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...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 24, 2015 | Editorial
Continuing environmental degradation and its effect on the functioning, diversity, and resilience of ecological systems, though a matter of serious concern from quite some time, is gaining attention only now. Under such conditions, respect for local ecosystems and the...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 23, 2015 | Editorial
No other ‘Producer’ faces more challenges than a farmer does. He has to grapple with resource degradation, uncertain and unpredictable climatic conditions, poor advisory and other support services, unfavourable policies and the priorities of the government, all...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 22, 2015 | Editorial
Desertification and land degradation are not just natural phenomena. They are the outcomes of long-term over-exploitation and mismanagement of fragile ecosystems. To address these problems, we cannot pursue the same ways of thinking that have led to this situation. We...
