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Food and Water
In India’s dry regions, crowd-funding comes to a lake’s rescue
"De-silting Nilona would need huge amount of money, time and hard work. We needed a citizen movement,"
Environment and Ecology
SayTrees is making Bangalore Smile by giving it a new green cover
SayTrees has helped Bangalore reclaim some of its natural beauty by planting saplings around 14 lakes, and at several other locations.
Environment and Ecology
Caring for Madurai’s Only Waterfall
Nature lovers from the city and villagers join hands to clean the Kutladampatti waterfall under the ‘Friends of Forest’ initiative.
Food and Water
സിക്കിം : പ്രകൃതിയിലേക്ക് വീണ്ടും (in Malayalam)
സിക്കിമിലെ ജൈവ കൃഷി മുന്നേറ്റ ത്തെപ്പ റ്റി ഒരു പഠനം .
Food and Water
Farmers urged to conserve indigenous seed variety
Four seed melas will be conducted in different parts of Kerala including Payyannur, Wayanad Thrissur and Kozhikode, in January, February, April and May months respectively.
Environment and Ecology
UNEP lauds pesticide-free farming in Kerala
The United Nations Environment Programme has praised farmers of Kuruvai village in Palakkad district for their success in cultivating paddy without chemical pesticides.
Food and Water
Thanks to Zaheerabad, Nagaland ‘rediscovers’ millets
The North East Network revived millet farming in the village, and organised a millets festival on August 30 this year, attended by women farmers from 11 villages of Nagaland.
Learning and Education
The school on the hill
Their years in school must enhance and reinforce the traditional knowledge and skills of their community. Every child contributes in farming and tending to the animals with innate enthusiasm.
Food and Water
Dang women find route to empowerment through the stomach
A regular diner said he visits Dang every month just to eat at Nahri. “This food is not available anywhere else and the women serve it like a mother."