by Team LEISA India | Apr 6, 2017 | Articles
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by Team LEISA India | Apr 4, 2017 | Agroecology, Articles
Food Sovereignty is about building a just world and is about a society free of oppression and inequality. This is the only way forward to secure our right to food in our homes and communities, through defining our own autonomous food and agriculture systems, and...
by Team LEISA India | Apr 4, 2017 | Agroecology, Articles, Policy
Millets are a rich source of nutrition and ideally suited for addressing the issues of hunger and malnutrition. However, government policies directed at providing nutrition in the region may indirectly promote monocultures, resulting in the decline of biodiversity,...
by Team LEISA India | Apr 4, 2017 | Articles
Living in harmony with nature is the surest way for living sustainably. Gujjars, a tribe in the northern parts of India, while holding on to the traditional cultures and systems, have also embraced the new, resulting in sustainable ecosystems and sustainable...
by Team LEISA India | Apr 4, 2017 | Agroecology, Articles, Food safety, security and sovereignity
Farming and livelihoods of small, marginal and women farmers in flood-prone areas of Uttarakhand are under threat. Lack of flood resistant varieties often pushed them to the brink of food insecurity. To combat this problem, the women farmers of Mehdawal block in Sant...