by Rukmini | Jul 20, 2009 | Agroecology, AME, Articles, Cases, Published Articles, Scaling Up
Farm practices, even with inherent merits, are often difficult to spread over a large area. It is much more challenging for a practice like SRI to be tried and scaled up under rainfed conditions. In such situations, a well planned strategy is all that is required to... 
by Rukmini | Jul 20, 2009 | Agroecology, AME, Articles, Biodiversity, Cases, Published Articles
Adding various components on to a farm and integrating them has helped small farmers in Tamil Nadu reap rich harvests. The bio intensive farm models promoted by the Department of Science and Technology and based on agro-ecosystem principles, have resulted in a... by Rukmini | Jul 17, 2007 | AME, Articles, Cases, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Published Articles, Social Organisation
Karatampatti is a village, located not very far from the township of Tiruchi in Tamil Nadu. Around 1000 families belonging to various sections live in this village. The livelihoods in Karatampatti predominantly depend upon dryland agriculture with some farmers having... by Rukmini | Jul 14, 2006 | Agroecology, Agroecology and Development, AME, Articles, Cases, Published Articles
In 1989-90 the Agriculture. Man and Ecology (AME) Programme. Pondicherry, studied the transition experiences of 12 ecological farmers in South India. Erik van der Werf reveals the difficulties these farmers faced and how. drawing upon their own inventiveness and... by Rukmini | Jul 12, 2005 | Agriculture Policy, Agroecology, AME, Articles, Cases, Published Articles
Background Sustainable Agriculture (SA) became a dominant global concern based on the understanding of negative effects of Green revolution technologies. Born out of this concern for livelihood improvements and environmental stability is AME. AME started as an...