Timely credit is the key Before 1970, in rural India, borrowing money was a shameful act. In 1971, I borrowed Rs. 5000 from a rich family from my neighbouring village as a...
The Narayana Reddy Column- Youth in farming
Globalisation and WTO have resulted in the youth of our country losing interest in agriculture and going into cities to earn more money. The villages are becoming poorer and...
The Narayana Reddy Column – Living with insects
Nature is kind enough to create human beings after all its other creation so that we can enjoy and live happily and easily. But owing to our memory and thinking capacities, we...
The Narayana Reddy Column – Green farming
When I was a young man, an elderly person in my village used to tell often, that your bank account will be written in red ink if you do not practice polyculture in your...
The Narayana Reddy Column: United we attain – Individually we lose
From a joint family to the United Nations we have a good experience of the benefits derived of being organized. There are organized unions for every sector all over the world. In...
Trees are our life saviours
Vegetation is very important for the existence of all living organisms. It provides oxygen, water, food and shelter for all the creations of the universe. But, unfortunately...
The Narayana Reddy Column: Adopt SRI, save resources
SRI practice which originated in Madagascar, is spreading far and wide as farmers are finding it beneficial. There are innovations being tried out in different soil conditions...
The Narayana Reddy Column: Educating youth on alternatives – The need of the hour
Indian farmers are at the cross roads. Every year their problems are compounding owing to several reasons - degradation of natural resources like land, water, forests, climatic...
The Narayana Reddy Column: Family farming
Only way to protect farmers and farming. Family farming is a characteristic of farms that can be maintained by the family members without much dependence on high cost external...