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...
Gift of seeds for life
It was a custom in India that instead of dowry the newly married bride used to carry a cow and seeds to her in-laws. Sale and purchase of seeds was prohibited in Indian...
Farmer to Farmer sharing
For ages, farmers learnt agricultural technologies from their parents or their neighbours. But, during 1950 to1960 and later, modern technologies ( green revolution) were...
Natural regeneration processes at work
Modern agriculture technology has imposed many external inputs like machinery for cultivation, hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides to improve crop...
Participatory Technology and Development
The research in agriculture has been confined laboratories of the Research Institutes and Universities. The scientists most of the times, are not exposed to the ground problems...
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...
Documenting knowledge for farmers
For ages, Vedas and Sanskrit slokas were being taught by the priests to their children, without scripts, transferring the knowledge orally. But same has not been the case with...
Policies and rural realities
Since ages, rural communities all over the world were practicing most of the professions, including agriculture, gained from the experiences of their ancestors, without much...
Small animals for sustainable farming
Livestock is very important in agricultural economy. Commonly most farmers raise cows or buffaloes for milk production. Even small and marginal farmers and landless agriculture...