Category: South Asia

Kerala, India – Women in the Fishery Sector are afflicted by many challenges like unhygienic market conditions, apathy towards the sector in general and women in particular, cut-throat competition, and inability to keep their produce dry and fresh, etc. SEWA-Kerala has been lobbying on their behalf with government authorities and thanks to their relentless efforts, […]
The Ritu Mausami Krishi Farm increased its vegetables production for about 20% and solved the problems of crop diseases, weather forecast, and market prices through the use of IFAKrishi android-based mobile application. The farm is run by a group of farmers and led by woman farmer Tika Bastola. The group established the farm at Dhaphakhel […]
2. Right to Food & Food Sovereignty Bill Through the concentrated efforts put by National Peasants’ Coalition led by ANPFa, after a long political struggle, series of dialogues with the government and nationwide campaigns made it possible to ensure right to food sovereignty. As a result, Nepal ratified demands of farmers’ for ensuring that every […]