Strongly believing in diversity, around 5000 farmers in Kerala have been preserving and nurturing seed diversity, over years. Exchanging and conserving not only seeds but also...
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Traditional cuisine – The last link in enhancing the value chain
Nahari is an initiative connoting tribal women led traditional indigenous food sales corner set up successfully by BAIF in villages of South Gujarat. The concept of community...
Pastoral Parliament
A platform to be heard and seen Monika Agarwal and Jessica Duncan In India, pastoralists have long struggled to make their voices heard. Cultural and religious differences...
Cattle shed management for better soil health
Small interventions can have great impacts. A small support from the government for improving the cattle sheds resulted in a shift in the way farmers of Sindhuli district in...
Meet the Millet Man
Millets face low consumer awareness and demand, weak value chains and low interest from research organizations as well as commercial players. This lack of interest is surprising...
Local communities, livestock and livelihoods
Bakarwals, the indigenous community in the Himalayas, have been depending on goats for their livelihoods. Theipractices have not only sustained their livelihoods but have also...
Livestock – The engine and inspiration of mountain economy
Traditionally pastoralist communities, with easy access to community resources, managed farming and livestock seamlessly. But with gradual loss of ownership on common resources,...
Return of the forgotten crop – Brown top millet
Millets, a staple food in Karnataka, is making a comeback. Farmers are reviving cultivation of brown top millet, a minor millet which can be grown on degraded soils with very...
From coarse grains to health foods – Time to introspect
Millets have always been part of an eco-cultural system for Kondh tribal communities in Odisha.Kondh communities nurture cultures of sharing and caring, celebrate a relationship...
Local communities, livestock and livelihoods
Amandeep Singh and Pranav Kumar Bakarwals, the indigenous community in the Himalayas, have been depending on goats for their livelihoods. Their practices have not only sustained...
Present practice and advice on feeding cattle
Are they sustainable? S Rajeshwaran Feeding cattle based on standards and prescriptions may not always lead to a better productivity of livestock. It may be cost intensive,...
Livestock rearing in the Indian context
Kamal Kishore India has a rich heritage of rearing livestock and is home to number of indigenous breeds. The diversity of breeds itself is a risk mitigation characteristic. There...