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Options for effective Ecologically-Based Rodent Management in India

By Luwieke Bosma (MetaMeta), Anushree Mitra (MetaMeta), Dikhyani Konwar (PRADAN), Poulomi Mallick (PRADAN), and Saroj Yakami (MetaMeta) This is the … Continued

Rodent damage is real – and critical to understand before one can curb the losses

Luwieke Bosma (MetaMeta), Anushree Mitra (MetaMeta), Dikhyani Konwar (PRADAN), Poulomi Mallick (PRADAN), and Saroj Yakami (MetaMeta) and Dr Neena Singla … Continued

Silvopasture Model: A Climate Change Initiative to Stimulate Goat Farming

By Chandrashekhar and Anjan Swar India hosts the world’s most significant number of farmers and livestock. According to the 20th … Continued

The Well on the Mountain

By Frank van Steenbergen On Mount Eliyah a little east of the Jordan River there is a well atop the … Continued

3 Pillars for Microclimate Management

By Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta), Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), and Niels Lenderink (Rain) Microclimates are the … Continued

On Circular Economic Growth: Paradox and Promise

By Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) and Saheb Bhattacharya (PRADAN) First, a story with a traveler. One evening a traveler arrives … Continued

Intercropping with plantation in uplands

By Satyabrata Acharyya (PRADAN) This blog is to describe an initiative to promote a new land use for vast chunks … Continued

Smallholder farmers adopting regenerative farming in Poreyahat Block of Godda District, India

By Himadri Das & Satyabrata Acharyya Regenerative Agriculture (RA) … Continued

A conversation with Shobha Tiwari: A champion of tribal land rights

By Anushree Mitra (MetaMeta Research), Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research), Poulomi (PRADAN) Meet Shobha … Continued

Examples of management of the commons by communities in rural India

By Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), & Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta) Common pool resources, popularly known as … Continued

A Socio-Ecological Systems approach to agriculture

By Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), Laxmi Sharma (FES), Jyoti Mishra (RAIN) Social and ecological systems are interconnected. Private resources and livelihoods … Continued

Horizontal Learning- an effective way for disseminating knowledge

By Arpan Mondal (MetaMeta) There is a natural need for farmers to learn from each other which cropping patterns, cultivars, … Continued

Understanding Mental Models and Perceptions in Regenerative Agriculture

By Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research) and Vinitika Lal (PRADAN) Mental Models, the basis of reasoning and decision making, is a … Continued

A conversation with Bimla Kujur: The Samvidhan Saathi

By Vinitika Lal (PRADAN), Arpan Mondal (MetaMeta Research), Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research), and Iqra Khan (PRADAN) Meet Bimla Kujur. Bimla … Continued

It’s just the tip of the iceberg!

By Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta), Ishan Agarwal (FES), Saheb Bhattacharya (PRADAN) … Continued

Flood-proofing the road network (2): roads for controlled drainage in Pakistan

Frank van Steenbergen, Popi Michelogiannaki and Mohammed Umar Karim Drainage: roads disrupt Floods are not only about excessive rainfall: they … Continued

Down to Earth: Understanding the regenerative agricultural practices

By Meghna Mukherjee A green transition is underway in the Indian agricultural system…Policymakers and practitioners have been promoting different approaches … Continued

Reducing drought vulnerability of rainfed crop by using mechanized Zaï

By Jan Nederstigt In arid zones of Africa, smallholder farmers increasingly face problems with cultivation of rainfed staple crops. Irregular … Continued

The poor economy market

Postcard from Valencia in Spain, the beautiful historical city yet surrounded with huge non-descript outskirts. This post card is sent … Continued

Identity of Women Farmers in India

By Anushree Mitra In Jharkhand there is a common belief related to ploughing and tilling of the land that if … Continued

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