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    Report on the state of food insecurity in urban India

    MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2010
    A review of the global context in respect of food security shows that the slow growth rate of food production has led to a decline in per capita output of grain between the 1970s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, due in most part to the inability/unwillingness of governments to raise and spend required resources by way of public investment on rural and agricultural development.
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    Many lives of women farmers: empowering women farmers in Vidarbha

    MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2010
    Globally and nationally, the role of women in agriculture - including crop and animal husbandry, fisheries and forestry - is growing. In spite of the pivotal role played by women in natural resources conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce, the support systems for such women are very meager.
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    Reflections of women farmers: Programme for the empowerment of women farmers, Vidarbha (Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana)

    MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014
    Vidarbha, the hot spot of agrarian crisis, has an unenviable record of suicides by farmers in recent decades. The crisis has accentuated the vulnerability of women farmers in general, and the widows of the farmers who have committed suicide in particular.
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    Integrated agriculture enhances farm productivity and livelihoods in agro-biodiversity hotspots

    MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014
    India is home to incredible diversity in plant and animal species and is ranked among the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. Unfortunately, much of this diversity is being eroded at an alarming rate, largely due to habitat destruction and invasion by alien species. In the hilly regions of southern India, known
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    Improving livelihoods through conservation and education. A case study of the Swastha butterfly garden

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    In many parts of the developing world, those with physical or mental handicaps are often considered to be a burden on society, with limited to no remunerative activities available in the workforce. Activities such as butterfly farming, which require precision and attention to detail, are potentially relevant for disadvantaged groups as a source of livelihoods.
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    Promoting conservation in India by greening coffee

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    The Indian coffee sector is at an important transition point, increasingly stuck in the middle between quality and value segments of the market. A potential niche for India is in the development of eco-friendly (green) coffees, leveraging the natural environment and biodiversity present in many regions.
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    No longer tracking greenery in high altitudes: pastoral practices of Rupshu nomads and their implications for biodiversity conservation

    Pastoralism, 2013
    Nomadic pastoralism has thrived in Asia’s rangelands for several millennia by tracking seasonal changes in forage productivity and coping with a harsh climate. This pastoralist lifestyle, however, has come under intense transformations in recent decades due to socio-political and land use changes.
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    Women’s Social Security and Protection in India

    2013
    What are the real-life situations and challenges relating to Indian women’s social security and protection, and what can be done to improve them?
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    Self Help Group bank linkage: through the responsible finance lens

    Centre for Micro Finance, India, 2013
    The self-help group (SHG) program began as a women’s empowerment initiative in the 1980’s and added a significant component in 1992, when it linked a small number of SHGs with banks. The objective of this report is to review the group dynamics in terms of financial transactions, decision making, cohesiveness, transparency and acceptance towards technology and new policy.
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    The urban poor and their money: a study of cycle rickshaw pullers in Delhi

    Centre for Micro Finance, India, 2011
    Cycle rickshaw is an important mode of informal transport in metro cities and towns. The current study explores the financial behaviour of cycle rickshaw pullers in Delhi to assess their strategies and choices in saving, storing and remitting their money and the challenges and the constraints they faced in managing their money and livelihoods.

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