At the Age of 50, This Man Decided to Give up His Successful Business to Take up Farming
From having a successful business to giving it up at the age of 50, from selling furniture to becoming a farmer – the amazing story of Suneet Salvi.
The Chizami model of development
How women in a remote Nagaland village are bringing about transformation rooted in traditional Naga practices
कीट नहीं, कीटनाशक है दुश्मन (in Hindi)
कीटों एवं फसलों की पारस्परिक निर्भरता : शत-प्रतिशत प्राकृतिक एवं लाभदायक
Insects aren’t the enemy, pesticides are
Understanding the life cycles of vegetarian and non-vegetarian insects is key to keeping the natural balance in crop cycles, farmers explain.
സിക്കിം : പ്രകൃതിയിലേക്ക് വീണ്ടും (in Malayalam)
സിക്കിമിലെ ജൈവ കൃഷി മുന്നേറ്റ ത്തെപ്പ റ്റി ഒരു പഠനം .
Back to the earth, the hard way
The Internal Control System used by the Organic Mission for certification brings farmers’ holdings on a village or block level into collectives so they can avoid seepages between farms.
Push irrigation, not dams
We can add millions of hectares to irrigated land without building a single new dam. We just need to adopt a different method of managing the water already stored in them.
Much to learn from Tribals
Tribal farming systems, based on the wisdom and experiences of several generations, are well-adapted to local conditions and constraints.
Debal Deb: The barefoot conservator
"The places Indian elites like to call ‘backward’, such as tribal areas, were those with the greatest chances of having retained these varieties over time."