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Optimum and proper utilisation of available natural resources without causing any adverse effect on nature, is one of the major premises for Sustainable Agriculture Projects. Shirpur Model is a good example of addressing irrigation - the most important factor in crop cultivation. Utilising the existing source of water, be it a canal, river or natural catchment area was the idea of this model. Dilasa in Maharashtra - Yavatmal district has taken it one step further and introduced Diversification-based Irrigation …read more

During my last visit to Orissa, I had a chance to meet and talk to Sushil Parida of ABLE and Alekh Routroy of ARASMIN. The formar is engaged in community development projects in Paradeep region, which probably is the highest disaster prone area in the country. ARASMIN is active in Kalahandi district, which was featured in national news several times in the past for the level of poverty and social problems in the district. Says Sushil, that other …read more

A recent survey on 147 developing country showed that 1.7 billion people do not have a bank account. I do not know whether the Banjara community of Umarni village, Nichla Fali, was included in that survey, since a large community of tribals in and around Sirohi district would not have been able to save even a little without the help of micro credit opportunities provided by voluntary organisations of that area. I was at Adivasi Bachat Evam Swayang …read more

Farming Community across rural India have always been supported or subsidised through government schemes and programmes. The machinery that was supposed to take it forward, bring in the Green Revolution, had always missed some parts and some how the gap between the achievable and achieved became wider and wider. I was in Jharkhand during mid January and had a discussion with Centre for World Solidarity Jharkhand Resource Centre Team members. They are doing a great job in parts …read more