by Team LEISA India | Dec 18, 2015 | Articles, Education, Knowledge exchange
Farmers in Takuche village in Nepal learnt eco-friendly ways of managing pests in apple orchards through Farmer Field School. The year long school also enriched them with the knowledge of better management of the orchards. Today, Takuche farmers are less concerned... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 18, 2015 | Articles
In the information age replete with cell phones and the internet, traditional knowledge is not adequate to meet the challenges and changes happening at an alarming rate. Small farms and livestock holdings are severely affected and are disappearing at a bewildering... by Team LEISA India | Dec 18, 2015 | Agroecology, Articles, Family Farming
At the eve of the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), we congratulate the hundreds of organisations and individuals who committed to participate in it. All of you are doing a great job of communicating and raising awareness. We hope that the IYFF will give a... by Team LEISA India | Dec 18, 2015 | Agroecology, AME, Articles, Family Farming
The International Year of Family Farming 2014 is an initiative promoted by the World Rural Forum and supported by over 360 civil society and farmers’ organizations from 60 countries across five continents. This worldwide celebration, declared by the United Nations... by Team LEISA India | Dec 18, 2015 | Agroecology, Articles, Family Farming, Farmer's Diary
Only way to protect farmers and farming. Family farming is a characteristic of farms that can be maintained by the family members without much dependence on high cost external inputs. That was the tradition and the culture of the whole world. But, after the start of... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 18, 2015 | Articles
Rain shelters – A tool to strengthen family farming / Low cost seed testing method for small -scale farmers / Sustainability of an integrated poultry-pig-fish farming system / Wireless solar light trap reduces pesticide use in Brinjal Rain shelters – A tool to...