Trekking Through Saranda with Community Youth
March 25, 2023 By Rohan Mukerjee, Programme Coordinator, Networks & Alliances On an early spring morning in March, I accompanied young Amit Jamuda for a trek through the Darka Daa forest area surrounding Mamar village, in the Saranda forest, Manoharpur Block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. Amit is Keystone’s Community Resource Person who is studying in […]
Solar Drinking Water Supply Setup in Karru Sabar Tola, West Bengal
March 1, 2023 By Sudipta Satpati, Sakiruddin Sk., Fatik Kumar Hembrum, residents of Karru village, Purulia, W.B. Karru Sabar Tola is a small hamlet in Purulia district, where reside 12 households hosting 70 people of the Kheria Sabar community. Karru village falls under Kuchia Gram Panchayat of Bandwan block and is situated at the top […]
Seed Bank Established in Janglikhans, Jharkhand
February 25, 2023 By Rohan MukerjeeProgramme Coordinator, Networks & Alliances With increasing awareness of the connection between climate change impacts and traditional crops, countless farmers have been coming forward to cultivate a variety of local crops whose seeds were distributed through Keystone’s Eastern India project in 2022-23. Ditching hybrid crops that are resource-intensive and vulnerable […]
Celebrating Traditional & Wild Foods in Latehar, Jharkhand
January 13, 2023 By Rohan Mukerjee and Soumik Banerjee – Networks & Alliances Orsa Pat village in Mahua Danr block of Latehar district, Jharkhand, is home to the Nagesia people. On the bright chilly winter morning in January, over 300 men, women and children from the villages and hamlets of Orsa Panchayat convened. Celebrating the […]
Recognition for Baiga Community Seed Savers in Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
January 10, 2023 By Hiralal Sarote and Naresh Biswas, Baiga community members Today, the district collector of Dindori, Vikas Mishra, visited the community seed bank in Silpidi village. Managed by the Sawa Salhar Sanghati Beej Bhandar Samiti Silpidi, this is the first community seed bank committee formed by NIRMAN, a partner of our Using Diversity […]
Organic Agriculture Training with Paryavaran Chetna Kendra in Potka
December 15, 2022 By Networks & Alliances team On December 14 and 15, we conducted a two-day awareness building exercise and training programme on ecological practices in agriculture at the premises of Paryavaran Chetna Kendra (PCK) at Potka, East Singbhum District, Jharkhand. The training was conducted by Soumik Banerjee, and involved community fellows, partner representatives […]
Celebrating a Tribal Freedom Fighter in Potka, Jharkhand
November 16, 2022 By Rohan MukerjeeProgramme Coordinator – Networks & Alliances November 15, 2022 marks the 147th birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda. Locals of Bada Sigdi village in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district celebrated the life and far-reaching impacts of this hero and his movement in the form of a Birsa Mela. The […]
Promoting Wild & Uncultivated Foods in Jhiran, Madhya Pradesh
November 6, 2022 By Rohan Mukerjee, Laxman Ahkey & Gyansa BhartiProgramme Coordinator – Networks & Alliances, and Using Diversity Fellows In Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh’s largest district, our Networks and Alliances programme is working tirelessly to preserve rapidly disappearing native crops and traditional agricultural methods. This is a challenging goal for the programme, given the complex […]
Traditional Crops and Women Farmers in Rural Jharkhand
September 20, 2022 By Rohan MukherjeeNetworks & Alliances Accompanied by Vibhishan Bhumij and Jagabandhu Sanda from Paryavaran Chetna Kendra (PCK) in Potka, I visited Mamar village in the heart of the Saranda Forest, in Manoharpur block of West Singbhum district, Jharkhand. Saranda is a dense forest in the hilly region of West Singbhum, spanning 820 […]
Enhancing Nursery Management Skills Through Knowledge Exchange
Community-managed nurseries across the globe have been lately explored as an approach to restoring forests. However, enabling them to actively engage in propagating native forest plants and managing nurseries requires the appropriate deployment of skill sets through trainings that will ensure seedling survival leading to successful forest restoration.
