Traditional systems of resource management have conservation values and principles ingrained within them that officially recognized or managed areas often lack. Community...
Nutrition gardens: Women lead the way
Women in rainfed areas in Dharmapuri are switching over to kitchen gardens, which provide nutrition to the family as well as money. By recycling the limited water available,...
Tribal women attain food sovereignty through seed banks
Veena Vidyadharan and Manoj Kumar Tiwari Tribal communities of Baran district have been able to regain their food sovereignty by preserving local seeds. The women groups have...
Building self sustenance – a small farmers success story
Vanya Orr, Arunkumar, Gita Kreneck, Siva Kumar, Mohan Kumar Earth Trust, an NGO in Nilgiris has helped a number of small holder farmers realize the potential of organic farming...
Unleashing Entrepreneurship – a woman shows the way
G. S. Unnikrishnan Nair Mushroom production is an untapped potential source of employment and income in Kerala. Janaki who has established herself as an enterprising...
Gendering Agriculture: Putting Women First
P.V Satheesh By gaining critical control over seeds rural women have recovered traditional landraces and biodiversity in agriculture. Initiatives such as Alternative PDS and Food...
Women and Food Sovereignty
Even during the days when men used to go to the forests hunting animals and collecting tubers and fruits, women used to grow tubers and food crops in their backyards. So the...
Women take control of their food security and sovereignty
Naresh Jadav and Pallavi Sobti-Rajpal Understanding the issues and perspectives of the community, giving voice to their ideas and facilitating institutional building are key in...
Spreading local culture through eco-toursim center
Jignasa Pandya and Neeruben Senma A cooperative of landless women in Gujarat are making a successful living through collective farming. By converting their village into an eco...