Under the sun: How vulnerable communities are taking the heat of climate change
The agriculture sector in India has 75.9% of women workers with men, the landowners moving into secondary occupations possessing improved skills. Women work as helpers with land possession at 14% in India and they end up in tasks from sowing, weeding, and transplanting to standing in excessive pesticide-ridden water with no protective garments. Lifting weight, […]
Glo-cal Environmental Action Needs Local Indigenous Discourses
“The environment is viewed as an interdependent system where people, forests, and land are closely linked. Respecting the environment involves using its resources wisely to ensure sustainability and regeneration Glo-cal Environmental Action needs local Indigenous discourses,” writes Neeraja Kudrimoti, Associate Director at Transform Rural India. “Amus and Beej Pandum” are very important festivals of the […]
लू के प्रकोप का कृषि प्रधान राज्यों, ग्रामीण मज़दूरों, महिलाओं पर अधिक प्रभाव
नयी दिल्ली, 03 जून (वार्ता) देश में इस समय जारी लू और भीषण गर्मी के प्रकोप से छत्तीसगढ़ जैसे राज्यों में लोगों की आजीविका अधिक प्रभावित हो रही है क्योंकि वहां अधिकांश लोग कृषि पर निर्भर हैं तथा गरीबी दर अधिक है वहां लू का प्रभाव और भी बढ़ा है। ग्रामीण विकास क्षेत्र में कार्यरत गैर […]