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A Toll-free Number Helps Villagers Live With Animals

Deepa Padmanaban

July 26, 2016 |

IndiaSpend |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Karnataka

By calling a toll-free number, villagers in India can receive help for filing claims after human-animal conflicts like an elephant stomping on their crops or a tiger killing cattle. The service, known as Wild Seve, operates in 284 villages where a field agent arrives to take photos of the damage and file documentation to the government so residents can receive compensation. Field agents have helped file claims for more than 3,000 incidents. The hope is that residents can receive compensation for their losses quickly and, hopefully, are less likely to harm the animals.

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How To Store Onion Without Storehouses? Teen Finds A Way Out

Siddharth Ranjan Das

May 23, 2016 |

NDTV (New Delhi TV) |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: India, Dedla

Indian farmers frequently struggle with cheap ways to store their produce. A new kind of low-cost onion storage facility, built by 19-year-old farmer Rohit Patel, may eventually come to the rescue of onion farmers across the country.

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Against the Grain

Erin Hampton

April 01, 2016 |

OR Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Female farmers are working to close Oregon's gender gap in the agriculture industry. Communities like the OSU farm networks provide a forum where these women can share experiences.

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Letting (Some of) India's Women Own Land

Tina Rosenberg

March 22, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Baripada, Odisha

Finally, the right to own land in their own name has begun to change the way thousands of very poor women farm and feed families in some parts of India.

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Another Giant Leap

Ndoni Khanyile

December 04, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: India, Sukhrali, Haryana

The rapid development of emerging economies across Asia and Africa is lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty - but there is much debate as to how to best structure this growth. If these economies evolve in the same way as in the West - with unchecked, excessive resource consumption and heavy pollution - the planet may be on the fast track to disaster. Earthrise explores how these nations can grow sustainably using improved, eco-conscious technologies like renewable energy and eco-friendly farming practices.

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Seaweed cultivation ushers waves of change in the Sundarbans

Oishanee Ghosh

November 25, 2015 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Jharkhali, West Bengal

Algaculture offers a sustainable and empowering alternative to rice farming in coastal areas of India threatened by sea level rise. With the assistance of The Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research and the South Asian Forum for Environment, women engage in algae farming training workshops. Harvesting algae like a crop provides a vital source of additional income to women, who are often the caretakers of their family.

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How Female Farmers Can Help End Hunger and Malnutrition

Samantha Cowan

October 02, 2015 |

TakePart |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Burkina Faso

By supporting small-scale female farmers, Groundswell International, an NGO, is diversifying diets and combating food insecurity in countries in West Africa.

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The Changing Face of California Agriculture

Mark Bittman

September 30, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

Immigrants from Laos farming in California are using traditional knowledge and small-scale farming to make farming economically viable. While Hmong farmers face cultural challenges, they are looking to sustain and expand their businesses to new markets.

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4 Startups Revolutionizing How Food Is Produced in the U.S.

Chris Peak

September 24, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Salina, Kansas

University research in Kansas and California is providing technical solutions for small farmers to help them compete against large scale farms.

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How better seeds make Timor-Leste climate resilient

Karen Coates Jerry Redfern

September 12, 2015 |

SciDev.Net |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Timor-Leste

A Ministry of Agriculture project called "Seeds of Life" grants local farmers genetically-solidified seeds in order to fight food insecurity in the country. The farmers will produce the crops and sell them back to both the Ministry and the community, thus expanding access to quality food and stimulating the local economy. Since the program has started, maize production has increased 50%, rice production increased 25%, and sweet potato production increased 65-130%.

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