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Description: 23rd December the birthday of former Prime Minister, Late Choudhary Charan Singh is observed as the Kisan Divas in India. On this day many organisations conduct  seminars to discuss about farmers rights, agricultural practices, policies, guidelines and their implementation and so on. This aligns with the Sustainable Development Goal 2 which aims at Zero Hunger: to end all forms of hunger and …read more

Description: 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

Description: 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