Knowledge Products

Documents

Eco friendly management of White grub and Leaf Miner Pests of Groundnut Proceedings
Sustainable Agriculture For Drylands On The Deccan Plateau
Strengthening People- Led Development
Experiences in People Led Development

Case Studies

Farmer Field School for Women
Alternative Farming Practices for Remunerative Dryland Cotton
Alternative Farming Practices from Cotton to Sorghum
Farmers undertake market operations
Changing Farming Practices - PTD shows the way
Vericomposting brings better yields and results
Drylands bring joy

Manuals

Paddy Manual
Tomato Manual
FFS in Dry Farming

Perspectives on Dryland Agriculture

Beyond Green Revolution
Universities are Dedicated Institutions
Reshaping Agricultural Extension System
Destination Farmer
Some Insights into Agriculture Development Today
Redefining Priorities in Agriculture Development
Farm Youth Caught in Cross Winds

Policy Advocacy Series

Reformulating the Agriculture Extension System
Agriculture Development Strategy-Some Missing Links
Some Insights into Agriculture Development Today
Dry Farming as the Second Front in Agriculture Development

Technical Briefs

Good Agriculture Practices

Compartment Bunding for In-situ Moisture Conservation
In-situ Green Manuring in Dry land Crops
Low Cost Vermicomposting for Recycling of Farm Wastes
Integrated Pest Management in Groundnut
Mixed Cropping in Dry land Maize
Seed Treatment to Manage Crop Diseases
Seed Hardening - Inducing Drought Tolerance in Sorghum
Semilooper Management in Castor
Bund Planting for Manurial Biomass
Azolla as a Low Cost Fodder
Operational Guidelines
Publications
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Rainfed Farming
Backyard nutrition gardens For family nutrition and income

Mar 18, 2026

  In rainfed agriculture, where farm livelihoods are highly vulnerable to climate vagaries, alternative farm based enterprises go a long way in providing the necessary support for farmers to remain in farming. Backyard kitchen garden is one such enterprise which...

Effective Pedagogy and Research perspective

Jun 27, 2022

  Experiential learning based pedagogy, farmer-centric participatory research and knowledge exchange are essential for promotion of agroecological education. Way back in 1982, recognising the negative effects of high input agriculture, and link between...

Farm integration returns more

Dec 30, 2021

  Integrated farming systems (IFS) involves linking several components of the farm system. Resource flows are established between components. The ‘outputs’ from one component serve as ‘inputs’ for another. IFS approach is the way forward for resource...