Under Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission, TRIF is training rural residents to make compost within 18 days using the Berkeley method. Women are using this compost to grow a variety of vegetables.

Twenty two women in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, are using locally available resources to produce biofertilisers, biopesticides and bioinsecticides, which they package and sell to farmers to promote organic farming.

Twenty two women in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, are using locally available resources to produce biofertilisers, biopesticides and bioinsecticides, which they package and sell to farmers to promote organic farming.

In 2015, when Puran Lal Chaudhary was posted as a teacher at Barua Behad village in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, barely 12 students came to the school. No teacher wanted to stay in the village that had no electricity and was pretty backward in basic amenities. Chaudhary stayed on and transformed the school. The educator who won the state teachers’ award shares his journey.

A primary school teacher shares her experience about her attempts to bring about a positive social change in a village by doing her bit to eradicate child marriages. She raised awareness amongst her students and tries to educate as many students as she possibly can.

Farmers in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh who routinely lose crops to either floods or stray cattle are now taking up fish farming and poultry activities to supplement their income. An acre of fish pond can help earn Rs five lakh per annum.

In India, nearly 75% of menthol crop is cultivated in Uttar Pradesh. Farmers in Bahraich district adopt the SRI method of cultivation, which has led to an increase in the production of mentha and menthol oil. This has also empowered rural women.