Azolla feed leads to a 15-20% increase in milk production in dairy cows. Its production does not require huge investment and can be seen as a boon to the resource-poor tribal farmers who cannot afford expensive livestock and poultry feed.

Not gold or silver, it is the humble rice that is finding its way to the hearts of fashionable people. After trying out metal, paper, and flower jewellery, people of taste who like unconventional pieces of jewellery are getting fascinated by paddy jewellery.

Wheat stubble left in the wake of harvesting in May, for instance, is being transformed into consumer goods and artefacts by some women in Uttar Pradesh.

This unique initiative has incorporated the WFH [work-from-home] model for Lenovo volunteers monitoring the project. These volunteers can work from anywhere to support the project. They have developed an app and a database that allows farmers to make better decisions based on data. Importantly, this data helps in making decisions during both rain and sunshine.

New and traditional millet recipes to encourage farmers and end-consumers in Kanthalloor are also being compiled. The project is also creating bite-sized, easy-to-consume information nuggets around the key events, dates, and weather in the millet value chain

In collaboration with partners, Hatching Hope facilitates the connection of poultry farmers with essential resources for the success and sustainability of their businesses.

The benefits of decentralised midday meal kitchens, where noon meals are freshly cooked at the school premises, go far beyond the health benefits for students. These kitchens can be a game changer for rural women as I learnt from Manu Naik, a widow and a mother of two.

For centuries now, Kashmiri kangri tucked inside a phiran has helped people survive the biting cold winters of Kashmir. But kangri use is on a decline. A report from Okey, the kangri village of Kashmir.

Leftover cloth from tailoring is being put to good use by women in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh as they turn them into doormats and sell them for an extra income.

Financial support for housing and health under the Beedi Workers Welfare Organisation has not been coming in, complain beedi workers, who have a paltry earning and a hoard of health problems. A ground report.