Earth Focus in News
Photo essay: What stands in the way of India’s millet revolution?
https://idronline.org/article/agriculture/photo-essay-what-stands-in-the-way-of-indias-millet-revolution/ Despite strong policy signals, millet farmers lack the necessary infrastructure and support to address the challenges faced in harvesting, processing, and storing the grains. India spearheaded the United Nations’…
Millet tradition loses flavour among Madhya Pradesh’s tribals
https://india.mongabay.com/2024/03/millet-tradition-loses-flavour-among-madhya-pradeshs-tribals/?amp=1 In the expansive compound surrounding Sundi Bai Uike’s hut made from a mixture of clay and cow dung, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a row of…
Earth Focus Featured in Nayi Duniya
In a small tribal village of Gudma tucked deep inside the landscape surrounding the Kanha National Park, a new chapter of knowledge and empowerment began with the inauguration of a…
Blogs
EFF HOSTS NCCI’s 2nd Millet Roundtable on-site at Anandvan!
Edited by Prof. Ruth DeFries (NCCI) Earth Focus recently hosted the second Millet-focused roundtable, organized by the Network for Conserving Central India (NCCI), over 16th and 17th January 2024. The…
Butterflies in my Bedroom
Conversations with entomologist and education intern, Shikha Nain Kanha wears the monsoon beautifully. Everything seems to shimmer here – the stars, the fireflies, the mica-infused dirt. Shikha and I notice…
Cultivating in grow bags- small farmers can now reap big produce!
The Jawahar Model of Farming is an innovative and cost-effective method that has the potential to double the income of small farmers with reduced inputs. Farmers in central India are…
Learnings from COP27: Education as a tool of innovation for the climate change generation
Curricula can be infused with scientific and technical know-how alongside indigenous and local knowledge. The cross-cutting imperative should be to foster critical thinking instead of rote learning so that the…
Restoring Community-Ecosystem Relationships through Nature-Based Livelihoods
A Case Study of Vangrams in Kanha National Park. Introduction Between 1968 and 2010, thousands of Gond and Baiga tribal families residing in Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha National Park were moved…
Lac in deadly heat: the climate connection
Investigating lessons from a lac cultivation pilot in the Baiga village of Chichrangpur The lakshagriha (or “house of lac”) of the Mahabharata was a palace built from lac in the…
Features & Awards
Earth Focus featured in Traveler’s World Magazine
Empowering Indigenous Mothers:The ‘Mata Samiti’ Initiative Revolutionizing Education in Kanha LandscapeBy – Mohit Shukla and Prashant Parsai
Earth Focus Featured in 30stades
https://30stades.com/environment/earth-focus-foundation-empowering-kanha-national-parks-tribals-with-farming-education Earth Focus Foundation: Empowering Kanha National Park’s tribal communities with farming, education. Earth Focus Foundation is empowering Gond and Baiga tribal communities which were relocated to the buffer zone…
