Area Updates from the Sabar project area in East Singhbhum District Jharkhand – September 2021
Sidheshwar Sardar, Mohan Sabar and Jawahar Lal Sardar 8th September 2021 – Dhengam Kocha On the 8th of September 2021 an awareness program on community resources was conducted in the Sabar village of Dhengam Kocha. The program was conducted by Community Fellow Jawahar Lal Sardar and the participants included 4 women and 7 men. In […]
Promoting Forest Gardens to improve sustainability of the Jara-Kurwa shifting cultivation based system of the Pahariya people of Sundar Pahari, Godda District, Jharkhand
Surja Pahariya and Rohan Mukerjee The Pahariya people in the hills of Sundar Pahari, Godda District, Jharkhand continue to practice Jara-Kurwa a shifting cultivation based agricultural system. In the first year of cultivation known as Jara they carry out monocropping of legumes, primarily cowpea and rice bean. After one year of Jara the Paharia peoplecarry […]
Community Consultation cum Awareness program on Traditional Agriculture, Kitchen Gardens, Wild Food and Forest Rights – Ghanakodia, Patalkot, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh
Laxman and Gyansa On the 4th of September 2021 a community consultation with Bharia and Gond villagers was held in Ghanakodia village in Ghalinga Panchayat, Tamia Block, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh. The issues addressed included Traditional crops and agricultural practices, mixed cropping and kitchen gardens, wild food and forest rights. The program involved 25 participants […]
Forest and Vegetable nursery visits and sapling distribution in Sabar villages of Bandwan block, Purulia District, West Bengal
Rohan Mukerjee In the last week of July 2021, accompanied by Paschim Banga Kheriya Sabar Kalyan Samiti (PBKSKS) staff members Sudipta Satpati and Fatik Hembrum and UD fellows Binod Sabar and Jiban Hansda, I visited two forest nurseries established by them and participated in sapling distribution drives in a few villages. On the 28th of […]
Participatory Action Research (PAR) Exercises with the Paharia people in villages of Sundar Pahari, Godda District, Jharkhand
‘Taukte’ Cyclone hits Katkaari villages during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Ramachandran K G We are definitely going through an extremely bad phase. The threat of the pandemic is continuing all over the world. The first wave of the covid19 pandemic had generally not affected tribal settlements in India that seriously when compared to the non-tribal populations as per the statistics available. But, that has not […]
Seed collection and setting up of Nurseries in Sabar villages of Bandwan Block, Purulia District, West Bengal – April and May 2021
Sudipto, Fatik, Jiban and Binod Sabar We had planned that we would set up 2 nurseries under the Using Diversity project but currently we have decided to set up 2 large nurseries and one smaller one. In April 2021 Using Diversity fellows Jiban Hansda and Binod Sabar carried out a community meeting in Mirgichami village […]
Farmers meetings, selection of farmers for seed distribution initiative and compiling Agricultural activity calendar – Saihara village, Harrakachar Panchayat, Patalkot, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh
Laxman and Gyansa Bharti On the 20th of April 2021 community fellows Laxman and Gyansa Bharti facilitated a meeting with villagers of Saihara village to spread awareness about traditional agricultural practices, select farmers who would be receiving traditional seeds for mixed cropping cultivation on their lands and collection of information for an agriculture activity calendar. […]
Awareness Program on Uncultivated Food and Traditional Agriculture – Pachgol village, Patalkot, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh
Laxman and Gyansa Bharti On the 17th of April 2021 an awareness program on uncultivated food and traditional agricultural practices was conducted with the men, women and children of Pachgol village, Harrakachar Panchayat, Patalkot, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh. Participants included 18 men, 3 women and 2 children. Using Diversity fellows Laxman and Gyansa Bharti shared […]
Meeting with women members of Kareaam village’s Self Help Group (SHG) on malnutrition and importance of uncultivated food
Laxman and Gyansa Bharti On the 15th of April 2021 a meeting to raise awareness about malnutrition and the benefits of wild and uncultivated food, was conducted with Bhariya and Gond women SHG members of Kareaam village in Kareaam Rated Panchayat, Patalkot, Tamiya Block, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh. 18 women participated in the meeting. The […]
