Water Wonders of the World: the mysterious Gabarbands
By Popi Michelogiannaki and Frank van Steenbergen Throughout western Sindh and Balochistan, gabarbands or long-stretched dams were constructed by ancient … Continued
By Ilja Keukenkamp; Meghna Mukherjee Let’s meet Tinku Karjee- a resident of the Kumarpara village, who has been working as a forest guide for the past 10 years. The Kumarpara region in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal is surrounded by protected forest area and is known for its beauty, serenity and calmness. As a result, it has become a major tourist attraction. Tinku Karjee saw this as an opportunity and took training as a forest guide. In the training, “I learned a lot about the region and its flora and fauna”. During his work as a forest guide, he met a PhD candidate from Germany who had come to the Kumarpara region to study butterflies in the forest. Tinku became his personal guide for the study, and through him, got passionate and gained knowledge about butterflies and birds. Even after the student left, Tinku continued his work to protect butterflies and has dedicated his life to the well-being of the insect/butterfly population… Continued
By Popi Michelogiannaki and Frank van Steenbergen Throughout western Sindh and Balochistan, gabarbands or long-stretched dams were constructed by ancient … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen On Mount Eliyah a little east of the Jordan River there is a well atop the … Continued
By Popi Michelogiannaki, Frank van Steenbergen, and Mohammed Umar Karim Water can be retained for a longer period in higher … Continued
By Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta), Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), and Niels Lenderink (Rain) Microclimates are the … Continued
By Frank van Steenbergen (MetaMeta) and Saheb Bhattacharya (PRADAN) First, a story with a traveler. One evening a traveler arrives … Continued
By Satyabrata Acharyya (PRADAN) This blog is to describe an initiative to promote a new land use for vast chunks … Continued
By Himadri Das & Satyabrata Acharyya Regenerative Agriculture (RA) … Continued
By Anushree Mitra (MetaMeta Research), Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research), Poulomi (PRADAN) Meet Shobha … Continued
By Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), Marijn van der Meer (MetaMeta), & Femke van Woesik (MetaMeta) Common pool resources, popularly known as … Continued
By Shubham Jain (MetaMeta), Laxmi Sharma (FES), Jyoti Mishra (RAIN) Social and ecological systems are interconnected. Private resources and livelihoods … Continued
By Arpan Mondal (MetaMeta) There is a natural need for farmers to learn from each other which cropping patterns, cultivars, … Continued
By Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research) and Vinitika Lal (PRADAN) Mental Models, the basis of reasoning and decision making, is a … Continued
By Vinitika Lal (PRADAN), Arpan Mondal (MetaMeta Research), Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta Research), and Iqra Khan (PRADAN) Meet Bimla Kujur. Bimla … Continued
By Meghna Mukherjee (MetaMeta), Ishan Agarwal (FES), Saheb Bhattacharya (PRADAN) … Continued
By Enabel – Belgian Development Agency Rural communities’ access to schools, hospitals, markets and jobs depends on dangerous river crossings. … Continued
Frank van Steenbergen, Popi Michelogiannaki and Mohammed Umar Karim Drainage: roads disrupt Floods are not only about excessive rainfall: they … Continued
Frank van Steenbergen, Popi Michelogiannaki and Mohammed Umar Karim … Continued
By Meghna Mukherjee A green transition is underway in the Indian agricultural system…Policymakers and practitioners have been promoting different approaches … Continued
By Jan Nederstigt In arid zones of Africa, smallholder farmers increasingly face problems with cultivation of rainfed staple crops. Irregular … Continued
By Mohammed Salah, Allah Bakhsh, Amjad Rasheed and Frank van Steenbergen What used to be a field is gone now. … Continued