Training to Improve Handicrafts Skill
Capacity building and trainings are essential forms of intervention to help communities identify activities that can enhance their livelihood options. Indigenous women from the Santhal and Sabar communities of the Purulia district in West Bengal were engaged in a similar workshop/training that was held over two days.
More farmers turn to Millet cultivation
The revival of millets has been the most beneficial intervention among the many that were carried out during the lockdown last year. Indigenous farmers were able to attain food self-sufficiency during times when food prices were high at the retail level due to supply disruptions. In the region of Aracode, 63 more farmers have shown interest to […]
Online Sessions on Shifting Cultivation
The Using Diversity Network is launching a study on Shifting Cultivation practices of different PVTGs across India. The study will explore the current status of the different shifting cultivation practices, changes that have occurred in these practices, benefits the communities receive from these practices and why they continue to practice as well as challenges being […]
Nutritional Gardens in Nilambur
Nutritional Gardens have been an important intervention since the pandemic occurred. Through this intervention Indigenous communities in the Nilambur valley have had access to nutritious food right from their backyard.
A Tuber Mela to Inaugurate a Community Seed Bank
Tubers for centuries have been a staple diet and a dependable source of nutritional security for forest-dependent communities. Interestingly, tubers are so diverse that they vary in size, shape and flavors. As a part of our ongoing livelihoods rehabilitation efforts in Kerala, a tuber fest along with the inauguration of a new community seed bank […]
Puzhayora Punarujeevanam – Riverbank Restoration
The river Kabani is one of the most important east-flowing Rivers in Kerala, with its origins in the Western Ghats (Banasura hills). The back-to-back deluges of 2018 and 2019 have largely affected the biodiversity found on Kabani’s banks, in addition to giving momentum to various direct and indirect repercussions. Soil erosion is one. However, the […]
My experience with Businesses that care at Keystone Foundation
My work at Keystone was to write a case study report for Aadhimalai, a tribal producer company. In this report my focus was to look at the functioning of the company through the lens of co-creation, co-production and sustainable markets. These concepts are interconnected and always work together to achieve sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. […]
Farmers are bearing the brunt during Covid
The COVID-19 has taken the world by surprise and it is creating a lot of issues in everyone’s day to day life. None were prepared for a pandemic of this stature. Many media outlets and experts believe that the pandemic has had a devastating impact on the Indian Agriculture sector. The corona virus impact on […]
The revival of Millet
Our field-staff, Kannan, from Aracode sent us this refreshing image of Thinai (Foxtail Millet) a few days ago. What’s even delighting is, the fact that despite several hindrances posed by the lockdown since early March, we managed to procure seeds and distribute them to the farmers, just in time for the sowing season. While this […]
Community seed bank (Tubers) at a tribal settlement
Food security is one of the primary concerns for communities residing in the tribal areas of Kerala. The problem gets compounded when communities do not have proper records and documents for their landholdings, which ends up restricting their access to Government support. Godavary tribal settlement is one such place where many of the families have […]
