by Rukmini | Dec 18, 2023 | Editorial
Farmer Producer Organisations Small holders face three major challenges – climate, markets and lack of suitable extension system to deal with their needs. While climate challenges are addressed through resilient alternatives, extension support to a limited extent is...
by Rukmini | Sep 28, 2023 | Editorial
Women and Agroecology With growing rural to urban migration by men, there is ‘feminisation’ of agriculture sector, with increasing number of women in multiple roles as cultivators, entrepreneurs, and labourers. Economic Survey 2017-18 says that 70% of all women...
by Team LEISA India | Aug 30, 2023 | Editorial
Farmers and fisher folk in India have practiced aquaculture since time immemorial. Traditional fish culture carried out in small ponds in eastern India, indicates that aquaculture was a major vocation for local communities. Even today, it is hard to find a household...
by Team LEISA India | Mar 17, 2023 | Editorial
Millet farming systems The paradigmatic shift from agriculture to agribusiness model, based on high input intensive farming eroded local food systems. These systems got stifled further by globalisation influencing ‘exotic’ food choices and local public distribution...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 26, 2022 | Editorial
Renewable Energy in Agriculture Ecological agriculture and Renewable Energy are based on the same fundamental principles – Living in communion with Nature recognising eco relationships; judicious use, reuse and recycling of resources while reducing harmful pollution;...
by Team LEISA India | Sep 20, 2022 | Editorial
Building farm resilience Building farm resilience is all about preparing farmers to cope, absorb and recover from challenges in dealing with their agricultural production and livelihoods. Small and marginal farmers are invariably caught in fragile eco systems with...
