by Manjunatha G | Jun 19, 2023 | Rural Futures Blogs
Explainer: How Green Manure Can Help Degraded Farmlands Sustain Themselves A rotavator crushes a row of plants to create manure. Photo by Revanna Siddappa, Prarambha Soil fertility, i.e. the soil’s ability to support plant growth and optimise yield, depends on myriad...
by Manjunatha G, Ananya Rao | Mar 29, 2023 | Rural Futures Press & Media
Tamil Nadu’s long fight against Prosopis juliflora The Prosopis juliflora plant. Photo by Dinesh Valke, Flickr. There is a concerted effort by the state and judiciary to get rid of a water-guzzling invasive species that is a clear threat to local biodiversity. But...
by Sandeep Hanchanale, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Manjunatha G, Karishma Shelar | Jan 24, 2023 | Rural Futures Blogs
Soil Workshop in Raichur: Farmers Keen on New Methods to Rebuild Soils Shivraj (name changed) had brought a bag of earth from the land he tills, to use in a simple ‘jar test’ to assess the soil quality. He filled half a transparent plastic bottle with the soil, the...
by Manjunatha G, Sandeep Hanchanale, Veena Srinivasan | Oct 4, 2022 | Rural Futures Press & Media
Is Agroecological Farming a Solution for Rainfed Degraded Land? As part of Mongabay India’s ‘Conserving Agro-biodiversity’ series, our experts look into Akkadi Saalu, a traditional intercropping system in Karnataka that encourages biodiversity on the farm. While the...
