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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'.

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

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.

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.

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.

Stewards of Food Culture and Biodiversity: Voices from the Northeast

Indigenous communities of Northeast India are guardians of its unique biodiversity and food culture.

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.

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.

The Chizami model of development

How women in a remote Nagaland village are bringing about transformation rooted in traditional Naga practices