English Dung to diyas — it’s a cakewalk for rural women in Uttar Pradesh About 150 rural women in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district have come together to earn livelihoods from using cow dung...
English Uttar Pradesh: Farmers in Barabanki switch to dragon fruit cultivation, reap profits Heat waves, cold waves, floods and droughts have played havoc with traditional farming in Uttar Pradesh. However, with the state...
English Deficient rainfall hits banana crop in Uttar Pradesh Three months of the southwest monsoon are already past and Uttar Pradesh has a rainfall deficit of minus 44%. This...
English They won’t just tie rakhis but also make them to support their livelihoods From having to depend on their brothers and husbands for the expenses incurred in enjoying festivities, about 9,000 women in...
English Rural women add spice to their livelihoods A year ago, a group of rural women in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, got together as a self-help group and started...
English Heatwaves hit menthol crop; oil production drops by almost 40% India is the leading producer of menthol oil and almost 80% of its production comes from Uttar Pradesh. However, as...
English Peppermint farmers in UP lose their cool as the rising heat brings more pests that threaten the cash crop India is the leading exporter of peppermint oil in the world, and Uttar Pradesh accounts for 85 per cent of...
English Trapped between the Ghaghara and its embankment, UP villagers face annual displacement and yearn for respite Every year, as many as 100,000 villagers in Barabanki relocate to temporary shelters when the Ghaghara river inundates their villages...
