by Team LEISA India | Jun 27, 2019 | Editorial
With increases in food production crop residues are also increasing. It is estimated that about 500 Mt of crop residues are generated in India annually. Burning crop residue has caught the nation’s attention, not only for wasting a resource which has a potential to...
by Team LEISA India | Sep 28, 2018 | Editorial
Smallholders, the food providers of the nation, are becoming increasingly vulnerable to a series of challenges like the changing climate, markets, finance, input availability etc. These challenges have made crop production more risky and uncertain in already fragile...
by Team LEISA India | Jul 31, 2018 | Editorial
Small holder family farmers, particularly in the fragile ecosystems have been traditionally managing crops, using biological means. While a majority of the farmers shifted to commercial methods of farming involving high chemical use, some among them still continue to...
by Team LEISA India | Apr 13, 2018 | Editorial
Sustainable food systems, while preserving the environment, ecosystems and biodiversity should also be able to ensure economic prosperity. While the value chain in conventional agricultural systems refers to the value added to the product from the farm to the...
by Team LEISA India | Mar 20, 2018 | Editorial
Livestock forms an important livelihood support system for about seventy million rural households in India, especially in the arid and semi-arid regions of the country. They are infact integral to rural life, supporting agriculture, contributing to the household...
by Team LEISA India | Jan 9, 2018 | Editorial
We do get disturbed with climate change, depleting resources, increasing hunger and malnutrition, eroding farm productivity and incomes, rural urban inequities. Climate change is not an absolutely new phenomenon. Malnutrition has been existing and is increasing owing...
