June 5, 2010
Pradyut Bhattacharjee June 5, 2010
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Kaleidoscopic images, which typify life in a village in Bastar, bring forth
the flavour, warmth, simplicity and aspirations of the Marias.
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 22, 2010
Sameer Kumar May 22, 2010
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Moving from participatory approaches to family based livelihoods planning is an attempt to make development interventions more meaningful and significant by taking into account the aspirations and problems of each individual and increasing ownership.
May 14, 2010
Varun Sharma May 14, 2010
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developing a mango orchard in a hitherto barren tract of land with the landless households of jharia kocha in gopalpura proves to be not only a revenue generating model but also a rights-based initiative.
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.
April 2, 2010
Kirti Misra April 2, 2010
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Employment guarantee has both a demand and a supply side. Balancing the two is certainly not an apolitical exercise. Both sides of the programme have to be steered sensitively, with an awareness of local power dynamics and at the same time ensuring that the weakest are not left behind.