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Collective efforts to combat challenges faced by the ultra-poor in Jharkhand, India

By Iqra Khan, Arpan Mondal Despite innumerable interventions by the state and civil society, the shadow of paradox lingers on … Continued

Nurturing Change: An Indian Farmer’s Path to Village Transformation

By Pratik Ranjan Meet Manoj Murmu, a resident of Beldiha village in the Godda district of Jharkhand, India. He shares … Continued

Enter, immerse, and re-emerge.

By Frank van Steenbergen In the Safran Mor Hananyo Monastery just outside Mardin in Tur Abdin (Southeast Turkey) – first … Continued

Restoration and Enhanced Governance of Commons through Community-Based Adaptive Management of Invasive Species

By Dhwani Lalai, Shivangi Anand, Ishan Agarwal, Chetan Agarwal, Manohar Pawar, Nishtha Relan (Foundation for Ecological Security) Over the past … Continued

The Fast-Food Hero

By Frank van Steenbergen Imagine the global hero of our time – the wizard at the ball, the brilliant dribbler, … Continued

The Interplay Between Commons and Natural Farming

Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) team The Gond and other Indian tribes residing in villages initially followed traditional farming practices. … Continued

Baluchistan running dry

By Frank van Steenbergen and Karim Nawaz Postcard from Qila Abdulllah but it is with sad news. Qila Abdullah is … Continued

Seed Balls: An Innovative Afforestation Technique

By Raju Maity (PRADAN) दारे बाबुन बाग बोयहा…दारे देबुन बएचवा …दारे रेगी बोयहा जोतो मीनाक…. Meaning we won’t cut the … Continued

Flood resilience: converting opportunity at the fringes.

Karim Nawaz and Frank van Steenbergen The Kachhi plains in Baluchistan, Pakistan, are flooded seasonally by numerous ephemeral rivers. These … Continued

Easy ways out of Egypt’s water crisis?

Ashraf Ghanem and Frank van Steenbergen It is an enormous paradox: on the one hand water shortage, on the other … Continued

How to integrate Ecologically-Based Rodent Management (EBRM) with organic farming?

Authors: Luwieke Bosma, Yuka Nabae and Marina Vara Rodents, mainly rats and mice, have always caused damage to agricultural products … Continued

From the Harran Plain: the cradle of agriculture

By Frank van Steenbergen This is the Harran Plain, with a biblical name unchanged in 4000 years. This is the … Continued

Seeds of Innovation: How the Organic Vegetable Seedling Production Unit Transformed Gumla’s Agriculture

By Meraj Uddin (PRADAN) In the heart of Jharkhand, India, nestled amidst the lush greenery and fertile land, lay the … Continued

How can Ecologically-Based Rodent Management support biodiversity?

Interested in this topic? Join our webinar on the occasion of the International Day of Biodiversity on 22 May 2024. … Continued

Sundarpalan’s Super Compost Success

By Vijay Kumar (PRADAN) Shikaripara is one of the poorest blocks of the Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand, India, where … Continued

The Edessa Catchment of Spirituality

By Frank van Steenbergen Close to the old center of Urfa, at one time Edessa, and just above it there … Continued

Comprehensive Homestead Model

by Irfan Ahmad The community members of Kumharra Village, India, successfully established a ‘Comprehensive Homestead Model,’ which celebrates the concepts … Continued

The Patience of Job

By Frank van Steenbergen In the Eyyüb Peygamber Caddesi neighborhood of Urfa in Southeastern Anatolia, there is a place of … Continued

Promoting Biodiversity through Agroforestry

By Yuka Nabae Land use changes, including deforestation and land degradation can disrupt habitats, providing an advantage to species that … Continued

Embracing the potential of silvopasture for balancing livestock and biodiversity in Ethiopia

By Yuka Nabae Livestock production continues to result in large-scale deforestation in many areas. In fact, the conversion of forest … Continued

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