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Livelihood
Forest-dependent tribes lose income to forest fires
Unable to collect mahua flowers and other forest produce because of fires in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, tribal communities already impacted by the pandemic have lost their livelihood
Manish Chandra Mishra | Jun 04, 2021 | Umaria, Madhya Pradesh
Community seed banks help conserve climate-resilient crops
Combining community knowledge and scientific ways, farmers conserve stress-tolerant landraces in their fields, and distribute the seeds to other farmers through community seed banks
Vitthal Kauthale and Sanjay Patil | Jun 02, 2021 | Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Empowered women dairy farmers create ripple effect
With the development of dairy cooperatives, some exclusively for women, dairy farming which supplemented agricultural income has led to full-fledged businesses and successful women micro-entrepreneurs
Shweta Krishnan and Ankit Sontakke and Pankaj Parmar | May 31, 2021 | Kheda and Anand, Gujarat
Governance
Decentralization to localization: the emerging community–PRI–government compact
As communities rose to fill the lacunae in rural public systems, it is time the potential of the social capital was recognized, and grassroots institutions strengthened for rural transformation
Anish Kumar | Jun 21, 2021 |
Health
Maternal and child health sidelined amidst COVID-19 emergencies
Rural women dependent on public health care system have not been able to access maternal health care services as hospitals’ focus is on overcoming the COVID-19 crisis
Shyamal Santra | Jun 23, 2021 |
Education
Residential school empowers tribal children through education
For tribes lacking access to education, a residential school functioning in Bhubaneswar exclusively for tribal children, offers education, and equips them with life and career skills
Abhijit Mohanty | Jan 20, 2021 | Khordha, Odisha
