A Way of Agriculture To Manage Both Land Degradation, Groundwater Depletion
Conservation Agriculture - No ploughing, maintaining a permanent soil mulch or cover, and diversification in the cropping system.
Zero-budget natural farming brought big gains for Andhra farmers, shows study
Comparison on six parameters: Water, electricity, energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, yield and net revenue.
Farmers revert to traditional bio-fences for multiple benefits
"With trees like kiluvai you can feel a cooler micro-climate in the farms, and observe more moisture retention"
A rice, lost and found
The rice, endemic to Kerala, adapted to the salinity of the coastal areas. To survive the tides the plant grew taller - to 1.5 meters.
Bhaskar Save, the Gandhi of Natural Farming
Veteran farmer Bhaskar Save's organic farm yields more than any farm using chemicals, going by any criteria including total quantity, nutritional quality, taste, biological diversity, ecological sustainability, water conservation, energy efficiency, and economic profitability.