Livelihood

October 21, 2011

Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan-Qasab: Empowering the Rural Women through their Handicrafts

Responding to widespread concerns about the economic crisis in Kutch and its impact on the rural craftswomen, the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS) aims at empowering the rural women of the region
October 14, 2011

Seva Mandir – Sadhna: From a Welfare Organization to a Business Activity

A non-profit organization established in 1968 in Udaipur, Seva Mandir’s mission is to make real the idea of a society of free and equal citizens, who are able to come together and solve the problems that affect them in their particular contexts
October 8, 2011

COFA-COAPCL: Overcoming Agrarian Distress

The immediate context for this project was the large-scale agrarian distress in the cotton growing areas of central India that resulted in many farmers committing suicide because of their indebtedness. At the same time there were increasing opportunities and market for organic cotton products in Europe and the USA.
October 2, 2011

The Urmul Trust: Leading the Villagers Towards Self-reliance

Representing 11 different organizations working towards social and economic change in the lives of the people in more than 560 villages, Urmul Trust leads the poor towards self-reliance by making available to them a package of development services that they themselves decide on, design, implement and eventually finance
September 26, 2011

National Consortium on the System of Rice Intensification: A Summary

Summarizing two National level consortiums on the System of Rice Intensification that were held in New delhi in october 2010 and march 2011. this article highlights the way forward for spreading the use of SRI in the country.
September 24, 2011

Jayjeet Kumar: An Inspiring Story

Jayjeet’s journey proves that one is never too young to be an agent of change; most essential is the inclination to identify methods, the conviction that old ways must give way to newer, more cost-effective ways to ensure food sufficiency, and the spirit to take calculated risks
September 10, 2011

Introducing SRI in Chhattisgarh: The CARMDAKSH experience

Considering the urgent need to find ways to grow more rice, with less water and fewer inputs, the SRI method is proving to be of considerable advantage in exponentially increasing paddy output.
September 2, 2011

Using the SRI Methodology for Other Crops

Following the success of SRI and SWI, similiar methodologies were applied to different crops, resulting in the considerable increase in the yield of each.
August 18, 2011

SRI: Helping Enhance Rice Productivity of Small Farmers

Low productivity and large regional differences in yield imply that there is ample scope to increase production and bridge the yield gaps.
August 2, 2011

SRI Promotion among Small and Marginal Farmers: SDTT-PRADAN Collaboration in Chhattisgarh

Promoting SRI with about 13,500 families, covering about 340 villages in nine districts across the northern hills, the plains and the Bastar plateau region of the Chhattisgarh state seems to have paid rich dividends by way of doubling yield and food grain sufficiency.