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
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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)
3. Inspiring Cases 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.
Hindi Tamil Kannada LEISA Magazine, volume 11: 2-Farmers as entrepreneurs |
2009-11-12 - Farmers have used a variety of ways to develop alternative income earning opportunities. Such incomes may have some link to agriculture, such as the marketing or processing of agricultural products or could be outside the realm of agriculture, e.g. products of handicrafts made from plant fibre. In this sense, farmers are and have been “entrepreneurial” for quite some time. They grapple with several challenges simultaneously – from food and income needs, pressures of global trade and increasing unpredictable weather situations. In this issue, we have compiled a few experiences of farmers who have made efforts to successfully address some of these challenges.
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