May we introduce to you....ILEIA

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• May we introduce to you .... ILEIA
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  written by ILEIA editorial team
  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 Informationcentre for Low External Input Agriculture.
• Gloria Land in India: a starting point for ecological activities
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  written by Kees Manintveld
  The 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.
• More about principles and measures in low external input agriculture
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  written by ILEIA editorial team
  To 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.
• Experiences with farming systems research in Kenya
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  An interview with H.J. Enserink.
• Ecological agriculture and farmers' participation in Bolivia
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  written by Tonnie Tekelenburg
  Tiraque 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.