Bundelkhand Diaries: Alternative Farming "Avartanasheel Kheti"

In Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, in the dry and semi arid Bundelkhand region, is a farm which is lush green and in stark contrast to the rest of the region. Prem Singh is the farmer who owns it and runs a farmers learning centre at his farm. He practises an alternative way of farming called Avartanasheel Kheti, where he advocates dividing the farmland into three equal parts. These three equal parts should have fruit plantations, millets and grains and fodder for cattle respectively. Video Production: Bhaskar Goswami Reportage: Jeetendra/ Bhaskar Down to Earth is Science and Environment fortnightly published by the Society for Environmental Communication, New Delhi. We publish news and analysis on issues that deal with sustainable development, which we scan through the eyes of science and environment.