by Team LEISA India | Oct 16, 2020 | Articles, Trade, Value addition
The collective strength of women farmers is being leveraged by integrating solar drying technology with off-farm value addition of primary produce. The decentralized enterprise approach is able to cater to the demand while enabling farmers to reap better returns... 
by Team LEISA India | Oct 16, 2020 | Articles, ICT, Trade
The Haryana Horticulture Department and SourceTrace digital platform collaborated bringing producers and buyers onto one common platform. The digital initiative empowers the FPOs to negotiate for a higher price from the market, thereby bringing monetary returns to the... 
by Team LEISA India | Oct 16, 2020 | Agroecology, Articles, Peri Urban Agriculture
Urban spaces need to radically rethink their relationship with food in terms of production and consumption as climate change, land degradation due to industrialised farming present a serious challenge to food security. Community-based urban farming initiatives are... 
by Team LEISA India | Oct 16, 2020 | Agroecology, Articles, Horticulture
Across the world, the concept of ‘grow your own food’ is gaining popularity, especially in cities and towns. Rapid urbanization has increased the solid waste polluting our streets and water bodies and contributed to poverty and scarcity of fuel and water. A backyard... 
by Team LEISA India | Oct 16, 2020 | Agroecology, Articles, Horticulture
Farmers are interested to adopt the alternative options to agrochemicals. Adoption of disease resistant varieties and availability of bio-pesticides have great potential to minimize the conventional use of pesticides. The pilot initiative of LIBIRD in Nepal shows... 
by Team LEISA India | Oct 16, 2020 | Agroecology, Articles, Horticulture
In the times of Covid pandemic, building immunity has gained much more importance than ever before. Farmers and citizens in Kerala have tried a number of initiatives at growing safe food in kitchen gardens and rooftops too, increasing their access to healthy and...