by Team LEISA India | Nov 26, 2015 | Articles, Resource Management, Soil Management
Rainfed lands are less productive and are also subjected to soil erosion. Replenishing such lands with the lost soil by applying tanksilt will not only help farmers improve their soil fertility, but also enhance the water storage capacity of the tanks. Vayalagams, the... 
by Team LEISA India | Nov 23, 2015 | Agroecology, Agroecology and Development, Articles
In the past 50 years, about a quarter of Japan’s cultivated land has been lost, threatening food production, cultural landscapes and biodiversity. One of Japan’s most valued cultural landscapes includes rice terraces. In order to prevent them from abandonment, an... 
by Team LEISA India | Nov 23, 2015 | Articles, Education, ICT
The rural penetration of internet and social media is increasing by the day in India. Interestingly, farmers too are using these services to get connected with agriculture experts and NGOs catering to their needs. ‘Farmily’ is one such start up portal and mobile App,... 
by Team LEISA India | Nov 23, 2015 | Articles, Marketing, Trade
In an unique initiative, students of agriculture in Tikamgarh played an important role in building linkages and thereby spreading organic farming. The linkage paved the way to move agriculture towards a healthy, environmental friendly and sustainable system. The... 
by Team LEISA India | Nov 23, 2015 | Articles
Working lunch is in vogue but ‘learning lunch’ is a novelty, connecting city-dwellers with food-producers with an aim to let each farmer-find-a-friend for renewing rural-urban relationships. How do you get your wonderful lunch? Is it because you can afford it or... 
by Team LEISA India | Nov 23, 2015 | Articles
As families in urban and peri-urban regions in Pokhara leave farming, they also lose access to traditional varieties of rice from their own farms. In this context, establishing linkages between rural producers and urban consumers can be an effective way of preserving...