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Merino sheep breeding helps maintaining a healthy stock and boosts wool and meat production (Photo by Athar Parvaiz)

Sheepherders conserve quality Kashmir Merino stock

A brass smith beats into shape a traditional brass pot that is no longer in demand (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Bengal’s brass workers labor to sustain tradition

Revival of handloom has provided traditional weavers like Jaishree Habubhai of Adhoi village better livelihood (Photo by Ashish Kothari)

Traditional handloom weaves a comeback in Kachchh

Kurubur Shantakumar, flanked by his farmer friends in a field of chia, the crop that has brought them good financial benefits (Photo by Hiren Kumar Bose)

Chia seeds earn bumper incomes for Mysuru farmers

Overcoming odds, women sought help under bank linkage program and took to turkey rearing as a viable livelihood (Photo by Dhruba Das Gupta)

Bengal women find viable livelihood in turkey

Manjula Amma's field next to Laxmisagar tank, where Bengaluru’s treated wastewater is stored, has sufficient water for irrigation (Photo by Nidhi Jamwal)

Drought-hit farmers grow crops with treated wastewater

Mula is the principal wage-earner of the family. Her husband Mangu Lal is infirm (Photo by Puja Awasthi)

How poor breadwinners hit digital hurdle

Bera, a village of pastoralists, is one of the 29 villages to be relocated from Sariska Tiger Reserve area (Photo by Tarun Kanti Bose)

Sariska’s herders fear livelihood loss with eviction

Dasarathi Lahajar and the others from Kalahandi district, who migrated to Telangana for work, had to be rescued from bondage (Photo by Rakhi Ghosh)

Oriya bonded labor languish after being rescued

Alternate livelihoods help women like Sabitri Barman earn more and be less dependent on forest resources (Photo by Abdul Gani)

Manas villagers benefit from alternate livelihoods

The soap-making unit of the Khadi and Gramodyog Sahakari Uttpadak Sangha in Hudali is known for its nominally priced Kutir soap made of anti-bacterial neem oil (Photo by Amoolya Rajappa)

Hudali keeps khadi cooperative flag flying

Most smallholder and marginal farmers in Bihar cannot afford the additional cost of irrigating their fields (Photo by Santosh Singh)

Declining rainfall places farming at risk in Bihar

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