Drought although occurs as a natural phenomenon, human interventions also induce droughts, increasing the vulnerability of the poor in the semi arid regions. Watershed...
Rythu Bazaars – The alternative marketing channel
Rythu Bazaar, a government initiative in Andhra Pradesh, to facilitate direct marketing for farmers is going strong even after 14 years of its establishment. With all its...
Small-scale farmers, big-scale change
The organisations working together in the Agricultural Biodiversity Knowledge Programme (agrobiodiversity@knowledged) initiated by Oxfam Novib and Hivos all work with family...
Non Pesticidal Management: Learning from Experiences
G.V. Ramanjaneyulu, M.S. Chari, T.A.V.S. Raghunath, Zakir Hussain and Kavitha Kuruganti Two decades of experience in Andhra Pradesh on Non Pesticidal Management shows that pest...
Shrimp farmers in India Empowering small-scale farmers
N.R. Umesh, A.B. Chandra Mohan, G. Ravibabu, P.A. Padiyar, M.J. Phillips, C.V. Mohan, and B. Vishnu Bhat Implementation of simple and locally relevant management strategies have...