The current theme – March 2026

Agri-entrepreneurship

Agriculture sector has been traditionally supporting rural livelihoods, especially in India. Farming communities are not homogenous. Their abilities and access to resources vary quite significantly. More so, in India, majority of the rural population are involved in this sector to meet their food and income needs. Most of them are caught in fragile eco systems, are resource poor and risk shy. However, we must recognise that Indian farmer is fundamentally resilient in dealing with twin challenges posed by climate and markets. In that sense, they are indeed entrepreneurial.

Small and marginal farmers, forming the farming majority practice farming for subsistence and limited incomes. They characterise the philosophy of ‘farming for a living’. On the other hand, big farmers, in terms of resource base, grow both food and commercial crops, horticulture crops, plantation crops and are involved in farm based enterprises like poultry and others, even exporting their produce, towards wealth creation. A new group of people are emerging sensing an opportunity in the sector. They do recognise the vast potential available as well as the challenges being faced. Some of them are using their managerial, financial and technical backgrounds to create enterprises. They are addressing the existing challenges like market access, spatial monitoring and surveillance, aggregation and value addition and most importantly, creating new business models for making farming profitable. Some of them are inclusive too, being empathetic to farming communities and channelising their energies towards profit sharing with producers.

We are looking forward to those agripreneur’s sharing their experiences of how they are dealing with farmer’s issues; guiding them to overcome challenges; exploring healthy and safe foods production with links to remunerative and responsive markets; promoting innovative solutions for production, cold storage and transport of the produce. We look forward to these agripreneur’s sharing their experience on their various growth stages, their management and governance practices for achieving success, how they forged alliances with farmers and customers – as these are bound to inspire large number of struggling Farmer managed Farmer Producer Organisations too.

Articles for the March 2026 issue of LEISA India should be sent to the editors before 1st February 2026 to leisaindia@yahoo.co.in

Guide to Authors

LEISA India publishes practical field experiences on sustainable agriculture. The magazine offers an opportunity for those working in agricultural development, particularly in diverse, risk-prone and resource-poor regions, to publish their field experiences and to read about the experiences of others. LEISA India is published four times a year, and each issue deals with a particular theme.

Guidelines

Articles should fit in the theme of the issue, for which it is being submitted. Kindly read the call for articles and check if the article fits well with the theme.
Articles should be practical field experiences. Articles which simply describe a technology or a process will not be encouraged for publication.
Explain any terms or ideas that may not be understood in every part of the world.
Acknowledge all sources and references used.
Explain any abbreviations used.

In order to present clear and accessible information, authors are recommended to describe:

The context – agro ecological, social and environmental
Challenges and the reasons for the approach taken to improve the situation
The initiatives – process and nature of initiatives
Time frames – when did this all happen
Changes/impact – physical, social, economical, ecological and cultural
Reasons why things worked out as they did. (We appreciate opinions / analysis / conclusions relevant to field level, as well as recommendations for policy makers).

Full editorial support is provided. As the articles go through a rigorous editorial process, authors are usually requested to provide additional information or clarifications.

Format

The length of the articles should be within 2500 words.
Articles should be submitted as a soft copy in Microsoft Word format.
Mention for which issue/theme is the article being submitted
Include no more than three references (any references should include at least year of publication, name of author, and publisher);
Provide a current contact address, at the bottom of the article itself. This will also be published in the magazine.
Include 2-6 photos, relevant to the article, providing suitable captions. Photos should be sent as separate image files. Image files should be of good resolution (file size should be a minimum of 500 kb). Provide photo credits, wherever applicable.

The editors reserve the right to decide whether or not to publish an article or contribution, after receipt of the first full draft. Articles that are accepted will be edited to LEISA India house style and shortened if necessary. Articles accepted for publication in LEISA India English edition may be chosen for translation and publication in any of the seven regional editions of LEISA India.