Smallholder farmers

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Watershed Project in South India Marches Ahead Despite COVID-19 – Ensuring smallholder farmers can plant

22 Jun, 2020  in Smallholder farmers / Trident Sugars by IDC

Eight water harvesting structures were completed during May while following social distancing. The timing was critical to capture monsoon rains and benefit 2,000 smallholder farmers. The structures are part of a recently initiated watershed project in Telangana by Trident Sugars, a wholly owned subsidiary of Natem Sugar, and ICRISAT. The […]

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How Scaling Up Vegetable Grafting Is Helping Indian Farmers Reap 30% More Yields

17 Mar, 2020  in DFI / Grafting / Smallholder farmers by IDC

More than 400 vegetable producers in India’s Andhra Pradesh state have taken to cultivating grafted vegetables in an attempt to double their incomes through increased yields. Farmers are reporting around 30-50% increase in yields from use of grafted varieties over traditional varieties. The farmers, from villages around Kuppam town of […]

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