Karatampatti is a village, located not very far from the township of Tiruchi in Tamil Nadu. Around 1000 families belonging to various sections live in this village. The...
Transition is a matter of watching and observing
In 1989-90 the Agriculture. Man and Ecology (AME) Programme. Pondicherry, studied the transition experiences of 12 ecological farmers in South India. Erik van der Werf reveals...
Practices, Platforms and Policies -AME’s experience
K V S Prasad and B Vijayalakshmi Background Sustainable Agriculture (SA) became a dominant global concern based on the understanding of negative effects of Green revolution...
Strip crop – A ray of hope for dry land farmers
Gurudatt Hegde, Ravindranath Reddy and Arun Balamatti Chinnahagari and Upparahalla watersheds of Chitradurga and Bellary districts belong to the dry belts of Karnataka. Moreover,...
Fundamentals of farmers field schools – a cotton IPM FFS as an example
What is Farmers Field School (FFS)? As the name suggests Farmer’s Field Schools (FFS) are the schools for the farmers beyond the boundaries of formal structures. It operates...
Farmer field schools – experiences from Tamil Nadu
B. Vijayalakshmi, G. Ravi Kumar, S. Pattabiraman and Daniel Anand Raj AME is devoted to improving the livelihoods of dry land farmers through promotion of ecological agriculture...
WOMEN CAN MOVE THE EARTH Experiences in working with women farmers
Edith van Walsum Women get more control over less resources The Deccan Plateau is a drought prone region in South India covering substantial parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,...
Balancing our Way to Scale: PTD for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture in South India
Y.D.Naidu and Edith van Walsum Introduction This paper is about collaborative action between institutions and individuals in South India, seeking to support small and...
Extension education in the context of a changing agriculture
R.Dwarakinath Indian agriculture is undergoing a rapid transformation under globalization, from a simple way of making a living to a complex economic endeavour. As such,...