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Goat farming supports livelihoods in Rajasthan where agriculture is practically impossible
Goat farming supports livelihoods in Rajasthan where agriculture is practically impossible

By Manoj Choudhary

Villages in Rajasthan where agriculture is impractical due to lack of water are turning to rearing goats that are low maintenance and an assured source of income.

Villages in Rajasthan where agriculture is impractical due to lack of water are turning to rearing goats that are low maintenance and an assured source of income.

Bihar: Farmers in Gaya see mushrooming profits
Bihar: Farmers in Gaya see mushrooming profits

By Gaon Connection

Gaya is the largest producer of mushrooms in Bihar. Gaya’s mushrooms come under the ‘one district one product’. A non profit, SumArth/Microx Foundation, has hand held more than 2,000 farmers right from cultivation of the mushrooms to marketing.

Gaya is the largest producer of mushrooms in Bihar. Gaya’s mushrooms come under the ‘one district one product’. A non profit, SumArth/Microx Foundation, has hand held more than 2,000 farmers right from cultivation of the mushrooms to marketing.

Bihar: Farmers in Gaya see mushrooming profits
Bihar: Farmers in Gaya see mushrooming profits

By Lovely Kumari

Gaya is the largest producer of mushrooms in Bihar. Gaya’s mushrooms come under the ‘one district one product’. A non profit, SumArth/Microx Foundation, has hand held more than 2,000 farmers right from cultivation of the mushrooms to marketing.

Gaya is the largest producer of mushrooms in Bihar. Gaya’s mushrooms come under the ‘one district one product’. A non profit, SumArth/Microx Foundation, has hand held more than 2,000 farmers right from cultivation of the mushrooms to marketing.

Towards Gram Swaraj: Gangakhedi village in Jhabua leads with decentralised planning
Towards Gram Swaraj: Gangakhedi village in Jhabua leads with decentralised planning

By Jyotsna Richhariya

Gangakhedi village has recently won the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2022 for the collective work done by its residents along with their panchayati raj institutions and community based organisations. Non-profit TRIF is training villagers, including rural women, in decentralised planning and execution of schemes.

Gangakhedi village has recently won the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2022 for the collective work done by its residents along with their panchayati raj institutions and community based organisations. Non-profit TRIF is training villagers, including rural women, in decentralised planning and execution of schemes.

Melghat Tiger Reserve's Anghar Mukt Abhiyan has brought down forest fires by involving local communities
Melghat Tiger Reserve's Anghar Mukt Abhiyan has brought down forest fires by involving local communities

By Sarah Khan

The Anghar Mukt Abhiyan is an awareness campaign to sensitise the local villagers regarding forest fire. The programme, conducted in 113 buffer villages of the tiger reserve, has witnessed participation of close to 10,000 people. The incidence of forest fires in Melghat has come down from 379 in 2016 to 221 in 2021.

The Anghar Mukt Abhiyan is an awareness campaign to sensitise the local villagers regarding forest fire. The programme, conducted in 113 buffer villages of the tiger reserve, has witnessed participation of close to 10,000 people. The incidence of forest fires in Melghat has come down from 379 in 2016 to 221 in 2021.

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