March 4, 2012
Pradyut Bhattacharjee March 4, 2012
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Intervening in any community with the intention of helping tribals is a delicate, sensitive and continuous process of preserving life-enriching traditional practices while introducing ‘modern’ development activities
February 3, 2012
Tarak Nath February 3, 2012
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Highlighting the need and the significance of collective action, the author talks about it in the context of organized broiler farming in Godda, Jharkhand
January 1, 2012
Soumen Biswas January 1, 2012
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Celebrating the journey, the challenges and the successes of PRADAN as a leader in promoting rural livelihoods for three decades, the author focuses on the way ahead.
August 18, 2011
B.C. Barah August 18, 2011
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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
Rahul Kumar August 2, 2011
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Combining several innovative practices, SRI is a different way of cultivating rice, including changes in nursery management, in the time of transplantation, and in water and weed management, which could well easily counter the sideeffects of the Green Revolution
June 3, 2011
Anisha George June 3, 2011
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Linking INRM with MGNREGS can prove to be a win-win option, with villagers building infrastructure on their lands are long term assets and being paid for their labour by the government.
May 6, 2011
Sebak Jana May 6, 2011
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Helping villagers create a sustainable small scale irrigation structure in the form of a happa has wide ranging and long term benefits on their lives and livelihoods.
April 9, 2011
Rahul Kumar April 9, 2011
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Well-developed mutual aid and support groups of poor people can be the building blocks of large-scale social mobilization, leading to a change in the selfbelief and identity of an entire community of people.
March 17, 2011
Dinabandhu Karmakar March 17, 2011
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Choosing the appropriate methodology for livelihoods enhancement, while keeping the targets and the desired impact in mind requires considerable thought and is often determined by the beliefs and assumptions of the intervening organization.
January 5, 2011
Aditya Kumar January 5, 2011
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Despite the apparent explosion in the use of mobile phone technology, only a small percentage of the rural people have gained from its use; the challenge lies in reaching out to this vast untapped section of society, through ways that take into consideration their ground realities-their needs, strengths and limitations