by Rukmini | Jul 7, 1999 | Agroecology, Articles, Combating Desertification
Sivakumar,K.M, Alagesan, V and Ramachandran Owing to the minimal rainfall, poor soil fertility and adverse climatic conditions drylands of this zone become more and more of a desert. Farming under these circumstances appears to be really a gamble for the farmers, who... by Rukmini | Jul 7, 1999 | Agroecology, Articles, Water Management
G Ravikumar RIOD (Reseau International Dong sur la Desertification) is a Global network of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs ) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) working towards the combat of Desertification. It was established in 1994 with the mandate of ... by Rukmini | Jul 7, 1999 | Agroecology, Articles, Combating Desertification, Farmer's Diary
During the last 40 years as a result of deforestation amount of rainfall has come down, streams and rivers have dried up, even the underground water table is falling fast, which has caused anxiety among all of us and farmers in particular. But they could successfully... by Rukmini | Jul 7, 1999 | Articles, Resource Management, Water Management
G.C.S. NEGI and V. JOSHI Water management in the Central Himalayan agriculture is confronted by too-muchand-too-little water syndrome. Monsoon pattern of rainfall leads to runoff, washing away soil and nutrients from the tiny terraces, leaving rest of the year dry. ... by Rukmini | Jul 6, 1999 | Agroecology, Agroforestry, Articles
M. Nagarajan Introduction Desertification is a land degradation process and it deals with the gradual conservation of productive land into less productive or unproductive ones. Thus, the problem is continuous one. The presence or absence of a nearby desert has no... by Rukmini | Jul 6, 1999 | Articles, Education, Research
Manjulika Vaz The LEISA Network, a unique semi-formal institutional set-up of NGOs and farmers across ten districts of Tamil Nadu collaborate for a common purpose – to promote low external input sustainable agriculture. Here, the author discusses the...