by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Agroecology, Articles
Delbert Rice The Ikalahan (Kalanguya) inhabit the upper, forested regions of the Cordillera and Caraballo Mountains of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. Traditionally they are shifting cultivators, primarily focused on the staple food crop obi (sweet potato Ipomoea...
by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Agroecology, Articles
A.V. Balasubramanian, K. Vijayalakshmi, Subhashini Sridhar and S. Arumugasamy The unique feature of traditional knowledge in India is that it is manifested in different ways. There are many living folk practices related to agriculture and health. Knowledge on these...
by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Articles, Education, Farmer Innovations
Dr. Prakash T.N.and Dr. Tejaswini Presents the experiences of documenting farmer innovations, indigenous knowledge and technologies and disseminationg them through a newsletter, Hittalgida in local vernacular in Karnataka. Majority of the farmers in the dryland...
by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Articles, Education, Farmer Innovations
V.S. Khatana, P.S. Dahiya and S.G. Ilangantileke Potato is a commercial crop in the Malwa tract of Madhya Pradesh. Owing to its higher comparative profitability, the area under its cultivation extended to most of the irrigated fields and replaced some crops like...
by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Articles, Education, Farmer Innovations
Kavitha, P and R. Vijayaraghavan The study conducted in Thondamuthur block of Coimbatore District with 107 drip users revealed re-inventions in drip irrigation technology at farm level. About 75 percent and 4.26 percent of innovators in coconut and grapes...
by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Articles, Education, Farmer Innovations
Jayesh Ranjan Introduction: Chittoor district and its agriculture profile Chittoor is one of the 4 districts in the south of Andhra Pradesh which together comprise the Rayalaseema region. The region falls in the rain-shadow area and is perpetually...
