Background. Climate change, the loss of ecosystems, the increase of poverty, the rise of
marginality within rural communities and the decrease of food security, are global concerns …

Crops, livestock and forests are interlinked components of Central Himalayan agro-
ecosystems. Traditionally, farm yard manure is produced from forest leaf litter and excreta of …

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) and black gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper)
are the most important staple food crops among food habitats of central Himalaya, India …

This paper provides an overview of organic agriculture programmes that have been
attempted in Uttarakhand state of India. Much of the rural land in India, especially in …

This paper examines sustainability of cash crops production systems as compared to
traditional cereal cropping patterns in terms of their energy efficiency, ecological suitability …

Organic manure amendments into the rainfed agricultural soil could change the carbon
saturation deficit. This study was conducted in the central Himalayan region of India to …

Abstract In the Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India, the Bhotiya, an ethnically and culturally
distinct tribal group, were historically engaged in seasonal migration (ie transhumance) to …

This article examines the factors and processes that influence the collection of cordyceps
(Ophiocordyceps sinensis), an emerging alpine niche product in the Garhwal Himalaya of …

La promoción de agroecosistemas que puedan proveer servicios ecosistémicos (SE) más
allá de la producción de alimentos, está mediada por el nivel de aporte de estos servicios al …

Himalayan diets, along with agricultural and health systems, have been undergoing
significant changes over the past fifty years though little research has documented this …