October 13, 2023

Identity MATTER(S)!
by Saroj Kumar and Ashok Yadav,
Banka, Bihar

Fulkumari Tudu with her livestock Introduction “Ma, 2 bakre aur marr gae, ab kya karein?! Inko bech kar jo paise aane wale they, usse chhat ki […]
February 24, 2023

Idea of setting our backyards as kitchen garden saved us during pandemic: Anaemic women in MP

Sanjo shares how most of the young mothers in her village are anaemic and underweight and kitchen garden has been a boon to all such women.
February 24, 2023

‘I Gave A Condom To My Bahu’: The Importance Of Sexual Health Awareness Among Young Women

This article documents the experiences of a rural sexual health educator who demonstrates the importance of awareness among young women
February 24, 2023

How Women’s Collectives Are Solving The Problems Of Barren Land, Water Shortage In A MP Village

The agricultural skill enhancement training by PRADAN focused on the themes of updated farming methods, creating structures for water conservation and equitable gender representation.
February 27, 2023

How women farmers in Jharkhand’s Torpa Block are witnessing change, one crop at a time

This is the story of how women farmers in Torpa Block, Kunti District in Jharkhand, are seeing increased yield, and witnessing a change in their socio-economic status after NGO PRADAN’s Project LEAP took off.
February 24, 2023

How Women Farmers In Eastern India Are Supporting Families By Cultivating Nutrition Gardens

In Odisha's Mayurbhanj, when tribal families lost jobs and access to the forests during the pandemic and the lockdowns, many of them faced hunger and poverty. Since May 2020, women farmers have been cultivating 'nutrition gardens' in their front and back yards, providing food and income security
February 24, 2023

How tribal women farmers are conserving native seeds & ensuring nutritional security

district of Madhya Pradesh, remembers her grandmother collecting and preserving seeds of vegetables and various varieties of paddy for the next crop season. Her grandparents never invested a rupee in buying them from the market as they had their own little seed bank at home. The dried seeds stored in earthen pots saved money and provided them independence from the market.
November 27, 2019

How to End Delhi’s Pollution

The issue of air pollution across northern India, especially in the cities and towns of the Gangetic basin, has assumed the magnitude of a national calamity. Over 50 million people in Delhi-NCR are directly affected, with the air quality index plummeting to “severe”.
February 10, 2020

How to double farmers’ incomes – Business Standard

In a country as vast and diverse as India, it will require a variety of development approaches to bring the benefits of growth and prosperity to all agriculturalists
February 27, 2023

How PRADAN’s Development Apprenticeship Programmes seeks to transform rural lives Premium

PRADAN’s Development Apprenticeship Programme helps college students work at the grassroots level to solve local issues