Yen Bai, Vietnam – Dao Thinh commune is in the lowland of Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province, Vietnam. Previously, farmers in the area grew cassava and sticky rice in the forest. In 1992, the farmers in Dao Thinh started to grow cinnamon trees, which takes 7-10 years before harvesting. People eventually realized the other […]
Vientiane Province, Laos – As rice is the main crop in Laos, Lao farmers have a long history of growing rice using different techniques. In the lowland areas where farmers plant on paddy fields, the common technique is rice transplanting. Meanwhile, in the upland areas, farmers grow rice on the hills through direct-seeding, but since […]
Vientiane capital, Laos — Based on a study conducted by the Lao Farmer Network (LFN) on youth in agriculture, young farmers will continue tending to their family farms if they can make sufficient income from these. As a response, LFN has piloted initiatives to support the youth so they can make a better income from […]
Despite being educated only till Grade X, 48-year-old Partha Sarathi Mondal has immense practical experience in farming. He is always open to experimenting and practices research-oriented approaches to farming. This makes him opt for blending scientific and natural processes. He also encourages his fellow farmers to imbibe such practices. Because of this, his community refers […]
Forty-eight-year-old Bhanumoti Das lives with her husband Golok Das and their two sons. She hails from a very poor family and her husband was addicted to alcohol. It became increasingly difficult for Bhanumoti to live with her alcoholic husband who keeps wasting all their hard-earned money on liquor. Her sons had already separated, so with […]
Forty-eight-year-old Jamuna Das owns one bigha land at Monachitura Village in Birbhum. When her husband was alive, this land was just lying idle and not being used for cropping. After her husband’s demise in 2001, Jamuna joined IMSE Mahila Samiti. Her son and daughter were living with her then and it was challenging for her […]
We are deeply shocked to learn the news of the killings of two land rights defenders—Mr. Luis Arturo Marroquin on 10th of May 2018 and Mr. Jose Can Xol of CCDA on 11th of May 2018 in Guatemala. Mr. Marroquin, coordinator and regional leader of CODECA and defender of human rights in San Luis Jalapa, […]
Singur is popularly called the granary of West Bengal. This particular piece of land in Singur is highly fertile and is home to around 5,000 peasant families. Located in Hooghly district of West Bengal, Singur came into the limelight for its peasants’ movement in 2006. The government acquired 1,253 acres (500 hectares) of multi-cropping agricultural […]
