by Team LEISA India | Dec 9, 2015 | Articles
Promoting the holistic nature of nutrition and its links with family farming and local markets is Luis Ginocchio’s ‘bread and butter’ as the expression goes. For Peru’s former Minister of Agriculture, who also authored the book ‘Small farming and food’, it is an... by Team LEISA India | Dec 9, 2015 | Articles
In Kerala, the Green City initiative by the state government is catching up. Urban households are practicing “terrace gardening” helping them meet the family nutrition needs by growing fruits and vegetables. On my recent visit to Kochi, I looked out of my... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 9, 2015 | Articles
Our living planet is on the cusp of a critical transition. An era of relentless exploitation of non-renewable fossil resources must soon yield to an age of regenerating our living biological wealth and to a culture of nurture. Almost two decades earlier, about two... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 9, 2015 | AME, Articles
Women in rainfed areas in Dharmapuri are switching over to kitchen gardens, which provide nutrition to the family as well as money. By recycling the limited water available, these women have shown that it is possible to grow vegetables all round the year. Pennagaram... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 9, 2015 | Articles
For the majority of Indians who are poor, pulses form the most important source of proteins. Increasing production of pulses and improving its access will help reduce malnutrition among the poor, especially the women. Initiatives to enhance pulses production in... 
by Team LEISA India | Dec 9, 2015 | Articles
Small farmers in Odisha’s disaster struck areas are finding new ways to ensure food and nutrition security for their families, and to cope with climate change impacts. Vegetable gardens and rice-fish farming initiatives are helping farmers meet the required...