Vietnamese farmers in the Mekong Delta face worsening impacts of climate change. Environmental deterioration threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions of people here. Since...
Resilient farming – The one-acre model
Farming can be remunerative even from an acre of land holding, when practiced through natural methods, utilizing natural resources to the optimum. Thammaiah, a farmer in...
Five Square Model – An innovative practice to reduce soil salinity
Sutapa De, Saikat Pal and Purnaba Dasgupta Severe water logging resulting in soil salinity has made crop cultivation difficult for farmers in Sunderbans region. Five Square model...
Developing climate resilient farming
Small farmers in Bundelkhand are adopting agricultural systems that cope with climate change, with support from Development Alternatives. The initiatives undertaken at the farm...
Farmers’ role in combating Deforestation
During the last 40 years as a result of deforestation amount of rainfall has come down, streams and rivers have dried up, even the underground water table is falling fast, which...
LEISA FARMING IN KUTCH
Kutch in Gujarat is an area of scanty and erratic rainfall. It is surrounded on three sides by the sea, which results in strong winds. Ambient temperatures are very high, and can...