by Rukmini | Jul 11, 2002 | Animal Husbandry, Articles, Farmer's Diary, Livestock Management
For ages, farmers in India integrated agriculture with many interrelated activities like tree cropping, livestock production like cattle, sheep, goat, piggery, poultry, beekeeping, sericulture etc. for their sustainable productivity utilizing all the farm resources... by Rukmini | Jul 11, 2002 | Articles, Farmer's Diary, Social Organisation, Women
The role of women in agriculture is considered very important from early times. It is women who started crop cultivation around their dwellings when they found their husbands reaching home late after collecting tubers and fruits from the forests. Even today, women... by Rukmini | Jul 11, 2002 | AME, Articles, Social Organisation, Women
Edith van Walsum Women get more control over less resources The Deccan Plateau is a drought prone region in South India covering substantial parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. 81% of this region is under rain fed farming. The Green... by Rukmini | Jul 11, 2002 | Articles, Resource Management, Soil Management
M. Rudraaradhya More than 70% of the farming community own less than one hectare of land. They belong to the small and marginal category. These farmers feel that, except going for a single cropping system, there is hardly any possibility of trying new practices or... by Rukmini | Jul 11, 2002 | Agroecology, Articles, Crop Production, Farmer's Diary
During 1980 – 1985 there was an acute scarcity for water in Madagascar (West Africa). Dr. Henri-de-Laulani a Ph.D. holder in Agricultural Sciences, who was working as a Baptist Bishop wanted to search an alternative cultivation practice to grow paddy with much less... by Rukmini | Jul 11, 2002 | Articles, Resource Management, Soil Management
Dr. Dhananjaya P. Singh One of the dreams of human endeavour is the sustainable increase in the pace of agricultural productivity to fulfill the demands of rapidly growing human population. During the last decades, interaction of the following factors of modern...