In the Deccan region of India, over 60,000 women peasants are feeding their families, their culture and their pride with biodiverse farming practices. Their knowledge and...
Sustaining agroecological farming practices – Need for support
There is an encouraging trend in farmers returning back to traditional practices, that are eco-friendly which provide sustainable production. There is a great need and urgency...
Scaling up agroecological farming – Capacity building is the key
Wider adoption of agroecological practices are limited by certain constraints which are highly region and community specific. A study across the tribal communities in Odisha...
System of Crop Intensification – Promoting a profitable crop sequence of finger millet and chickpea
In distressed situations of drought and floods, tribal farmers of western ghats in Maharashtra adopted system of crop intensification (SCI), an agro-ecological method to create...
One man mission – A farmer educator spreads agroecology
Knowledge on agroecology is constantly evolving on the field and farmer plays a key role in co-creation of knowledge as well as its dissemination. Here is a passionate teacher...
Lessons in scaling up
System of Rice Intensification is a knowledge intensive method, which is evolving continuously. To be able to spread widely and sustainably, a different approach is required...
Food security in flood prone areas – SRI shows the way
More number of paddy farmers in flood prone areas in Kailali district are adopting SRI method. With SRI, farmers are able to raise rice plants which have withstood storm, wind...
Upscaling SRI – Unpacking innovation, investments and institutions
SRI performance has been spectacular under diverse conditions. Many small, marginal and tribal farmers, are reaping better harvests with SRI, many a times with indigenous or...
SRI Kranti – The rice revolution
An innovation needs support to survive. The same innovation can make a revolution, provided it gets the recognition and support from the government. The Bihar government has...