May we introduce to you....ILEIA
How all started. This is the first issue of the ILEIA Newsletter. To understand this abbreviation you have to know what and who are behind it. Briefly, ILEIA stands for Information centre for Low External Input Agriculture.
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1 - 1written by ILEIA editorial teamThis is the first issue of the ILEIA Newsletter. To understand this abbreviation you have to know what and who are behind it. Briefly, ILEIA stands for Informationcentre for Low External Input Agriculture.
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1 - 3written by Kees ManintveldThe dairy farm Gloria Land belongs to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, which is a spiritual community of some fifteen hundred inmates. The ashram is based in Pondicherry on the Southeast coast of India.
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4 - 6written by ILEIA editorial teamTo give the reader some idea from what viewpoint we are looking at agriculture and agricultural development, a survey is given of the basic principles and often used measures. This is done without having the pretension of completeness. Many agricultural terms are not yet explained. This will be done later in more specialised articles.
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7 - 10written by ILEIA editorial teamAn interview with H.J. Enserink.
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11 - 12written by Tonnie TekelenburgTiraque is a small village in the mountain area of the Bolivian Andes. Cochabamba is the nearest city and easy to reach. It is also the trading centre between products of the highlands and the lowlands. Potatoes, beans, peas and barley are the most important cash crops of the highlands. Mostly however, crops like maize, wheat, oca, quinoa, and tarhui are grown in this region for home consumption.

