Livelihoods
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.
To take weather reports to farmers, Meteorological Department turns to postmen
The postal department will feed this information to their servers, and IMD officials will then access it to churn out circle-level, custom-made weather and crop forecast.
Usha, dawn of hope and dignity
The Usha Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd. is not just a bank but a life-changing platform for nearly 23 thousand sex workers in Kolkata
Rural group bats for traditional farming
Farmers erect 'T' shaped bamboo poles in the paddy fields to provide birds with perches so that they can feed on the larvae of leaf-eating insects
At the Age of 50, This Man Decided to Give up His Successful Business to Take up Farming
From having a successful business to giving it up at the age of 50, from selling furniture to becoming a farmer – the amazing story of Suneet Salvi.
Weaving Threads of Art & Identity: A Kachchh Experience
Preservation of traditional arts is deeply interlinked with preservation of identity and culture in the Kachchh.
Why an Engineer with an MBA Degree Is Now Building a Model Village in Andhra Pradesh
To build a ProtoVillage that will exemplify abundance - this is the dream of Kalyan Akkipeddi.
On a sustainable path
Community efforts led by Shivaji Kagnekar have transformed the lives and landscapes in 26 villages of Belagavi district of Karnataka
The Chizami model of development
How women in a remote Nagaland village are bringing about transformation rooted in traditional Naga practices
The miracle of Kolkata’s wetlands – and one man’s struggle to save them
The wetlands are Kolkata's free sewage works, a fertile aquatic garden and, most importantly, a flood defence – but they’re threatened by developement.