by Rukmini | Jun 30, 2024 | Articles, Featured, Social Organisation, Youth
An alarming fall in pollinators population would collapse the ecosystem rendering a food security crisis. BAIF’s pilot initiatives to boost the population of pollinator insects, not only enhanced pollination and crop production, but has also empowered youth to become...
by Rukmini | Mar 14, 2024 | Articles, Featured, Social Organisation
The revival of millets in Odisha has instilled a sense of confidence among women groups, helping them to beat poverty and malnutrition. Odisha Millets Mission and Mission Shakti department have been successfully promoting WSHG-led millet-based farm enterprises across...
by Rukmini | Dec 18, 2023 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Featured, Social Organisation
As a response to the inefficiencies in the present marketing system and to enable farmers, especially the small and marginal farmers to receive a fair price to their produce, resulting from economies of scale, FPOs are being promoted. Besides the push for forming...
by Rukmini | Sep 28, 2023 | Agroecology, Agroecology and Development, Articles, Featured
When empowered by the system, women can be active agents of change, who can shape their own destinies and that of their households for the better. The Odisha Millet Mission (OMM)is a fine example as a model of agroecology which not only helps farmers to adapt to...
by Rukmini | Jul 13, 2023 | Articles, Farmer Cooperatives, Featured, Social Organisation
Small-scale Bio Resource Centres (BRCs) can play a significant role in the transition to agroecological agriculture, by helping farmers to use bio-formulations that are difficult to prepare at the farm level. Also, small-scale BRCs strengthen local economy. It is...
by Team LEISA India | Mar 20, 2023 | Agroecology, Articles, Crop Production, Featured
The smallholder farmers in NER have revived millets in their cropping systems as well as in their diets. A little support in terms of technical guidance and value addition, and building linkages for marketing has been instrumental in bringing back millets in the food...
