Book by FAO Mentions Last Forest as a Case Study
September 12, 2022 By Madhu RavishankarHead Office, Last Forest This month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published Labelling and Certification Schemes for Indigenous Peoples’ Foods, a first-of-its-kind review that spotlighted Keystone Foundation and Last Forest Enterprises. The publication looked into the role and potential of labelling and certification in marketing […]
Covid 19 Relief Work
Dispatches from the Field Our Relief work began on the spur of the moment. Impulsively things took off and everything fell in place. We began distribtuion on 31st March, and upto 13th April – we were able to reach close to 5000 families (Indigenous and Urban informal communities) in Kotagiri & Coonoor. Vegetables, Dry Rations, […]
Setting up an Enterprise model for unemployed women
Vivekanadapuram, Periyanaickenpalayam & Bavinayaganagar in Narasimanaickenplayam Today women entrepreneurs contribute for up to a third of all businesses operating in the formal economy worldwide. Women across the world with strong entrepreneurial ambitions are setting up a women – centric model business. This provides income opportunities especially for women from marginalized communities. Yet, access to finance and networks are a […]
Week 2_Livelihoods in transition and social enterprise
The second week of the NFLC flew by as fast as the first. Archana Sivaramakrishnan anchored the first half of the week, capturing the livelihoods in transition of the NBR, followed by Mathew John who brought out the relevance and importance of market and social enterprises (Last Forest Enterprises) and explained its place in Keystone. […]
