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 
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Watch the video on LEISA India - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=nT3PFL5UIxk

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Reports and Products

Inspiring Voices
Views on LEISA India Magazine based on a Readers Survey
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Documentation in Practice
A process document on the LEISA India Consortium's two year programme on "Documentation and Communication" (2003-05)
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Inspiring Cases
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The Climate Crisis-People's needs and potential for adaptation and mitigation 
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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.
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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
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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 
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Tamil 
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Kannada 
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LEISA Magazine, volume 11: 3-Women and food sovereignty

2010-03-12 - Women continue to play a major role in providing the food security to households. Their role in agriculture has become all the more important as farming is increasingly becoming a responsibility of women to feed their households. Farming is once again in the hands of women, though not with recognition and respect to them, but as the only means of survival for the households. Nevertheless, women left with degraded resources, are finding ways of making a sustainable living on these lands. In this issue we have compiled a few articles which reflect the fact that women are primary providers of food security as well as nutritional security to the communities. Read the articles.