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Food and Water
Ambrosial nectar for malnourished children
Milk with ashwagandhadi churnam and loha bhasmam showed excellent results in a month; children in good health over the last four years.
Environment and Ecology
Bhimshankar village makes the most of nature’s trail
While promoting ecotourism, the villagers try to maintain a balance between conservation, livelihood and convenience
Food and Water
Government of India (GoI) asks states to learn from Odisha Millet Mission (OMM) model
"All the states to adopt and learn from the OMM model for its emphasis on reviving millets on farms and on plates! "
Environment and Ecology
A Kerala Botanist’s Affair With an Unlikely 17th Century Book
Of all the plants of Malabar, what is it that “if applied on the left toe improves the clarity of vision in the right eye”?
Food and Water
Two museums in Mandya are saving native paddy grains from extinction
What rice varieties have a low cost of cultivation, no patents, and comparatively lower water consumption levels?
Learning and Education
A new tribe of storytellers is using every trick in the book to keep you rapt
How to give children of the digital generation a sense of earth - may be through stories ?
Economics and Technologies
We need to go beyond self-interest or we’re doomed: Jean Drèze
There is a natural complementarity between research and action which means using non-violent, democratic means to bring about change.
Health and Hygiene
Dignity by Design: A Life Free of ‘mal’ (feces)
For the women manual scavengers in Madhya Pradesh, a stitching centre is adding dignity back to their lives.
Environment and Ecology
A new Chipko in Odisha
"We, the women of Balarampur, are determined not to let anybody touch our trees" says Chaturi Sahu of Balarampur village, Dhenkanal