Blog – Page 160 – Village Square

December 19, 2016

Bhaskar Bhau Somamalik does not migrate any more to Mumbai in search of work. In one rabi season, he earns about Rs 50,000. (Photo by Nidhi Jamwal)

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Palghar’s tribal farmers sow and sell as a collective to reap benefits

Collective farming is not only helping farmers sell their produce far and wide but has also arrested migration and increased the well-being of farmer families

December 16, 2016

A Maldhari with his Banni buffalos. (Photo by Athar Parvaiz)

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Livelihoods

Banni pastoralists see success in battle for survival

The Maldharis of the vast Banni grasslands in Gujarat show how people cope with enforced change caused either by natural forces or human intervention and how vulnerability can be turned into opportunity

December 14, 2016

A field laborer carrying paddy transplants in Tamil Nadu. (Photo by ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss)

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Convenience drives farm practices more than sustainability

For all talk of sustainable farming practices than often entail increased drudgery, there is a clear trend that farmers are swayed by convenience and ease of use more than anything else

December 12, 2016

Runa Devi and Daya Devi of Kaladinda village in southeast Bihar have emerged as village leaders. (Photo by Suneeta Dhar)

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A tale of two women and a watershed

Two unlearned women in a remote area of Bihar have broken gender stereotypes to emerge as community leaders and manage the construction of a watershed that now benefits 12 villages