Background The Jasdan Peanut Oil Mini Mill is a women-led processing unit established by the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in the drought-prone, rain-fed region of Jasdan in Rajkot district in Gujarat, India. Around 60% of farmers in the area cultivate groundnut (peanut) during the Kharif season, while others grow cotton, fodder, and a few […]
Background The Kavitha Daal Mill is a rural agri-processing unit established under SEWA’s transformative Kheti Zumbesh campaign, which aims to turn farms into enterprises and women farmers into entrepreneurs. The mill was initiated by a collective of women farmers in Kavitha village who sought to add value to their local produce, primarily green gram, pigeon […]
The Asosiasi Penangkar Benih Kentang Pangalengan (Pangalengan Potato Seed Growers Association) and the Jaringan Masyarakat Tani Indonesia (JAMTANI) are engaged in the production of healthy potato seeds in Indonesia. It begins not in the soil, but in a laboratory, with tissue culture. Through careful and controlled techniques, disease-free plantlets are developed and nurtured into Generation-0 […]