Water Crisis at the Tribal Terrain of hilly village have multiple negative consequence right from food security to health and well-being. The Baiga tribes of Ghoghra- Bhurbhuspani have demonstrated their skills and art of implementation of the Boulder Check Dam construction at the KAUA NAL at the fringe of the village Bhurbhuspani by Bhagatu Ram, […]
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Re-gaining Rare Indigenous Seeds
One of the most crucial challenges of the “Food Security- Safe Food” have been availability of healthy soil, water and indigenous seeds and organic manure . The Organic farming by the Tribal community with indigenous seeds are found to be the most appropriate answer for food security. But because of corporate marketing of the hybrid seeds the indigenous seeds […]
An Empowered Woman Bringing Innovative Farming Solutions: The story of Laxmi Hembram
Small land holding, dependence on rainfed farming, lack of access to new skills and technologies, increasing production costs all put the forest fringe tribal farmers at an edge. The women who have to assume the role of caregivers due to the cultural construct face the challenges daily to feed their family with nutritious food and […]
Changing the land-use practices to diversify the sustainable livelihood options: The story of Luski Soren of Antapati village, Jhargram Sadar Block, Jhargram District
It is surprising to find how Luski Soren, a housewife from Antapati village belonging to a small holder farmer family could change the land use practices within a span of three months time that had helped in diversifying the livelihood options and enhances the scope for earning some disposable income. It is more interesting to […]
Making Family Farming A Reality: Thakurmoni Hansda Shows The Way at Tipasole village, Jhargram District
The small holder tribal farmers face the challenges of sustaining their family which is further becoming more aggravated as the younger generations with exposure and education are not getting interest in farming practices. The story of Thakurmoni Hansda presents how through capacity building and creating an enabling environment the younger generation can become agriculture producer […]
On the way to Sustainable livelihoods
Action Research.. Application of Anthropological Concept and Approaches to Sustainable Tribal Development’.. Please refer Concept of culture..EB Tylor..and ” Cultural Traits..and reflect the process of culture change.. adoption of new ” Cultural Traits”…in a planned scientific way of Anthropological approaches. Study of Baiga the PVTGs of Chhattisgarh, where the traditional economy is in doldrums because […]