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Enhancing Rural Resilience through Appropriate Development Actions (ERADA)

Nearly 250 million people in India live in and around forests. The state of Jharkhand in eastern India is home to above 7 million people from indigenous and tribal communities such as the Birhor, Korwa, Santhal, Munda (in Hindi language) among others. Many of these families depend on forests...

A Film on Sustainable Turmeric Farming ā€“ Erodeā€™s Indian Saffron

Harvesting Hope: Sustainable Turmeric Farming | Ā©GIZIndia India is the largest producer and exporter of spices in the world, and Turmeric, also known as the Indian Saffron, forms a major spice crop for smallholder spice farmers producing 85% of these spices. The overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has affected...

CAP on and onward! The ASEAN-German Climate Action Programme (CAP) Has Commenced

Commencing the project, ASEAN Member States and Germany held an inception workshop and the first Project Steering Committee meeting of ASEAN - German Climate Action Programme (CAP). This event was organised by Deutsche Gesellschaft fĆ¼r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in coordination with ASEAN Secretariat. This project marks the first...

GIZ Contribution to the Formulation of NBSAP in Indonesia

Mathias Bertram and Sylvia Wicander from BioFrame project from Germany provided deep-dive sessions on GBF key target indicators for a better understanding that will help the ongoing IBSAP formulation Being one of the most mega-diverse countries, Indonesia has been active in managing its biodiversity over the past 30 years....

Community-Based Fish Refuge Management Approachā€‹

Community-based fish refuge management approach: the reviving productivity of rice field fisheries systems for improving local food accessibility and supplemental household incomes Small-scale sustainable fisheries management Fish is a significant part of the Cambodian diet. The per capita fish consumption is 52.4 kg. Unfortunately, the natural stock continues to be threatened...

Community Nutrition Gardens ā€“ An approach towards Agroecological Transformation for Sustainable Food System

The multi-sectoral journey started with piloting twenty CNGs in two districts (Chhatarpur and Sheopur) of Madhya Pradesh since 2019. Under State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM)1 structure of the stateā€™s Panchayat and Rural Development department, the CNGs engage landless women from vulnerable communities who are organized in groups called self-help...

Harvesting Health: Unlocking the Potential of Small Indigenous Fish Species for propelling Nutrition-Sensitive Aquaculture in India

Introduction: Small indigenous fish species (SIS) have long been overlooked in mainstream aquaculture, which tends to focus on larger species like carps. However, SIS play a vital role in aquatic food production systems, originating from freshwater environments and offering remarkable nutritional benefits. Renowned as natural 'superfoods,' these diminutive species are...

How does Land Use Planning contribute to sustainable rural development?

Landscape in Sayabuli, photo by GIZ/Bart Verweij LetĀ“s have a look at the example of Laos. A new case study of the country module of the Global Project Responsible Land Policy in Laos elaborates on how land use planning and agricultural management at village level can have positive impacts on...