producer-owner initiative
SIRI to set up integrated millets processing units in Telangana

(Also) setting up a back-end integration network, involving Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies

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.

Taking firm root: A cooperative success story off Salem

Member-farmers do not cultivate the same crop; the produce is purchased by the society; and farmers are debt-free.

This MBA dropout went on a year-long journey documenting the lives of 52 innovators across India

Rahul captured each of these stories and experiences on visual stills and film. He also connected with people on social media platforms

Make cities maker-centric

Cities everywhere are combining craft, creativity, technology and marketing by promoting mixed-use neighbourhoods

Melghat’s Payvihir brands its forest produce to success

Payvihir, which has a 182-hectare forest under community forest rights (CFR), has worked wonders in the last four years, showing the way for tribals.

Chetna Andolan’s “Best Ecologist Award 2016”

Participants were judged on their ability to cut grass without harming other plants, and on their knowledge of the forest.

Vikalp Sangam Posters: Ideas and Initiatives

A set of posters photographically narrating the idea of Vikalp Sangam through examples in various catagories is exhibited at every Vikalp Sangam gathering.

Tara Books: The Worker-owned Co-operative Publisher

Tara books has always been a worker-owned cooperative of artists, writers, and designers. Young bookmaking artisans are trained here, and nurtured to develop a livelihood that not only supports their families but also preserves their tradition and culture.