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As a resident of Godbahra village in Sarai Tehsil, Madhya Pradesh, Foolmati Panika would tell you that by launching a large-scale livelihood business, how she created a greater impact by enhancing the local economy. She is now maintaining her own nursery resolutely that can nurture 40,000 saplings as she enters her tenth month of pregnancy.

Threats and coercion cannot dwindle vaccine hesitancy. People are getting vaccinated out of “fear” of discontinuation of social security schemes and not out of fear of the virus. It is important to spread awareness around vaccines and to win the trust of the community.

In India, rice has been considered auspicious and a symbol of prosperity and success since ancient times. For thousands of tribal and underprivileged women in Nayagram block of Bengal’s Jhargram district, caught in a cycle of Maoist violence and poverty, the cultivation of organic indigenous rice varieties has brought hope and prosperity. 

The Nari Nyay Sangh, composed of 19 women from Jharkhand’s Godda district, works to protect the legal rights of women facing domestic, social or sexual violence.

Lilabati Mahata, hailing from a drought-prone West Bengal's Jhargram, mobilised hundreds of village women to erect and lay water conservation structures.

Several farmers in Darbha block of the district are growing creeper vegetables by building machans with wood and wires. The farmers who have taken up the trellis method of vegetable cultivation are finding it a profitable venture, writes Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

This article documents the experiences of a rural sexual health educator who demonstrates the importance of awareness among young women

Sukmani Nag, a resident of Dhodrepal’s Patelpara hamlet in the Bastar district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, oozes confidence as she speaks about solar-powered irrigation, at a meeting with six other women from her village. She emphasises how the solar-powered lift irrigation system has helped farmers in the area.

The agricultural skill enhancement training by PRADAN focused on the themes of updated farming methods, creating structures for water conservation and equitable gender representation.

A tribal farmer from Madhya Pradesh has been conserving indigenous seeds for nearly four decades. These seeds require less water, are suitable for local climate and terrain, and are cheaper alternatives to hybrid seeds, she says. The adivasi farmer also plans to use her seed bank as an asset to pay off loans.