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Project Pokhar Promises Profits to Small-Scale Fish Farmers in Bihar
More than 300 fishers in Purnia district in Bihar have turned around their fishing business, thanks to an intervention that offers them fish seeds at nominal rates, and extends easy loans to them...
Laraib Fatima Warsi 21 Dec 2023 7:20 AM GMT
A Road Map for Traditional Healers
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand Tashi Namgyal from Ladakh, worried that healing practices that were integral to the part of the world he came from, were disappearing altogether for want of proper...
Pankaja Srinivasan 19 Dec 2023 11:35 AM GMT
Taking Flight – The Latest Issue of Connection, a Kids Magazine By Gaon Connection, Is Out
The second issue of Connection magazine, Gaon Connection’s bilingual monthly for kids, is out and is available for a free download from our website. The December 2023 issue – Taking Flight – focuses...
गाँव कनेक्शन 18 Dec 2023 6:16 AM GMT
Was COP28 a Flop for The Agri Sector and Farmers in Developing Countries?
Agriculture is finally getting its day in the sun. While the role of farming has gotten scant attention from past UN Climate Change Conferences, COP28 dedicated one day to land use and another day to...
Vishal Ajmera 13 Dec 2023 10:38 AM GMT
From Mining to Mushroom Cultivation in Tribal Villages of Panna
Panna, Madhya PradeshTirasiya Bai had resigned herself to a dreary and dark existence. All she had for sustenance was Rs 600 a month that she received as a disability pension from the government, as...
Arun Singh 13 Dec 2023 6:09 AM GMT
Onion Export Ban: Farmers in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, Top Onion Producing States, Launch Protests
Khandwa, Madhya PradeshSundar Patel sowed onions on 13 acres of land spending more than nine lakh rupees (Rs 900,000) on it. The 41-year-old farmer from Pokhar Kala village in Khandwa district was...
Abdul Wasim Ansari 12 Dec 2023 9:31 AM GMT
Navigating COP28: India's Leadership in Global Climate Action
The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP-28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is now taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). In essence, the Conference...
Ajay Singh Nagpure 11 Dec 2023 7:47 AM GMT
A Winter Delicacy, The Patali Gur of Bengal is a Labour of Love, and Hard Work
Lokepur Village (Bankura), West BengalWhile the rest of the village of Lokepur in Bankura, sleeps on the winter nights, wrapped up in blankets, Khurshid Aalam, Soyed Aali Mondal and Ibrahim Mallik,...
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee 11 Dec 2023 6:46 AM GMT
An Ancient Technique of Storing Milk in the Cave-Like ‘Doud Khot’ Still Thrives in a Village in Kashmir
Baramulla, J&KThe name of Dudran village means a “village of milk”. Located in Baramulla district in North Kashmir, it is known for its dairy products such as milk, curd, butter, and cheese. ...
Tauseef Ahmed 8 Dec 2023 10:27 AM GMT
Conservation Conversations in the Classroom — Download and Read the Latest Issue of Teacher Connection Magazine
The December issue of Gaon Connection’s monthly magazine — Teacher Connection — is out. The cover story is based on rural teachers who teach their students about environmental conservation apart from...
गाँव कनेक्शन 6 Dec 2023 1:47 PM GMT
Cowdung, neem, mahua & ginger-garlic-onion — Rural women turn entrepreneurs with farm bio products
Bahraich, Uttar PradeshNibiya Begumpur is like hundreds of other villages in Uttar Pradesh. But something has happened in the past one year that has set it apart.The village, located about 100...
Usha Rai 6 Dec 2023 11:01 AM GMT
An accident led a paddy farmer to change to cultivating flowers; his annual turnover now is Rs 5 lakh
Baniyai (Ashoknagar), Madhya PradeshEver since he was 15 years old, Surendra Kushwaha loved gardening. He loved flowers but he grew up watching his elders cultivate paddy, soybean and bengal gram....
Abdul Wasim Ansari 5 Dec 2023 9:52 AM GMT