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Field Notes

Field Notes

Seabuckthorn – ideally suited for Himalayan highlands Hippophae salicifolia commonly known as Seabuckthorn is one of the few potential lesser-known multipurpose plant species,...

Fodder banks Relieving women from drudgery

Fodder banks Relieving women from drudgery

Raising fast growing and high yielding nutritious fodder species on farm lands can reduce the drudgery of women in collecting fodder from distant forests and also protect the...

“We know what to do”

“We know what to do”

Interview: Mireille Vermeulen Next to his work at the Millennium Institute, Mr Herren is co-chair of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and...

Trees for improving farm productivity

Trees for improving farm productivity

With depletion of agricultural lands and lack of irrigation facilities, agriculture in arid and semiarid regions is becoming uneconomical. Agroforestry provides a viable solution...

Seeds of empowerment

Seeds of empowerment

Adivasi communities in India are collectively working towards bringing back biodiversity andlocal traditional food production systems. While farmers are recognised as...

The Narayana Reddy Column

Go local – reduce food miles “The wise man should consider that health is the greatest human blessing. Let food be your medicine”. – Hippocrates “To eat is a necessity, but to...

Village level gene seed grain bank

Village level gene seed grain bank

An initiative to promote sustainable food and nutrition security Village gene seed grain banks are one of the important methods used to provide seed, food and nutrition security...

Bringing back millets into food systems

Nature has provided a unique system of food security. From the womb of a mother, the life starts securing food and the process continues during the childhood and onwards. Plants...