Agriculture

Supplementing soil with dried leaves of nitrogen-rich trees such as shisham, amaltas and neem can increase the content of soil microbial biomass and grain yield of rice.

With the active involvement of about 800 people in different farming activities for the past four years, about 25 unproductive fields in the village are now witnessing different types of greens sprouting from the ground.

An advocate of minimal human interference, he avoids using any fertilisers or pesticides and lets nature take its own course.

In March 2016, Vipin completed his training to become a full-time farmer. He had quit his job as a programmer.

A ‘Water Atlas’ which has just concluded mapping the physical and economic productivity of water available in India, is underway by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.

Agriculture in India is characterized by small landholdings and the presence of a large number of subsistence farmers.

Greenpiece Terrariums is a joint venture handled by Lakshmi Raju and Ganga Fischbeck since 2015 and it all began out of a conversation.

In Mother Earth, Sister Seed we travel along with the writer and hear stories from the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, the Bija Vidyapeeth in Uttarakhand and farms in Wayanad among a smorgasbord of other places, some well-known, some a new realization.

An active farmer, Premanandan hasn’t purchased vegetables to meet his household requirements for all these years.

Kerabai grew up listening to songs that her mother sang at home and in their field. All these songs are ingrained in Kerabai's memory, and that is the only formal training she has had in singing.