‘When you empower women, you empower a nation’ As we approach the International Day of Rural Women on October 15, it is crucial to recognise the remarkable contributions of rural women to the socio-economic fabric of our world. These women are at the forefront of food production, natural resource management …
Few places on Earth exemplify better than the region of Bundelkhand in Central India the adage of ‘resource curse’. Despite its enormous endowment of resource wealth – its rich deposits of minerals (including the only operating diamond mine in India) and dense forests, diverse fauna and flora; its unique history …
Land degradation in Bundelkhand Desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) gained attention at the Rio conference in 1992 along with climate change and biodiversity loss. Emerging from the concern that ecosystems were becoming degraded, affecting livelihoods, reducing resilience to climate shifts, actions for sustainable land management gained momentum. It is …