In the Deccan region of India, over 60,000 women peasants are feeding their families, their culture and their pride with biodiverse farming practices. Their knowledge and...
A self reliance path towards food sovereignty
The tribal farmers of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in Odisha have promoted biodiversity on their farms and on their plates by adopting agroecological models of food...
Seed sovereignty for food security and livelihood improvement
Seed which was a ‘community resource’, carefully bred, conserved and evolved over thousands of years, has transformed into a ‘commercial proprietary resource’. Farmer led...
“Link biodiversity with the pleasures of food”
“When you look at the map of global agrobiodiversity hotspots you realise that they are identical with indigenous people’s habitats. These 370 million people in the world have...
Conservation by communities: The CBM approach
To help farmers conserve and use genetic resources on their farms, LIBIRD is working with farmers in Nepal through the community based biodiversity management approach. Today,...
Green Warriors: Conserving local biodiversity through community conservation initiatives in Orissa
Traditional systems of resource management have conservation values and principles ingrained within them that officially recognized or managed areas often lack. Community...
Reclaiming denuded landscapes: Tribal farmers take up the challenge
In southern Odisha state, the landscape and livelihoods of family farmers are threatened by industrial development in the shape of large dams and changing rainfall patterns. But...
The rich diversity of forest foods
Our living planet is on the cusp of a critical transition. An era of relentless exploitation of non-renewable fossil resources must soon yield to an age of regenerating our...
Cultivating Farm Biodiversity
Local agrobiodiversity is closely linked with the lives, livelihoods and the culture of the rural communities. Even today, agricultural biodiversity is concentrated in regions...