![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Livelihoods/masla_khurd_maharashtra_seeds_to_market.jpg?fit=355%2C568&ssl=1)
This Diwali women farmers in Maharashtra are sowing seeds of entrepreneurship
Village women decided to make seeds out of dry vegetables and take these to the market.
![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Perspectives/makaam_farm_bills_women_peasants.jpg?fit=640%2C388&ssl=1)
Not in the interest of women farmers!
Small and marginal farmers (including) a significant number of women need investment (for) enhanced capacities and knowledge.
![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Perspectives/ak_rainbow_recovery_plan_the_hindu.jpg?fit=640%2C584&ssl=1)
India needs a rainbow recovery plan
... sustainable livelihoods, to be built on regenerating and safeguarding the soil, natural ecosystems, water, biological diversity, and air.
![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Perspectives/laws_-_agricultural_reform_2020.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1)
खेती सुधार अधिनियम २०२० (in Hindi)
किसानों को कैसे बचाया जा सकता है? कृषि उत्पादों के लिए एमआरपी जैसी कम से कम कीमतें जारी करने के जरिये?
![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Perspectives/amit_khurana_dte_persp_on_organic_farming_inadequacy_in_india.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1)
On a tardy trail: State of organic farming in India
Low organic farming coverage prevails in several states, despite at least 20 of them having a policy or a scheme for organic farming
![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Perspectives/sanjiv_phansalkar_farmerproducers.jpg?fit=640%2C344&ssl=1)
Farmer producer companies: let a thousand balloons float
Private trade often spots the chinks in the armor of the FPC and snatches away the most profitable business from it.
![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Perspectives/vikram_zutshi_looming_legacy_jodhpur_rug.jpg?fit=640%2C428&ssl=1)
A Looming Legacy
With smart policies and adequate grassroots support, artisanal goods of India could soon be treated on par with counterparts abroad.
![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Livelihoods/t_r_vivek_charaka_naturally_dyed_yarn.jpg?fit=640%2C404&ssl=1)
This khadi collective in a Karnataka village has clients around the world
A diversified Gandhian village economy attempting to train Dalit women and women from other marginalised castes in new remunerative skills
![](https://i0.wp.com/vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/SocietyandCulture/rigzin_n_wangchuk_oversees_artisans_at_work.jpg?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1)
Meet The Woman Whose Orchard Will Give Ladakh’s Stunning Handicrafts a New Home
An initiative to support all these local artisans, offer them business opportunities and help them to showcase, promote and sell their art.