Uncultivated Food and Traditional Seed Mela, Gaildubba Village, Patalkot, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh 28th January, 2019
Patalkot as the Sanskrit origin of its name suggests is a deep valley spread over 79 km2 located 78 km from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. This unique horse-shoe shaped valley is surrounded by hills with several pathways and recently developed roads to reach the 12 villages located within the valley. Patalkot’s villages are home to […]
Sahavbhat Program for Planting of Uncultivated Food Plants to celebrate International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples – 9th August 2018, Silpidi Village, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh
Naresh Biswas, Nirman The very existence and identity of the Baiga adivasis is integrally linked with their forests. Forests play a crucial role in ensuring food and nutritional security of the Baigas. They consume a variety of fruits, flowers, leaves, tubers, wild mushrooms and other uncultivated food from their forests and also use a variety […]