Seven Sisters Development Assistance

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Earning a lakh from half an acre

Blood, sweat and a little land: how the frail but hardy Pushpa Chhetri earns over a lakh from her half-acre plot of land in Assam.

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Paddy farmers reap rich harvest through SRI cultivation

Growing paddy the traditional way pushed farmers into poverty as the yields were low. Switching to SRI method has helped them harvest more than twice the normal yield

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Returned migrants prefer local livelihoods in native region

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Villagers who migrated to other states for want of local livelihoods are back and do not wish to migrate again. They seek creation of local earning avenues