May 2, 2014
Anif Khan May 2, 2014
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Ensuring timely vaccinations for goats against deadly diseases and encouraging the
use of better practices in rearing them has had a noticeable impact on the health and
longevity of the animals thereby increasing the willingness of the villagers to consider
goat-rearing as a viable, primary, income-generating activity
April 11, 2014
Amenti April 11, 2014
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Bringing hope of food security, health and well-being to ‘Hungry Ethiopia’, the partnership between iDE in Ethiopia and Kabil from India has begun the process of transformation of small-holder families, showing them the way to self-sufficiency and growth by harnessing rainwater, introducing new techniques of cultivating crops and hand-holding them through all their challenges
April 5, 2014
Tarak Nath April 5, 2014
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Having lived through the same micro- and macro-adversities of a community and having successfully dealt with hardship, CSPs, who understand the local dialect and share the same culture, have a better understanding of the voice of the poor, enjoy a better level of trust and have greater psycho-social linkages with the people
April 4, 2014
Chandan Sarma April 4, 2014
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Extremely poor, untouched by education or development, the Baigas not only live a hand-to-mouth existence, but also experience a deep sense of alienation from the larger mainstream society
March 11, 2014
C. Shambu Prasad March 11, 2014
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Making an impassioned plea for marrying innovative approaches in the field, including SRI, in crop cultivation with scientific research by academia, the article looks at the prevalent resistance of the latter to practices on the ground and hopes for more openness and collaboration between theory and experience, and a re-working of the social contract between science and society
March 4, 2014
Sudhirendar Sharma March 4, 2014
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Organizing the poor into saving groups, enhancing the productive potential of natural resources and creating a cluster of diverse production centres have been the broad framework for transformation in the lives of the poor in Gumla district
March 3, 2014
Bipin Bihari March 3, 2014
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Moving from a bleak, subsistence-level existence to realizing that their strength lies in unity and in letting go of caste divisions, the villagers of Pattaithan chose to work towards self-sufficiency and dignity, through the SHG and the tola sabha, by utilizing government funds available to them, leading to transformation of the entire village
February 11, 2014
Amitava Rakshit February 11, 2014
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From being mere implementers and wage labourers in a traditionally patriarchal society, the women of Koderma have created an identity and space for themselves as farmers and service providers, capable of guiding and hand-holding other women farmers, leading to greater utilization of the land and other resources, and proving that together they can achieve self-sufficiency
December 1, 2013
Sourangshu Banerjee December 1, 2013
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Bringing about a paradigm shift in power equations through training women in farmers’ field schools, so that they are acknowledged for their contribution in the fields and the decisions they make, is a dynamic decision of the PRADAN team in Purulia—a process and a movement that will have far-reaching consequences
October 20, 2013
Jibdas Sahu October 20, 2013
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Laying a strong foundation of SHGs and Clusters, introducing poverty alleviation projects under Special SGSY, and hand-holding the community as it ventures into new areas of cultivation and agricultural practices is bringing about slow yet steady transformation in the lives of the marginalized and the poor