Community Seed Bank in Bhadua village, Gohla Pachayat, Musabani Block, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand
Kapra Mahali is a CRP from Musabani Block, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand who joined the Eastern India initiative as a People and Nature Fund (PNF) fellow in 2023 and is now working on the Eastern India project. She works with the Santal, Ho, Machua, Sabar, Mahali and OBC communities in 6 villages of Gohla and […]
Workshop on Ecological Farming Practices and Training and Planning Meeting of Keystone Foundation’s Eastern India Initiative at Ichharia and Panchal, Bankura District, West Bengal
Since its inception in 2022 Keystone Foundation’s Eastern India Initiative has been steadily expanding and currently projects are being carried out across 5 districts of Jharkhand, and 2 districts each in West Bengal and Odisha. On the 10th, 11th and 12th of June the staff, partners and Community Resource Persons (CRPs) of this initiative came […]
Brown Rice Community Enterprise in Patkita village, Forest Block Panchayat, Musabani Block, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand
Since 2020 CPR Baby Patar has been working in Patkita village on issues of Food Sovereignty, Traditional Food Systems and Agriculture, Natural Faming, Climate Change, Wild Foods, Sustainable livelihoods and women’s empowerment. The women of Patkita have been cultivating traditional brown rice variety Bali Bhojna, processing the rice in a village rice mill and selling […]
Training on Mixed Cropping and Natural Farming Practices and Field Visit to Sabar Villages of Kashidih and Makarkendi in Purulia District, West Bengal
Dhananjoy Mandi On the 30th of May 2024 technical expert Bhairab Saini visited the Sabar villages of Kashidih and Makarkendi in Manbazar I Block of Purulia District, Jharkhand. Bhairab is a farmer himself and he and his team have been working with and promoting organic agriculture and ecological farming practices for over 20 years. They […]
Field visits to Kheria Sabar villages of Purulia District, West Bengal
Rohan Mukerjee Alongside Paschim Banga Kheria Sabar Kalyan Samiti (PBKSKS) Keystone Foundation has been working with the Kheria Sabar community in Purulia district of West Bengal since 2020. Our work in the region commenced through the Using Diversity (UD) project and subsequently Community Resource Persons (CRPs) in different blocks of the district have been supported […]
Agriculture and Traditional Food Mela – Aksi, Mahuadanr Block, Latehar District, Jharkhand
Manu Deo, Cordula Kujur, Jagabandhu Sanda and Rohan Mukerjee On the 29th of December the residents of the hamlets Aksi and Chetma in Mahuadanr Block, Latehar District, Jharkhand came together to celebrate their rich agricultural heritage and food traditions. Community Resource Persons Sandeep Lakra from Aksi and Sanjita Lakra from Chetma were responsible for organizing […]
Report on Springshed Management Training by Chirag, Uttarakhand
Soumik Banerjee A 4-day residential Training on basic aspects of Hydrogeology and Springsheds was held at Chirag Campus and Simayal village in Nainital District of Uttarakhand. The training was attended by Bhiarab Saini and Soumik Banerjee from 20-23rd December 2023. The training program covered different aspects of Hydrogeology namely- The training involved both classroom and […]
Field visits and Workshops on Water issues – Sundar Pahari Block, Godda District, Jharkhand and Purulia District, West Bengal
Rohan Mukerjee, Soumik Banerjee, Shailendra Tiwari and Gokul Govind In the last week of September, 2023 Rohan Mukerjee and Soumik Banerjee representing Keystone Foundation’s Eastern India initiative accompanied Shailendra Tiwari and Gokul Govind for field visits to Keystone Foundation’s project areas in Sundar Pahari Block, Godda District, Jharkhand and Purulia District, West Bengal to explore […]
Historical Timeline of the Nagesia Community of Orsa Panchayat
On 13th September 2023 a Historical Timeline exercise for Orsa Panchayat, Mahuadanr Block, Latehar District, Jharkhand, with a focus on Agriculture, Food Systems and Forests was conducted in Chiro Nawa Toli. The exercise was conducted by Cordula Kujur and Rohan Mukerjee with Gram Pradhan and respected Community leader Narendra Nagesia carrying out community facilitation. In […]
Using Diversity and Habitat Rights Annual Networking Workshop
26th to 30th August, 2023, Mysuru, Karnataka A joint Using Diversity (UD) Network and Habitat Rights workshop was organised in Mysuru from 26th to 30th August 2023 with the first 2 days involving a Millet Mela jointly organised by UD partner Sahaja Samrudha and the Using Diversity Network. The event involved over 70 participants from […]
