Soumya Sarkar
Soumya Sarkar is Editor of Village Square. Follow him on Twitter @scurve.
November 29, 2019
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Diversified organic farming can transform Marathwada

Smallholder women farmers in the climate-threatened Marathwada region of Maharashtra are ensuring nutritional security and additional income for their families through diversified organic agriculture

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May 20, 2019
Women farmers who grow flowers harvest them for three months, increasing their household income (Photo by Manish Kumar Shukla)
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Flowers bring women sweet scent of success

Struggling to make a living from subsistence farming, women farmers in southern Rajasthan have succeeded in breaking the cycle of poverty and doubling household incomes by cultivating marigold and roses

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May 15, 2019
Women farmers of Gandichuan, who are members of a self-help group, enjoy food and nutritional security, enabled by interventions through their collective (Photo by Shashank Deora)
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Women’s collectives need to think beyond livelihoods

Agricultural interventions by women have ensured nutritional security in many parts of rural Odisha. Building further capacity will now help them see themselves as change agents who can tackle societal issues

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April 3, 2019
Street plays help the farmers articulate their problems and learn innovative farming practices easily (Photo by Rakhee Roytalukdar)
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Vagad farmers stage progress marches

Tribal farmers of the Vagad region have been marching through villages to find local solutions to farming and community problems through participation and discussion

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