Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture
Welcome to LEISA India
Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) is about the technical and social options open to farmers who seek to improve productivity and income in an ecologically sound way. ILEIA, The Netherlands and its Indian partner organisation, AME Foundation, Bangalore, document and publish experiences on Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture through LEISA India. Starting as a supplement to the global LEISA magazine, LEISA India emerged as an independent Indian edition from 1999 onwards. This website is a platform for exchanging information on LEISA approaches.
Find out more about LEISA India magazine - its growth and outreach Watch the video on LEISA India - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=nT3PFL5UIxk
Send your experiences to
leisaindia@yahoo.co.in.
Reports and Products
1. Inspiring Voices
Views on LEISA India Magazine based on a Readers Survey
2. Documentation in Practice
A process document on the LEISA India Consortium's two year programme on "Documentation and Communication" (2003-05)
Building LEISA Alliances
For the first time, some of the LEISA Enthusiasts from South India met 'face to face' in Bangalore to share their experiences. This was a step towards building informal groups of LEISA enthusiasts as "Alliances". Click below to read the proceedings.A face to face meeting of LEISA Enthusiasts of the North India was organised in Delhi during November 2008. Read the proceedings of the meeting
Translated Editions in Hindi, Kannada and Tamil
To enhance the outreach of LEISA message particularly to the non-English literate people, special Translated editions of LEISA India in Hindi, Kannada and Tamil were produced.The special editions were released on 28 March 2009, in a videoconferencing mode simultaneously in three locations - Bangalore, Gorakhpur and Salem.
LEISA India, vol. 10: 4 - Dealing with climate change |
| 2008-12-01 - Farmers have been practicing farming in contextual factors beyond their control. Climate is one of them. With the new understanding that climate change is real, happening, and inevitable, the complexities involved in farming have become manifold. There are several shining examples world wide, where farmers are practicing alternative agriculture approaches through better management of natural resources, more productive farming systems while being extremely sensitive in making choices of options which are less damaging to the environment. In this issue, we compiled such perspectives and experiences which are dealing with coping mechanisms, alternative agricultural approaches, practices and processes. Read the articles. |  | |