July 6, 2014
Pandit Arjun July 6, 2014
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Describing the sustainable agriculture practices being promoted by the Balaghat team, this article captures the processes employed for promoting sustainable agriculture with more than 3,500 farmers, the challenges faced and the major insights gained
July 6, 2014
Dinabandhu Karmakar July 6, 2014
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Recognizing the vital role that water security plays in securing lives and livelihoods, this article raises significant questions, which point to formulating policy and taking action that encourage small-holder farmers to contribute to food sufficiency…“Little drops of water make a mighty ocean”
June 6, 2014
Nityananda Dhal June 6, 2014
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Establishing sustainable private-public delivery systems for basic vaccination of BYP and small ruminants is bringing about change in Keonjhar, combating deadly diseases that wipe out the stock on a regular basis thereby offering hope to the landless poor
June 6, 2014
Shouvik Mitra June 6, 2014
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Despite becoming more and more a preferred livelihood option, goat-rearing comes with its own challenges such as the high mortality rates and the lack of government interest in promoting it as a primary occupation. Can these be addressed comprehensively?
June 3, 2014
Ruchita Khurana June 3, 2014
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Using SHGs as the base to explore different ways of building traditional livelihoodsgeneration activities such as goat-rearing becomes a worthwhile journey for the tribals of Kandhamal district, who adopt scientific methods with the help of trained para-vets of the community, bringing hope to those struggling for survival
May 4, 2014
Sanjeev Kumar May 4, 2014
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Introducing systems, promoting research, and imparting information on the latest developments to goat rearers, who are usually poor, illiterate, marginalized and unorganized, and are largely the aged, the widows and destitute families, is imperative so that people on the fringes of society experience self-sufficiency, and dignity of labour and life
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