self-sufficiency
Hakki Pikki: The global nomads of Karnataka 

The Hakki Pikkis are an entrepreneurial community. Theirs is an economy of subsistence and the marginalised. Their trade networks do not conform to the known notions of the ‘poor’.

Statement to Bharat Jodo Yatra

On the need for innovative, fundamental alternatives to currently dominant economic and political system.

Learning the Organic Way

Leading the youth and children of the village in reviving the land for increased self-reliance.

आग बुझाने से जी उठा जंगल (in Hindi)

झारखंड के दो गावों ने जंगल से आग बुझाकर उन्हें न केवल हरा-भरा कर लिया है बल्कि वे ईंधन, चारा, पानी और जंगल से जुड़े खान-पान के मामले में आत्मनिर्भर हो गए हैं।

Revival of old irrigation tanks will work wonders: expert

Telangana sits on a treasure trove of thousands of old irrigation tanks which if revived can support cultivation

Farmer’s Share: Towards Dignified Rural Livelihoods

How an eco-conscious community in central Kerala creates and facilitates dignified rural livelihoods based on Gram Swaraj.

Self help is the best help – Indigenous farmers stand strong against economic slowdown

An initiative to sell local produce has enabled the farmer groups to access diverse local markets in a decentralized manner

Farm to Systems – Where is our measuring tape?

Measuring the impacts of agro-ecology, farmers realize the various benefits of diversifying their farm enterprises.

How Forest-Dwelling Communities are Braving the Pandemic

Local communities and gram sabhas better understand the local complexities than local administrations while dealing with a crisis