The collective strength of women farmers is being leveraged by integrating solar drying technology with off-farm value addition of primary produce. The decentralized enterprise...
Kutumba Kai Thottas
‘Kutumba Kai Thottas’ or family kitchen gardens are being successfully promoted in Karnataka, to supplement the nutritional intake of these families and provide a source for...
Diverse farming – Need of the hour for small farmers
Effects of climate change is making the lives of small and marginal farmers more difficult. Livelihoods of the small and marginal farmers are at a greater risk. Under such...
Farmers in Odisha replenish soil fertility – the natural way
Practicing bio-fertilizer cultivation to grow vegetables for self-consumption initially, many farmers in Aladipur village in Odisha took up to organic vegetable production for...
Fish Amino – A useful biological option
Farmer groups in Tamil Nadu found a successful solution in Fish Amino for enhancing the soil fertility. Rich in nitrogen, Fish Amino not only reduced the requirement of nitrogen...
Yam on terrace walls
Yam has several nutritional benefits, yet the crop remains neglected and underutilized. In the absence of national research and extension programmes on yam, LIBIRD’s initiative...
Birbhum’s tribal women show the way
Organised into a collective, 30-odd women farmers in a remote tribal hamlet in West Bengal have not only gained necessary skills on agriculture, but have also learned leadership...
Beating malnutrition through vegetable production
Growing vegetables in the off-season through agro ecological methods, the women’s group in Humla district has not only improved access to vegetables, but also established...
Organic vegetable farming by women
Farmers in Adbhora village were migrating to towns and cities as farming was not viable. Women in the village organised themselves into a group with the support of an NGO and are...