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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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  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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  Home gardens and fishponds for nourishment and empowerment

  MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014

  This story of change is about the impact of the Alleviation of Poverty and Malnutrition project led by the Swaminathan Research Foundation. The project aims to enhance food and nutrition security, and the income of marginal, small and landless tribal communities in agro-biodiversity hotspots in India. Key messages from this brief include:
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  Operationalizing the concept of farming system for nutrition through the promotion of nutrition-sensitive agriculture

  Current Science, 2014

  Despite impressive gains in agricultural production and greater availability of food many people in India suffer from undernutrition. Improvements in agricultural production that lead to greater access to nutritious food could help combat undernutrition.
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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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  Water resources, agriculture, and drought. Understanding the context of drought in Marathwada

  Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2014

  Policy brief no. 1 from the Indo-Norwegian research collaboration on climate change adaptation: Extreme Risks, Vulnerabilities and Community-Based Adptation in India (EVA): a pilot study.
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  El Niño and Indian droughts - a scoping exercise

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2014

  This paper is based on predictions of a strong El Niño in 2014 which it is feared will lead to droughts in India. The paper argues that as El Niño may hit in the second half of Indian monsoon season in 2014, favourable water reservoir levels, and high stocks of grains with the government, may offer some relief to the farmers and the consumers at present.
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  Towards resilient agriculture in a changing climate scenario – building response capacity of small-holder producers

  Watershed Organisation Trust, 2013

  This position paper aims to capture the ground realities of smallholder farmers in rainfed Maharashra, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, India. It presents WOTR’s approach towards climate-resilient agriculture. The paper also suggests recommendations for policy that it argues would increase the response capacity of farmers.
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  Invisible helpers - women's views on the contributions of working donkeys, horses and mules to their lives

  2014

  In 2011 there were an estimated 112 million working equine animals in the world, with 43 million donkeys, 11 million mules, and 58 million horses. The large majority of these animals live in developing countries and provide daily support to hundreds of millions of poor households by doing a wide range of work in both urban and rural areas.
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  Food, water, and energy security in South Asia: a nexus perspective from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

  Science Direct, 2014

  With limited land resources, inadequate energy supply, and growing water stress, South Asia faces the challenge of providing enough water and energy to grow enough food for the burgeoning population.

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