Nutri-Gardening Initiative Promises Better Nutrition for Tribal Women Farmers
Nutri-Gardening Initiative Promises Better Nutrition for Tribal Women Farmers 18/02/2021 A glimpse of brinjal, tomatoes, green chillies, pumpkins and bottle gourd cultivated in a nutri-garden. Dry leaves and paddy straws are used as mulch to enrich moisture and increase soil fertility. Photo: Abhijit Mohanty Khunta, one of the remote blocks of North Odisha’s Mayurbhanj, is yet to overcome malnutrition. For years, rain-fed agriculture and collection of forest produce constituted a major source of livelihood for the tribal community here. However, with varying climatic conditions, ...
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