Meeting of Using Diversity (Western Ghats) and Exposure visit to Joida Tuber Festival – 18th and 19th December 2018
18th December 2018 Introductory session Participants introduced themselves to all in the first session before the lunch. There were 28 participants in the meeting including the community members, project fellows and project advisors from the different project areas namely Pillur (Tamil Nadu), Nilambur and Mananthavady (Kerala), Periyapatna, Sirsi and Joida (Karnataka) and Sindhudurg (Maharashtra). Field […]
Seed fest and Traditional food festival, Pillur, 15 December 2018
Erula tribal community members from various hamlets of Pillurnadu region organized a Traditional Seed cum food festival at Sethumadai village in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu, on 15th December 2018. Mr. Robert Leo, Deputy director, Keystone Foundation, welcomed the guests and participants for the Program and made a speech on the rationale of organizing traditional […]
Traditional Badi Cultivation in the Pahari Korwa Village of Amanara
As I entered the Pahari Korwa village of Amanara in Raigarh District of Chhattisgarh, on a rainy afternoon in early September I witnessed that the monsoons had given the entire village a green make over. The plots adjoining the villagers’ habitation which had been rendered dry and barren only a few months ago by the […]
Traditional Food Festival at Nilambur – 15th August 2018
On 15th august 2018, tribal community members from various Oorukootams (village Grama Sabhas) in Nilambur area organized a traditional food festival at Nedunkayam hamlet, Karulai Grama Panchayat, of Malappuram District of Kerala. Villagers form the Kattunaicken, Muthuvan, Paniya and Cholanaicken communities representing 13 different villages attended and participated in this food festival. The main objectives […]
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 […]
Community seed sowing and seed distribution in Paharia villages of Sundar Pahari – 29th June 2018
The Paharias of Sundar Pahari still continue to follow their traditional agricultural practices on forested hill slopes of the region which involve: i. Jara cultivation – In August they clear the trees and shrubs in preparation for cultivation. Some valuable trees like Sal and Semul are left to be harvested later. The leaves of cut […]
Field visit to Birhor Project Area Villages Malda and Gudu Muda, Podi Block, Korba District, Chhattisgarh – 7th and 8th June 2018
Forest Trail in Chettah Pahari Forest neighbouring Malda village – 7th June 2018 Malda is small village located in Podi Block of Korba Distrit, Chhattisgarh. Malda is home to 15 Birhor households which includes the family of Tiharu Birhor the UD community fellow for the Birhor project area. Accompanied by Tiharu and fellow villager Dular […]
Field visit to Pahari Korwa Project villages Ganeshpur and Amanara – 31st May to 3rd June 2018
Traditional Seeds and Wild food display and Seed Distribution at Ganeshpur – 31st May 2018 With the monsoons and the cultivation season fast approaching the UD fellows covering the Pahari Korwa project area – Jaykumar Yadav and Bhawru Hansda, decided to commence the distribution of traditional seeds from the community seed bank established at Ganeshpur […]
Field Visit to Paharia Villages of Amrapara Block, Pakur District, Jharkhand – 22nd & 23rd May 2018
Depositing traditional seeds collected from Kukdur, Kabirdham District, Chhattisgarh to Community Seed Bank at Makhni Pahar Village, Amrapara Block, Pakur District, Jharkhand – 22nd May, 2018 The UD fellow for the Paharia project villages of Amarapara Block in Jharkhand, Kalidas Malto has established a community seed bank in Makhni Pahar his home villages. He has […]
Dharti Dongar Samaroh Annual Meeting of Using Diversity Network – India 2-4 May, 2018
The program commenced with a tradition Baiga dance with the baiga dancers from Dindori escorting the guests and participants into the auditorium to start the program. Rajeev Khedkar and two village elders from the Baiga and Pahari Korwa communities opened the event by lighting diyas on a ceremonial baiga diya holder. Naresh Biswas of Nirmaan […]