While famers everywhere are struggling to cope with the changing agro-climatic conditions, a few farmers in Kumbharwadi village in Maharashtra are adapting to the situation by...
The journey from grey to green
Development of watershed is an approach to make best use of the rainwater for agricultural production while improving soil conservation and bio-diversity. By harvesting rainwater...
Integrated agriculture for sustainable gains
Many farmers grow crops mostly for the market and ignore their own family needs. When there is a glut in the market, they cannot sell their produce for a good price. In any case...
Building self sustenance – a small farmers success story
Vanya Orr, Arunkumar, Gita Kreneck, Siva Kumar, Mohan Kumar Earth Trust, an NGO in Nilgiris has helped a number of small holder farmers realize the potential of organic farming...
Sustainable farming system for balanced ecosystems
Vikram S. Negi, and R. K. Maikhuri The small farmers of Central Himalayan region are achieving high level of diversification through rotation of pure crops in space and time,...
Adapting to change with a blend of traditional and improved practices
Ronak Shah and Niranjan Ameta In Dhala, farmers have been blending traditional and “improved” farming practices to adapt to the changes in climate they are experiencing. By...
Making an opportunity in changing climatic scenario A case of Kullu and Lahaul valley
Raj Pal Meena and P R Kumar While rising temperatures and changes in weather conditions is affecting agriculture and is a matter of serious concern, farmers in Himachal Pradesh...
Healthy farmers and healthy environment
Farmers earlier cultivated crops mainly for their own use and for those local communities like potters, cobblers, launderers, builders, blacksmiths etc., who rendered services to...
Back to traditional farming systems – a case of Monpa tribes
The Monpa are an ethnic group of Tibetan descent inhabited in the western Arunachal Pradesh. A population of 45,000 is centered in the districts of Tawang and West Kameng. Nearly...