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Youth can play a significant role in solving farm crisis, says Kavitha Kuruganti
'... I will support the farmer in my own interest as well as because I think he (she) will stand a better chance'.
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How a Spring Revival Scheme in India’s Sikkim Is Defeating Droughts
51 springs and four lakes in 20 drought-prone Gram Panchayats of Sikkim have been revived so far
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Women labour in drought-hit Karnataka on a mission to revive water bodies
Women across Karnataka, in districts like Mandya, Gulbarga and Kolar, are taking the drought head-on by toiling to revive water bodies themselves.
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Budget beyond gender
Women are not considered farmers despite their active participation in farming in rural India. A gender responsive budget is essential to empower women farmers.
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Tribal women corner the market on India’s heat-hardy black goats
The goat-selling cooperative, created by a coalition of women's self-help groups serves 192 tribal villages.
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Stewards of Food Culture and Biodiversity: Voices from the Northeast
Indigenous communities of Northeast India are guardians of its unique biodiversity and food culture.
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ଜଙ୍ଗଲ ତାଙ୍କ ଥାଳିରେ (in Odiya)
The new forest policy had led to malnutrition in their communities and they got down to get back what they had lost - millets and seeds.
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The forest on their plates
The new forest policy had led to malnutrition in their communities and they got down to get back what they had lost - millets and seeds.
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The Chizami model of development
How women in a remote Nagaland village are bringing about transformation rooted in traditional Naga practices