February 6, 2013
Pandit Arjun February 6, 2013
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The journey of Lata Markam of the sub-primitive Baiga tribe and her fight against abject poverty to survive with honour and dignity, her economic and social challenges and her hope for a secure tomorrow…
November 17, 2012
Kuntal Mukherjee November 17, 2012
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Increasing the production of millet by using the SRI-millet method may prove to be one of the significant ways to address the poverty and food insufficiency problem in several tribal areas of Chhattisgarh
November 10, 2012
B.C. Barah November 10, 2012
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The System of Rice Intensification has made its presence felt in the Indian agriculture scenario, by its fast speed and the promise to “ grow more with less”. Yet there has also been a lot and reports of disadoption. This preliminary report of a research lays out a number of reasons, predominantly rainfall failure related for farmer drop-outs.
September 2, 2012
Manoj Kumar September 2, 2012
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Transforming the lives of villagers by combining the resources of the community, the government and the local leadership, PRADAN uses collaboration and convergence as the basic approach in creating a significant impact on the livelihoods of the community
August 9, 2012
Siraj Dutta August 9, 2012
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Through exposure to and taking part in the awareness campaign, the people of Kuira realize that they have ‘the power, the unity and the right’, to decide the type of work that should be undertaken in their village under the MGNREGS.
August 2, 2012
Syed Lutfur Rahman August 2, 2012
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Encouraging farmers to use the SRI method of cultivation, focussing on land and water development, the members of the SHGs bring about socio-economic changes that enable a once-poverty stricken people to become self-sufficient and secure
July 7, 2012
Sudarshan Thakur July 7, 2012
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An invisible community, shunned by the world around it, becomes the focus of intervention, leading to inclusion for the first time and the beginning of change. Lasting social transformation, however, can only come about with long-term empathic engagement
July 4, 2012
B.C. Barah July 4, 2012
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Ensuring access to quality food by everyone at all times is one of our most challenging tasks, considering that the nation is face-to-face with persistent poverty, hunger and malnutrition and their implications on the nutrition security of the poor
July 2, 2012
M.C. Diwakar July 2, 2012
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Experimenting with SRI cultivation, five farmers of Darveshpura village in Bihar attract considerable attention with their bumper yield; the results indicate a viable alternative to the conventional methods of growing rice and other crops
March 22, 2012
Norman Uphoff March 22, 2012
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Acknowledging that SRI can result in a high payoff for poor and small farmers, that the SRI process of rice production will cost less and that it has many environmental benefits, Norman Uphoff engages in an untiring campaign to promote SRI around the world