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Better Life Farming: Extending Women Ownership of Agriculture

Female farmers in India are one of the most marginalised groups as they seldom have agency over the land they toil away for. Better Life Farming is an initiative that aims to help women take agency and ownership of the land, who’s produce is the fruit of their hardwork.

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Pedakodapalli: The Backyard Poultry Farming

Backyard poultry farming, using native breeds is an easy, less risky and viable way of increasing income while alleviating poverty and addressing malnutrition. With the initiation of small time poultry farming enterprises, citizens of Andhra Pradesh have shown that poultry farming can be extremely beneficial. In 2016, the department of Animal Husbandry and The Tribal

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Maharashtra tribal farmer conserving and popularising millets

Maharashtra tribal farmer conserving and popularising millets

Bhalubhau Kisan Ghode, a tribal farmer from Maharashtra, has dedicated his life to growing and popularizing millets. Through his efforts, he has collected and preserved numerous varieties of millets, and his village has seen a 30% increase in farmers dedicating land to millet cultivation. Ghode has now made it his mission to develop a concrete

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