Allied Sector Livelihoods

Authors : Shivangana Chaturvedi In the rural heartland of Jharkhand, the Udyam Utthan Samiti (UUS), a women-led Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO), has revolutionised traditional agricultural practices by embracing digital marketplaces.

Author : Meghanshi Saini, Vikas Singh, Navprabhat Singh The success story of UMANG Swayat Sahkarita is a profound testament to the power of transformation, empowerment, and sustainable development. Established under

Author : Shifa Shaheen and Rudra Prakash Pradhan Though feminization of agriculture is a global problem, it is more acute in India, despite the country’s agriculture sector employing 80 percent

Authors : BAIF Development Research Foundation Across India, women face the problem of being underemployed. They work through the day, from dusk to dawn, with little to no remuneration. The

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

Authors : Sunil Garg and Nishant Kumar The Madhya Pradesh Women’s Poultry Producer Company Limited, a tribal women’s collective, is today among the largest suppliers of broiler chickens in the

Author : Meghadeepa Chakraborty How a women’s collective in drought-stricken Dador scripted a new phase in livelihood security through a judicious mix of watershed development, fodder banks and cow-milk production.

Authors : Mamta Borgoyary and G. Kiran Kumai Poor fisherwomen of a nondescript village in Andhra Pradesh have transformed a low-profile, declining dry-fish sale activity into a high-value profitable business,