Promoting Agribusiness among the Tribals
Authors : Niraj Kumar, Mohd. Zahid In January 2015, with the help of a local government agency, a vegetable stall was established near the district collector’s offi ce, a busy
Restoring Dignity through a Collective Enterprise: The Story of Paryavaran Mitra
Authors : Anand Mistry and Shubha Khadke Every morning at 4 am, 67 years old Moriben walks around 8-10 km, bends at least 1,000 times and with her bare hands
Weed to Wealth Generating Livelihood from the Aquatic Weed Water Hyacinth
Authors : Assam State Rural Livelihood Mission Water Hyacinth, scientifi cally known as Eichhornia crassipes is a free fl oating aquatic plant that can live and reproduce fl oating freely
Empowering Tribal Women of Manipur through Microfinance and Forest Ecology: The transformational journey of Lamevi SHG
Authors : Marilyn Marine, Purvika Patel and Sauvik Dey Women of rural India fought hard to bring transformation through breaking the vicious cycle of poverty by bringing economic, fi nancial,
Threads that Bind
Authors : Kalyani C Government policies towards tribal population in India, while aiming to protect tribal culture and habitats, also try to integrate tribal people into the mainstream society. Policies
Food Enterprises: A Way for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Authors : Bihar State Rural Livelihoods Project (BRLP) JEEViKA Visit Bihar to experience the personifi cation of Annapurna (the Goddess of Food) through rural women entrepreneurs locally known as Didi
Community Livestock Business Centre
Authors : Amit Asnikar Small goat rearers in Wardha, Gondia and Yawatmal districts of Vidarbha and Osmanabad district of Marathwada region in Maharashtra are mostly landless. The goat population as
Shilpgram: Changing Destiny with Traditional Skills and Crafts in Bihar A Case Study on Empowerment of Rural Women Artisans
Authors : JEEViKA By acknowledging the efforts of the self-help groups (SHGs) in producing masks with Madhubani painting, Honourable Prime Minister also appreciated the gesture of the SHGs in protetcing
The Pink City Rickshaw Company Driving Change for Women’s Empowerment in Jaipur
Authors : Ayush Kasliwal and Surbhi Prajapati India has a population of 1.3 billion, of which 48.5 percent is female population.1 India is a fast growing economy, which has made
Empowering Women Leads to Economic Development: Alleviating Poverty through Collective Eff ort
Authors : Bihar, has its own identity from the time written records were available. Noted historian, Romila Thapar, describes the history of ancient India as the history of ancient Bihar.