Fishing cooperative 'dies' of too much prosperity

So successful was the Siandi experiment in cooperative fishing and prawn culture, vested interests just would not allow it to continue

A step towards health rights for women

Saheli, a Delhi-based women's organisation, has, for some time, been fighting against long-acting female contraceptives like Net-oen and Norplant-…

Contacts with young minds

Schoolchildren in Uttar Pradesh delighted themselves collecting leaves and plants for a unique biodiversity competition

Chemical-free abundance

After years of killing his fields with pesticides and fertilisers, a sapota grower rediscovered cultivation without chemicals

Villagers unite to conserve resources

The Academy of Development Sciences has brought tribals in the Konkan region of Maharashtra together to make efficient use of scarce resources.

Brotherhood of greens

The desolation around Udaipur in Rajasthan is giving way to vegetation through the efforts of cooperative societies

Green salute

Scientists at Maida's polytechnic college are r6versing the trend of rural upliftment through urban-basgd planning

Sea change in the forest

Tribals in Orissa's Eastern Ghats range are giving up shifting cultivation and fiercely protecting their forests

Washed, clean and green

The Vankars of Gujarat have reclaimed saline wastelands in Gujarat after 9 years of bloody struggle

Ethnic bonding

Neglected Nilgiri tribes gathered together to celebrate their ethnic identity and work towards community development

Pickled power

Hill women, long deprived of any economic rights, have found their independent, confident voice in activities spurred by a welfare group

In the nick of time

The rediscovery of a traditional system of water management that involves the construction of embankments to harness rainwater, has revived …

Nets but no strings

An informal banking scheme designed to assist the fisherwomen of Kerala has gained momentum within its short period of operation

Seeds of progress

An NGO in Karnataka is endeavouring to make poor farmers self-reliant in managing and sustaining land development projects in Kolar district

A learning experience

NGOs in Bangladesh have made non-formal education a trailblazing success story by employing ingenious teaching methods tailored to the needs of …

The Seed Supremo

The Beej Bachao Andolan boasts of a collection of native seed varieties that could put any genebank to shame

Tribal turmoil

Upbeat about the restoration of ownership rights, Gadchiroli tribals march towards self-governance

City cycling

With the introduction of bicycles for public use, Luud Schimmelpenninck hopes to make Amsterdam a "car-free" city

Solar lighting systems successful in Rajasthan

Vote for the environment

Reviving rustic remedies

Ayurveda gets a shot in the arm in this unique NGO experiment

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When participation holds sway

Gouditikra in Orissa provides a model of how community participation can transform a village

"No" to sweet poison

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