Family plot

Timely practices of mulching, watering and pruning have allowed the Kachares to thrive on "barren" ground

Too little of a good thing

The increasing demand for organic food is causing shortages and adulteration

Rich and well-connected

Online land records good tool for land-grabbing

Village democracy, Mendha style

A nondescript Maria Gond village in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, can offer a lesson to urbanites on how to run a functioning democracy.

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.

The grapes of growth

After setting the trend of grape cultivation in Sangli district, Ganapathyrao Mhetre is all set to introduce organic farming techniques

Solutions forever

Dharamitra, a Wardha-based organisation, has been working on many projects and, with active participation of the local people, is ensuring a …

Reviving rustic remedies

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

The spirit of water

Mahadapur goes green the 'group irrigation management' way

Gandhian scheme provides rural health care

A seWhelp programme provides the poorest villagers in the area surrounding Mahoin Gandhi's Sevagrom ashrom with access to quality medical care.

Pouring prosperity

The micro-watershed development project in Maharashtra has put a stop to what was earlier an annual ritual of deserting the drought-prone …

Foreclosure of a Dream?

The Adarsh Gaon Yojana was set up to empower some 300 villages in Maharashtra. After eight long years, it is yet to show results. The people …

Beyond its curricula

A school for the hearing impaired sets an example in using alternate energy

A government in denial

Cannot wish ecological poverty away

Tang Pangs

The juice runs out of Nagpur's orange orchards

Parenting new-age untouchables

Wild and spicy

Toilet talk

A Vidarbha village innovates toilets where women chat freely

Divided colours of Maharashtra irrigation scam papers

Truth behind irrigation mess yet to unravel

Hoarding the rain

Check dams have marked a watershed in the chronically parched village of Hivare in Maharashtra

Cloudy days for solar cooker

Subsidy amounts and sales figures may not always be indicators of commercial success. After a decade-old promotion campaign, only a few …

Five-star exploitation

Platter of joy

People in Mendha-Lekha village in Maharashtra fashion plates out of locally available leaves. avilash roul learns lessons in sustainable forest …

Listen to the scientist

Translocation as a way of dealing with leopard-human conflicts is completely wrong