A case of Juang and Bhuyan adivasis in Orissa Land and forest resources are the core of survival for many tribal communities. While fighting for their land rights, Juang and...
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Building social capital by investing in rural youth
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The Narayana Reddy Column- Youth in farming
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Graduating to farming
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Shaping the change agents of future
VSM is a unique model of development wherein young urban farm graduates are moulded to bring about a change in the agriculture scenario as change agents. This model based on...
Agriculture is for our life
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Going organic
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Learning from farm, learning to farm
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Meeting a region’s broad development needs
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Farming as a positive choice
While conventional educational methods have made learning as abstract as possible, rarely connecting the leaner to reality, Puvidham Learning Centre has been shaping the thoughts...