Tag: farming

Dam Built, Tribals Damned

 
/ November 19, 2010

Villagers displaced by the Mogra dam project have still not been rehabilitated five years later.

Microcredit Empowers Our CC

 
/ October 27, 2010

VV Community Correspondent  Rohini takes microloan, buys a computer to improve her livelihood through IndiaUnheard.

Gender Bias In Wages

 
/ October 15, 2010

Women farm workers in rural India labour hard, but are paid only half of what men are. This video captures the bias in Maharashtra state

It’s Mushroom TimeIn Solan!

 
/ September 21, 2010

Mushroom farming provides alternative livelihood to farmers in India’s Himachal Pradesh, helps bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.

Women MasterArt Of Farming

 
/ September 15, 2010

Women break into the mail domain of traditional farming, turn food growers in remote village of India’s Bihar state

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Women Suffer Anaemia

 
/ June 1, 2010

Despite being the city of apples, women in Himachal Pradesh suffer from Anaemia.

Laboring with Hand Tools Alone

 
/ May 10, 2010

In Nagaland’s Wokha district and elsewhere women still engage in back-breaking labor with nothing but manual tools to till the soil.