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Food sufficiency through diversified farming: A case of a small farmer [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Anita Singh [2]
Leisa India [3]
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Agriculture [4], Agricultural Systems [5], Home Gardens [6], Vermiculture [7], Natural Fertilisers [8], Natural Pesticides [9], Legumes [10], Nutrition [11], Farmers [12], Crop Biodiversity [13], Agroecosystem Planning [14], Gorakhpur (D) [15], Food Security [16]
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