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Where saris guard the fields-T Appala Naidu

-The Hindu     PILARICHETTIPALEM (KRISHNA): A group of women farmers recycle their used clothing to raise a fence surrounding their small farm holdings. A senior NABARD official suggested use of an iron sheet fan to drive away the Birds attracted to the flower and other varieties of vegetables. It was necessity that drove women in Pilarichettipalem village near Machilipatnam in Krishna district towards innovation. In a novel way, they transform the sarees they...

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A window for forest people -Madhu Ramnath

-Down to Earth NTFPS-EP is a network working with adivasis on ecosystem conservation, advocacy and livelihoods When we shift the focus from the timber a forest is usually valued for to the non-timber products it offers, a very different world opens up. Wild fruit, honey, gums and resin, fish and crab, fibre and flowers, Birds' eggs and bush meat, and medicinal barks are only some of the products that a forest may...

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Bhagat Puran Singh farm shows way to organic farming -Usmeet Kaur

-The Hindustan Times     Amritsar (Punjab): There is a unique sense of sereneness and tranquility that prevails over the Bhagat Puran Singh farm, run by All India Pingalwara Charitable Society (AIPCS), around 20 km from here. There are ten women and seven other workers, who are busy handling various jobs in pin-drop silence. All you can hear is the Birds chirping, calf bawls, cow moos and cat meows. The courteous staff at the...

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Threat to wetland, an election issue for fishermen and farmers

-PTI   Guwahati: Ecological degradation of Deepor Beel, a freshwater lake of international importance on the outskirts of Guwahati, has turned out to be a major electoral issue for hundreds of fishermen and farmers dependent on the wetland. Spread over an area of 40.1 sq km, the lake, which is listed in the Ramsar Convention, supports livelihood of over 1,200 families living in 12 villages around it. Fishermen complain that the fish output...

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Farmhouses rob 400 acres of Delhi’s forest -Darpan Singh

-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: Hundreds of acres of precious forest land have been lost to illegal farmhouses. The forest department has found at least 15 sprawling farmhouses and other such structures inside south Delhi's Asola-Bhatti wildlife sanctuary. The sanctuary is home to more than 250 species of plants, 200 species of Birds, 150 species of butterflies and 10 species each of animals including nilgai, mongoose, fox, porcupine, hyena and jackal. The...

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