by Team LEISA India | Dec 27, 2021 | Editorial
Resilient crop-livestock systems Traditionally farming meant a combination of crops, animals, fishery etc. However, these traditional farms were gradually replaced by specialised farms, be it monocropping or commercial animal farms, in pursuit of higher returns. But...
by Team LEISA India | Dec 27, 2021 | Call for Articles
Urban agriculture, urban horticulture farming or urban gardening is the practice of cultivation, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas. Worldwide, this was in response to meeting food requirements of citizens, gainful employment of urban poor,...
by Team LEISA India | Oct 21, 2021 | Call for Articles
Crops and livestock have historically been integrated in farming systems. Livestock often play a major role in smallholder production systems, where it is common to find chickens, small ruminants (goats and sheep) and in some cases, cattle. Invariably, the integration...
by Team LEISA India | Sep 15, 2021 | English Magazine Contents
READ THE MAGAZINE Fruits and vegetables are dietary necessities. They have multiple health benefits, including the strengthening of the immune system. But to provide all the health benefits, it is also important that fruits and vegetables are produced in a healthy...
by Team LEISA India | Sep 15, 2021 | Editorial
Healthy Horticulture The importance of health and well being of the humankind is in limelight more than ever before – namely the ‘nutritional well being’. It has been realised that besides access, the quality of food too, is highly critical. What is gaining...
by Team LEISA India | Jul 8, 2021 | Call for Articles
In most of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, over 80 percent of the fruit and vegetables are grown on small farms in the rural areas. Small-scale farmers often grow horticultural produce in their backyards or kitchen gardens for their own consumption or to share with...
