Livelihoods
Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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The search for dignified, ecologically sustainable and meaningful livelihoods and jobs is featured in this section. This includes the continuation and enhancement of fulfilling traditional occupations that communities choose to continue, including in agriculture, pastoralism, forestry, fisheries, crafts, and others in the primary economy. It also includes sustainable, dignified jobs in manufacturing and service sectors where producers and service-providers are in control of their destinies and revenues are equitably distributed.
A certification that changed the lives of this tribal community in Tirunelveli
They harvest, consume the product, feed the animals and also bring it to the market for sale to earn a living.
Old wine in a new bottle?
Villagers contradicted researchers due to their local knowledge - they invalidated the idea of using local bamboo leaves and tephrosia plants for mulching due to their toxicity
Fostering health of the self and the soil
If the grains from the conventional chemical practices have destroyed our body so much then what impact they’d have had on the soil and water!
गोंड गांवों में सीढ़ीनुमा खेती की स्वीकृति की कहानी (in Hindi)
मध्य प्रदेश के सिंगरौली ज़िले के किसानों ने मिटटी रोकने और उपज बढ़ने के लिए पहाड़ी के ढलान में बनाया सीढ़ीनुमा खेत
How Gond villages took to terrace farming
Under the guidance of a farmer from Himachal Pradesh, farmers of Madhya Pradesh had made farm-terraces on their sloping land.
Spring revival project offers hope amid climate change in the Himalayas
As a result of springshed treatment, effort to collect water is saved from walking two-three hours a day to just 10 minutes.
मेघपुष्प : जीवसृष्टीचा मूळ आधार (in Marathi)
पुरुषवाडी खेड्यातील लोकांनी व तज्ज्ञांनी घेतलेल्या सामूहिक परिश्रमांमुळे पाणी टंचाईवर उपाय
Every Drop Counts: How a Village in Maharashtra Transformed Parched Land to Lush Fields
How the collective efforts of Purushwadi villagers and experts helped contain the water crisis in the village.
A Village of Abundance
Giving up the practice of law for the sake of farming, he learns from and empowers local 'uneducated' people.