August 18, 2011
B.C. Barah August 18, 2011
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Low productivity and large regional differences in yield imply that there is ample scope to increase production and bridge the yield gaps.
August 2, 2011
Kuntal Mukherjee August 2, 2011
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Promoting SRI with about 13,500 families, covering about 340 villages in nine districts across the northern hills, the plains and the Bastar plateau region of the Chhattisgarh state seems to have paid rich dividends by way of doubling yield and food grain sufficiency.
August 2, 2011
Rahul Kumar August 2, 2011
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Combining several innovative practices, SRI is a different way of cultivating rice, including changes in nursery management, in the time of transplantation, and in water and weed management, which could well easily counter the sideeffects of the Green Revolution
July 23, 2011
July 23, 2011
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The willingness to take risks and experiment with innovative methods, with the backing and guidance of professionals, proves to be life-changing for the tribals of Koraput district and especially one family…
July 9, 2011
Anil Verma July 9, 2011
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Introducing and promoting SRI involved phased training, detailed planning and handholding of farmers who were only used to traditional ways of cultivation.
July 9, 2011
Gaurav Kumar Agarwal July 9, 2011
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“It is an explosive situation in India today as far as agriculture is concerned and the farmers are concerned, with the employment rates in rural areas being the lowest since the late 1990s. We keep hearing about huge displacements due to dam-building or canal-digging, but let me tell you the biggest displacement is in agriculture where the largest mass migration in the history is beginning to unfold, following displacement of people from their land…”
June 3, 2011
Anisha George June 3, 2011
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Linking INRM with MGNREGS can prove to be a win-win option, with villagers building infrastructure on their lands are long term assets and being paid for their labour by the government.
May 6, 2011
Shivaji N. Choudhary May 6, 2011
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With its increasing demand, its high nutritious value and ability to grow in drought conditions, the chickpea provides a viable and sustainable option for farmers in rain-fed areas.
May 6, 2011
Sebak Jana May 6, 2011
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Helping villagers create a sustainable small scale irrigation structure in the form of a happa has wide ranging and long term benefits on their lives and livelihoods.
May 2, 2011
May 2, 2011
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Highlighting the recent developments in the mango sub-sector, the workshop identified the opportunities for enhancing the potential of this promising source of livelihood for farmers with small holdings in eastern India.