Report

December 27, 2010

Workshop on Small-Holder Poultry Rearing: A Sustainable Livelihood Opportunity for the Rural Poor: A Report

The South Asia Pro Poor Livestock Policy Programme (SAPPLPP), Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) and the National Small-holder Poultry Development Trust (NSPDT) jointly convened a workshop on ‘Small- Holder Poultry Rearing: A Sustainable Livelihood Opportunity for the Rural Poor’ in New Delhi on 28 December 2010. A report on the workshop.
November 9, 2010

Poultry Rearing as an Income-generating Activity in Kesla: An Impact Assessment Study

An excerpt from an in-depth study of the success, the limitations and the challenges of KPS, an organization that promotes poultry rearing as an alternative livelihood, for the poorest of the poor, who have so far been migrating and working as labour for survival
October 15, 2010

Community Lift Irrigation Systems in Gumla District, Jharkhand

Examining the irrigation sharing practices among beneficiary groups, their conflicts and conflict resolution mechanisms, the study identifies the scope for formal ans sustainable institutional mechanisms for community managed irrigation systems. This study was carried out for PRADAN, Ranchi and Jharkhand.
September 19, 2010

Transformation in Amagara

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

Women Legal Para-workers

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

Saral Training Academy: ICT Training for Rural Youth in India

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

Van Utthan Sansthan: Securing the Commons for the Common Good

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

Potential for Carbon Trading through the Raising of Host Plants of Tasar Silkworm

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.
June 1, 2010

Community Owned CSP System

May 12, 2010

Looking Back at Our Work with Damodar

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