community supported agriculture
Folk Rice Magic and Low Yield Myths

Traditional crop varieties are often recorded to have out-yielded modern varieties in marginal environmental conditions

The Miracle of ‘Bluetooth’ Radio

All messages and songs recorded in the district over the day, in local languages such as Kuduk, reach every villager in this manner, free of charge.

रेडियो ‘ब्लूटूथ’ कर रहा है कमाल (in Hindi)

हर गाँव से एक व्यक्ति हर सुबह अपने ग्राम पंचायत के दफ़्तर में आकर अपने ब्लूटूथ वाले मोबाइल फ़ोन में 'कुडुक' भाषा में बने रेडियो कार्यक्रम को डाउनलोड करता है.

Sowing the seeds of Swaraj

“(Traditional) seeds have a treasure of past experience inbuilt. They are accustomed to vagaries of nature, while the modern seeds are yet to learn the local environment.”

The seeds of revolution

DDS is successfully working with Dalit farmers towards ecologically sustainable farming, women empowerment and community-led communications.

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.

Placing faith in the farmer

A conversation on Community Supported Agriculture with Ashwin Paranjpe of Gorus Organic Farming Association