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 | Sep 21, 2018 | Call for Articles
Agroecology is highly knowledge-intensive, and is based on techniques that are not delivered top-down but developed on the basis of farmers’ knowledge and experimentation. Agroecology depends on context-specific knowledge. Farmers are not only producers accepting and...
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 | Jul 20, 2018 | English Magazine Contents
Read the magazine Biological crop management is the need of the hour. It is no longer an option. It is the way forward, if we are determined to deal positively with fragile environments, food and nutrition, health and well-being of the people and animals. There is...
by Team LEISA India | Jul 9, 2018 | Call for Articles
For small holder farm family, farm diversity is the key. Diversity of enterprises is integral for sustainable small farmer livelihoods. Farm diversity offers food and nutrition, sustainable incomes, and gainful engagement in an activity throughout the year. Most...
by Team LEISA India | Apr 13, 2018 | English Magazine Contents
Read the Magazine While majority of family farmers produce food primarily for home consumption, yet they struggle to market the little surpluses that they have. There aren’t any niche markets for agroecological produce. In the absence of facilities for storage...