages, rural communities all over the world were practicing most of the professions, including agriculture, gained from the experiences of their ancestors, without much dependence from external inputs. Most of the rural developmental works like maintaining the... by Rukmini | Jul 12, 2005 | Agriculture Policy, Agroecology, AME, Articles
K V S Prasad and B Vijayalakshmi Background Sustainable Agriculture (SA) became a dominant global concern based on the understanding of negative effects of Green revolution technologies. Born out of this concern for livelihood improvements and environmental stability... by Rukmini | Jul 12, 2005 | Agroecology, Articles, Crop Production, Farmer's Diary
S. Ramachandrappa I am farming since 45 years. High cost of inputs and many side affects of chemicals made me to turn to organic way of farming. I manage about 6 acres of land and grow mainly arecanut, banana, sapota, mango, cashew, vanilla etc. I am a member of a... by Rukmini | Jul 12, 2005 | Agriculture Policy, Agroecology, Articles
Aman Singh Oran or Devbani are the common preserved sections of forests protected in the name of some god or goddess by the villages and managed by communities. In Rajasthan, there are more than 1100 major Orans, covering about 100,000 hectares land. They are often...