Farmers in Nepal are getting the most out of their farms, both in nutrition as well as in economic terms, by integrating a variety of crops on the farm. Laxmi Acharya’s farm is...
Diversified Farming Systems – Learning from past to move into future
Ardhendu Chatterjee During the last 50 years we have been losing diversity at an alarming rate, both in nature and in culture, including agriculture. If it was for clearing...
Small farmers move towards diversification
N. Lalitha, J. Diraviam and Arun Balamatti Adding various components on to a farm and integrating them has helped small farmers in Tamil Nadu reap rich harvests. The bio...
Need for changing agricultural practices
Farmers who were leading a self reliant and honourable life, have been facing many problems in agriculture during the past decade. These problems relate to decreasing land...
A journey towards sustainability – A Case of BAIF intervention
M.N.Kulkarni and Prakash Bhat. Shri Nagappa Athergunchi, a farmer belonging to Kamplikoppa village in Hubli taluk of Dharwad district is one of those who is reaping immense...
A model of Farming Systems Approach for Sustainable Agriculture
M. Rudraaradhya More than 70% of the farming community own less than one hectare of land. They belong to the small and marginal category. These farmers feel that, except going...
Monocropping and Monolivestock systems are not sustainable
Agriculture for ages was a means for the sustenance of the family and the local community provided services like blacksmith, mason, carpenter, washerman, tailer, cobbler etc. ...