women peasants
Saving seeds

Bharat Beej Swaraj Manch members pledged to regenerate and widely share the enormously rich diversity of traditional crops and crop varietiesas a collective open-source heritage belonging to all

Solar Panels and Solidarity

The adivasi women of Edamalakudi, Kerala’s remotest panchayat, have helped light up their villages with solar power!

Telangana government urged to declare state as ‘Millet’ state to prevent suicides by farmers

Satheesh said: 'Making the traditional knowledge of these farms as the foundation, 'Bangaru Telangana' can be achieved'

Teach a Girl to Farm, and Transform Her Life in the Process

By empowering West Bengali girls to grow food, their economic value is increased, making parents less likely to marry off their daughters or sell them ...

She runs the village’s seed bank

Government officers, scientists, civil society activists and media come to the region regularly to look at the women’s farms and seeds. Their stories regularly appear in newspapers and on television channels ...

Barefoot hydrogeologists: The next generation

The time taken for villages in Nainital district, Uttarakhand to resolve their spring-related disputes has shrunk from two year to six months. Here's why.

Football changes life of village girl

Rohini, 17, beat the odds and represented the country in a football tournament in Chile

पिठोरी शिरसगाव ते सँटियागो – रोहिणीचा ‘गोल’ (in Marathi)

जालना जिल्ह्यातल्या एका छोट्याशा गावातल्या मुलीला फुटबॉलसारख्या पुरुषी समजल्या जाणार्‍या खेळात प्राविण्य मिळवता येणे ही मोठीच आश्चर्याची गोष्ट आहे; नाही का?

Mahila Kissan Sammelan 2015

Millets which are much more nutritious and will stand up to the changing climate, get no support at all.