by Team LEISA India | Feb 26, 2016 | Editorial
Trees have been historically an important component of the farming systems in several parts of India. They have been as part of peasants’ subsistence strategies. They are grown in homesteads, farm boundaries or the field itself. Trees are either planted in conjunction...
by Team LEISA India | Feb 24, 2016 | Editorial
The food production system is under intense pressure. Ecological degradation, population growth, food shortages, climate change, declining productivity, commodity and commercial approach, changing consumption patterns etc., have all resulted in a change, not only in...
by Team LEISA India | Feb 11, 2016 | Editorial
Agriculture remains an important and the only source of livelihood to the majority in developing countries. However, poor people’s access to land is limited and insecure; access by some groups – such as women and indigenous populations – is even more precarious. Along...
by Team LEISA India | Feb 2, 2016 | Editorial
Today around 25% of rural population in India are between ages 15 and 29 (2001 Census). The Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-2007) has estimated that India’s labour force will increase faster than the ability of the economy to create new working opportunities. The country...
by Team LEISA India | Jan 7, 2016 | Editorial
Albert Einstein once said that “if the bees disappeared, man would have only four years of life left” – a warning for an impending food problem if we neglected the natural pollinators. In fact it is not just about bees, but a whole lot of other living beings in the...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 31, 2015 | Editorial
Women forging change We have been talking about women in agriculture – that they are important to farming, that they perform around 50% of the farming activities, despite having less access to resources and technical inputs. And we have been discussing this for more...
