The current theme – June 2025
Climate Resilient Farming
Climate change has been happening always. However, with increased pollution and harmful emissions, it is more rapid and unpredictable now. Particularly affected adversely is the agriculture sector. Dependent on unpredictable monsoon, the sector is threatened by droughts, rapid and heavy downpours, changing weather patterns and aberrations.
Farmers being traditionally resilient have been adapting to climate changes with suitable and inexpensive alternatives. For example, in rain fed areas, farming communities are trying out staggered nurseries for some crops – multiple nurseries raising different age seedlings suitable for early or late sowing; better seed and water management practices. Based on the changing weather patterns and associated pest and disease management requirements, farmers are trying our different varieties as well as different crop combinations. With well known nutritional benefits being offered by millet cropping systems as well as their innate nature of being hardy and resilient, local millet based food systems are being revived as an option of coping with climate change. The adaptations are not limited to crop management practices. Farmers are also trying out technology interventions like precision farming, especially in commercial crops. The resilient measures are however, context specific – measures suitable for rain fed areas being entirely different from flood prone areas.
In our forthcoming issue, we look forward to sharing experiences where farming communities have taken up innovative measures in coping with climate change. What are the different measures being undertaken in different types of ecosystems – hilly, flood prone, drylands etc. Are the measures different for commercial crops, horticultural crops like fruits and vegetables and other Tree crops? How are farmers adapting to new climate resilient technologies? What is the price that farmers are paying to meet these climatic challenges? How are farmers adapting to their livelihoods under such changing climatic conditions? What is the impact of climate change on livestock health and what are the coping mechanisms? What is the policy support to tide these challenges? In this issue of LEISA India, we would like to include experiences that address these issues, both at the local as well as at the national level.
Articles for the June 2025 issue of LEISA India should be sent to the editors before 1st May 2025 at 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.
