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...
by Rukmini | Jul 6, 1999 | Articles, Education, Research
H.N. Chanakya Drawing parallels with the appropriate technology movement, the author presents in this feature the experiences and merits of the farmer-centred participatory technology development for experimenting with and adapting agricultural technologies to suit...
by Rukmini | Jul 6, 1999 | Articles, Education, Research
The cultivation of bittergourd often becomes difficult due to severe crinkling of leaves. The whiteflies jassids, aphids and mites are mainly responsible for this malady. This could be managed by using an ecofriendly strategy developed on a participatory basis at the...
by Rukmini | Jul 6, 1999 | Articles, Marketing, Trade
Many farmers around Bangalore cultivate and market organic produce – either on their own initiative or because of motivation from NGOs. The product range includes milk, cereals, fruits and vegetables. These farmers face similar problems – availability of ...
