Adding various components on to a farm and integrating them has helped small farmers in Tamil Nadu reap rich harvests. The bio intensive farm models promoted by the Department of Science and Technology and based on agro-ecosystem principles, have resulted in a sustainable farm production and livelihoods.
Farmers in the Yoro and Otoro regions of Honduras have organised themselves into agricultural research teams to improve the diversity and resilience of their farms. Supported by local and international organisations, these farmers have diversified their plant genetic resources and developed hardier varieties that grow well on their soils.
Small land holders can be self sustainable. This was proved by Shri. Santu, a small farmer in Gorakhpur, who started making a decent living from farming by increasing the diversity on the farms and integrating one into another.
The present work reports on the habitat characteristics of some weeds of pulses crop field. Reported weeds are more adapted in the Gangetic alluvium soil under certain climatic factors.
This paper examines the composition of traditional food crops among the different tribal communities and the method of sustainable food crop production. Three tribal communities, inhabiting seven villages in Orissa, India were studied. A structured questionnaire was administered to elicit information in the areas of crop mixtures and reasons for such mixtures.
To provide food items at affordable prices to the poor, the state Government has planned to provide pulses at subsidised rate under a Central government scheme. Under the plan, one kilogram pulse would be provided to each of the BPL families in the state, which number around 12.97 lakh according to the latest survey.
Mountain communities have been adapting to changing environment for a long time. Traditional farming methods depending on recycling of available natural resources is the key to sustainable production systems. Local marketing systems have also played a vital role in reducing the emissions and food miles.
In the drier areas of southern Africa, farmers experience drought once every two to three years. Relief agencies have traditionally responded to the resulting famines by providing farmers with enough seed and inorganic fertilizer to enable them to re-establish their cropping enterprises. However, because of the lack of appropriate land and crop management interventions, vulnerable farmers are not necessarily able to translate these relief investments in seeds and fertilizer into sustained gains in
productivity and incomes.
Cereal consumption in India has further declined in both urban and rural areas, even though families are spending more on it.
This worrisome trend has been reported by the latest National Sample Survey (NSS) report released on Friday. It also reports that monthly per capita expenditure, unadjusted to inflation, has nominally increased in the past two years.
Pulses in India contribute less to global warming greenhouse gas emission during pulse cultivation in India is much less than in developed countries because of minimal use of nitrogenous fertilizers. India has just got a proof of it. Pulse crops are known to release nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, but no one had measured it. Now researchers from the Bhubaneswar-based Institute of
