by Team LEISA India | Dec 23, 2015 | Articles
The international dignitaries who left Rio de Janeiro soon after the UN Earth summit missed a remarkable grassroots movement seeking to transform rural Brazil into a more equitable and sustainable economy. I stayed on for four days, travelling 1,300 kilometres in the... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 23, 2015 | Articles
In 2004, the province of Aceh in Indonesia was affected by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. The impact on the rural communities was particularly harsh, exacerbating the poverty and poor living conditions caused by a long separatist conflict. Under these difficult... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 23, 2015 | Articles, Fishery
Small Farmers Groups (SFG) can play a very important role in managing the shrimp farms and environment. The Shrimp Farmers Association is a successful case which has been instrumental in sustaining and upscaling shrimp farming in Pattukottai taluk.... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 23, 2015 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Fishery, Social Organisation
By neglecting the village common water resource, fishermen in Malliyabad had lost a livelihood opportunity. By getting organised into user groups and practising community-based fish culture, the local communities have not only benefitted individually, but have also... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 23, 2015 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Social Organisation
With a little support, poor farmers can organise themselves and improve their livelihoods through collective efforts. Vrindavan Pushpa Utpadak Sangha has shown the way. Vikramgad of Thane district in Maharashtra State has predominantly tribal population, who are... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 22, 2015 | Articles
People of Pampanur cluster are a happy lot with improved yields and incomes. They achieved this by giving attention to harvesting and conserving rain water, the most scarce resource in the region. Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh lies in the rain shadow region of...