by Team LEISA India | Jul 7, 2010 | Cases
The M.R.K. Co-operative Sugar Mill area is situated in the coastal zone of Tamil Nadu with nearly 21.42 per cent area under alkaline soils which reduces the sugarcane productivity drastically (average yield is 52 t/ha). The yield at that time was very low compared to...
by Team LEISA India | Jul 6, 2010 | Cases
This is a success story of a farmer who has implemented the concept of bio control in orange orchards successfully. He was interviewed by ALL INIDIA RADIO on this subject in farm programme. B. S. Shivashankar, an agriculture graduate and a practitioner of organic...
by Team LEISA India | Jul 5, 2010 | Cases
I worked with farmers and SHGs in Nadukuppam village, Marakanam block, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu as a consultant to the Pitchandikulam Bioresource Centre, Auroville 605101. The project is situated in the centre of the Kaluveli Bio-Region of coastal Tamil Nadu,...
by Team LEISA India | Jul 4, 2010 | Cases
I am a government school teacher cum trainer in a middle English School of Guhalpur which is 10 kms from the Block Head quarters in Ganjam district. The school was established in 1954 and at present the total children are 160 and four teachers are appointed. My school...
by Team LEISA India | Jul 3, 2010 | Cases
LEISA India helped me to enhance my idea on organic product marketing. In fact, the article on Agroecological cotton will be tried in Sundarbans islands where organic cotton is tried this year. The farming community comprising of mainly small and marginal farmers...
by Team LEISA India | Jul 2, 2010 | Cases
I am working with Attappady Hills Area Development Society in Palakkad district. We are working for the eco restoration of the Attappady Valley. The population of tribes in this area is 40% of the total population and they are involved in agriculture for their...
