ILEIA’s contribution to upscaling agroecology
- Since December 1984 ILEIA produced 127 issues of Farming Matters
- ILEIA collaborated in magazine making with twelve regional partner organisations
- Together the magazines are produced one global, five regional and seven local language editions and in eleven languages
- The magazines are read in every country of the world (according to Google)
- Together they reach (substantially) more than a million readers per quarter, in digital and paper format
- The total production cost per magazine per reader is less than one Euro
- Since 1984 ILEIA collaborated with at least 2000 authors who contributed articles to Farming Matters
- The outreach of their articles was up to 100 times higher than they would have got through a scientific journal
- About 50 editors worked in ILEIA since 1984
- Lastly, ILEIA worked with dozens of farmer philosophers, champions of agroecology, SRI, NPM, FMNR, and so on… Inspiring people whose contribution to sustainable development cannot be captured in simple figures and numbers.
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LEISA Magazine Vol 18 #3 - 2002/10/20
FM 1984 ILEIA Newsletter #1 - 1984/12/19
- Informationcentre for Low External Input Agriculture
- Gloria land in India - a starting point for ecological activities
- Experiences with farming systems research in Kenya
- Ecological agriculture and farmers' participation in Bolivia
FM 1985 ILEIA Newsletter #2 - 1985/03/29
- Maintenance of soil fertility
- Agricultural use of the humid tropical forests
- Shifting cultivation into sustainable agriculture - Ghana
- Soil formation by termites
- Rainwater harvesting
FM 1985 ILEIA Newsletter #3 - 1985/07/19
- The possible role of trees in farming systems of the tropics
- Exploitation of microbial systems of tree/plant species - India
- Low-input technology for managing oxisols and ultisols in tropical America
- Chemical fertilizer aid to Nepal
- Alley-cropping with leucaena
- Training courses ecological agriculture in developing countries
- Rediscovery of the organic system in Indian agriculture
- The seeds action nework: towards a sustainable agriculture
FM 1985 ILEIA Newsletter #4 - 1985/11/29
- Participatory approaches in rural development
- Farming systems research
- Women in farming systems research
- Action-research
- People's knowledge is people's power - Peru and Ecuador
- Helping farmers to change - Philippines
- GRAPP's method - experiences in Burkina Faso
- Go to the people - an African experience in education for development
- Rural Development - putting the last first
- Appropriate technology for grain storage - resport of a pilot project
FM 1986 ILEIA Newsletter #5 - 1986/08/19
- Water harvesting
- Indigenous knowledge
- Dryland management - take a fresh look at local traditions
- Water and soil conservation by farmers in Burkina Faso
- Runoff farming in Tunisia
- Water harvesting in Kenya
- Water harvesting techniques
- Herders associations - Niger
FM 1986 ILEIA Newsletter #6 - 1986/11/19
- Integrated pest management - Nicaragua
- Insecticial plants
- Biological control
- Do small farmers have effective alternatives to chemical pesticides
- Natural crop protection based on local resources
- Natural enemies wanter
- Mexican farmers sell organic coffee
FM 1987 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 3 #1 - 1987/05/19
- Integrated nutrient supply
- Improved fallow
- Nitrogen transfer from legumes
- Cover crops on acid soils
- Sunnhemp
- Rock phosphate
- Micro-nutrient drain
- Soil conservation and shifting cultivators
- Cycles of poverty
FM 1987 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 3 #2 - 1987/07/19
- The significance of diversity
- Spreading risks across slopes
- Traditional seed supply for food crops
- Community seedbank kit
- Diversified alley cropping
- Woody biomass systems
- Soil conservation and shifting cultivators
FM 1987 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 3 #3 - 1987/10/29
- Traditional Microclimate Management
- Mulching
- Zero Tillage
- Management Options of Crop Residues
