September 19, 2010
Avijit Choudhury September 19, 2010
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Amidst kilometre upon kilometre of parched, barren land lies the tribal village of Amagara—a verdant oasis of crops and vegetables—the result of the efforts of the farmers, who dared to risk and experiment with new ideas, methods and technology.
August 19, 2010
Subodh Kumar Verma August 19, 2010
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Creating an awareness of the legal rights that women enjoy, and identifying and training legal para-workers to help the village women access these rights both in their homes and in the gram sabhas are steadily showing results, in terms of empowerment of these women and their position in their social milieu.
August 4, 2010
B. Umesh Rai August 4, 2010
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Tapping into the enormous potential of the school dropouts and the youth of the rural communities, the Saral TA courses in ICT training seek to transfer knowledge and skills in the basic management of specific applications, tailored to the needs of the rural ICT projects, thereby empowering them and stemming, to some measure, the flow of migration to urban areas and giving back to the rural communities valuable assets in the form of trained ICT personnel.
June 4, 2010
Vivek Vyas June 4, 2010
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Developing degraded forest lands through collective management by the tribals and in collaboration with the government, the vuS seeks shape democratic institutions, and conserve land rights and tenure of communities on these lands.
June 2, 2010
K. Sathyanarayana June 2, 2010
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Recognizing the growth potential of carbon trading, which is still in its initial days, this article explores more fully as to how the benefits of carbon trading can be linked to the tasar rearing activities that are being promoted by Pradan in the poorer regions.
May 12, 2010
Avijit Mallik May 12, 2010
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despite its primary aim of promoting sustainable livelihoods among the rural poor, Pradan extended support to the locals in hazaribag and koderma in their rights-based struggle and in creating greater awareness in areas such as gender, reproductive and sexual health, and legal literacy
May 1, 2010
Madhabananda Ray May 1, 2010
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Recognizing the potential of tasar as an income generating and sustainable occupation for the tribals who live in and around forested areas, Pradan’s focus includes promoting scientific practices in ensuring disease free layings and providing backward and forward linkages for the activity.
April 9, 2010
Binju Abraham April 9, 2010
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Airing grievances and raising issues regarding the implementation of MGNREGA, the stakeholders utilize the forum of the jan Sunwai to come face-to-face with each other on a single platform to discuss and learn about the shortcomings and problems that each of them face.
March 6, 2010
Sudip Ghosh March 6, 2010
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Introducing the 5% model and constructing happas in the drought-prone, arid uplands and midlands of molian panchayat in Bankura district has transformed barren tracts into verdant and productive lands, thereby benefiting and empowering the resource-poor occupants of the area.