Upset with water logging in flood prone areas and regular wild animal attacks by porcupine and Nilgai, women in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh have switched to the trellis system where vegetables are grown on a raised structure, a couple of feet above the ground, which is expected to increase their earnings.

Birhor tribe is one of the eight particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in Jharkhand that has remained trapped in poverty and deprivation. An initiative has trained Birhor women of Jehen Gutwa village in vegetable cultivation and animal husbandry, which has arrested migration and improved the community's nutritional standard.

Heatwaves are rising in India and women farm labourers who work outdoors are one of the worst affected. Despite headaches and weakness, they continue to sweat it out to earn their daily wage.

Heatwaves are rising in India and women farm labourers who work outdoors are one of the worst affected. Despite headaches and weakness, they continue to sweat it out to earn their daily wage.

Twenty-five small and marginal farmers in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand are part of the watershed project, Kuiani, under the aegis of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), where, since June 2019, they are practising integrated farming with considerable success.