by Team LEISA India | Feb 26, 2016 | Articles, Biodiversity, Peri Urban Agriculture
Home gardens in Kerala which started as a means of subsistence have today transformed into a means of additional income generation. These systems developed over years have optimized their production activities that satisfies the biophysical needs, socioeconomic... 
by Team LEISA India | Feb 26, 2016 | Articles
Tree cultivation in agroforestry system has the potential to take pressure off extractive harvesting from natural forests, contributing to in-situ conservation, limiting deforestation and fixing carbon in farmland. Agroforestry is therefore seen as an important means... 
by Team LEISA India | Feb 26, 2016 | Agroecology, Articles, Biodiversity
With depletion of agricultural lands and lack of irrigation facilities, agriculture in arid and semiarid regions is becoming uneconomical. Agroforestry provides a viable solution for such problems. Promotion of afforestation should be based on well tested technical... 
by Team LEISA India | Feb 24, 2016 | Articles, Resource Management, Seeds
Adivasi communities in India are collectively working towards bringing back biodiversity andlocal traditional food production systems. While farmers are recognised as repositories of local knowledge, people’s organisations are taking the lead in spreading sustainable... by Team LEISA India | Feb 24, 2016 | Articles
‘While the rich people have excess food to waste, the poorest have none and die unnoticed’ The food basket differs from region to region depending on the crops grown, consumer preferences and market structure. The word ‘food’ encompasses all the items raw or... by Team LEISA India | Feb 24, 2016 | Articles
Go local – reduce food miles “The wise man should consider that health is the greatest human blessing. Let food be your medicine”. – Hippocrates “To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art” – La Rochafoucauld Food is not only a nutrient for the growth...