Maharastra WOTR Group visited to BIRDS on 4th and 5th of April 2013 |
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On 4th and 5th of April 2013, A Team of 30 farmers from Ahmadnagar and Aurnagabad districts along with senior staff of WOTR (Watershed Organisation Trust) Pune, represented by Mr.Eshwer Kale, Mr.Thomas Palghamat and Mr.Yogesh shirde. Have visited BIRDS (NGO) Rakakrisgnapuram, and Chenneru HU learned on PHM-Participatory Hydrological Monitoring Concept, FWS-Farmer Water School and CWB-Crop Water Budget concept and it usage, they have also discussed with farmers on Climate variability and usage of PHM data and weather data. |
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Trip Report: UPWSRP Team Visit to BIRDS--18/20th March 2013 |
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Mr. C. Konda Reddy assisted Mr. V. Paul Raja Rao, Executive Director, BIRDS in organizing a three-day exposure trip to officials from the Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project (UPWSRP) to the APFAMGS project on 18th – 20th March 2013. Dr. KAS Mani and Mr. C. Konda Reddy were the main presenters.
The workshop was designed to share key concepts and provide ample opportunities for participants to interact with individual farmers and farmer institutions. Presentations were restricted to the forenoon session and in the post-lunch sessions participants interacted with APFAMGS farmers. Here's the report....
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BIRDS SPACC Meeting on Farmers' adaptation on Climate Change--14th,Mar.,2013 |
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BIRDS SPACC project held a meeting in a Nakkaladinne village in Allagadda on 14th, Mar., 2013, the aim of this meeting is to share the experiences on using the traditional seed to grow the groundnuts and the traditional method to prevent the pests, as a method to cope with climate change.
BIRDS director Mr.Paul, three officials from the agriculture department and more than 100 farmers from eighteen different villages attended this meeting, read more....
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Hanna Blaney, an volunteer from USA, did research on life situation of Indian widows |
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An volunteer, Hanna Blaney, did research on the life situation of Indian widows in 2012, and formed a new project of BIRDS. Here's her response:
My name is Hanna Blaney and I am recent college graduate from Portland, OR. I recently completed a research project on widows with the assistance of BIRDS. In my project, I visited rural villages and interviewed one-hundred-and-eleven widows ranging in age from nineteen to eighty-nine years old.
I became interested in women in India after taking a college course on South Asian Religions. From this course, I gained an academic view of the historical place of women in India as seen through literature. In my research, I gained a more realistic view of the lives of women (particularly widows, the most neglected group) in present day rural India. Read more....
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| International volunteer,Ibu, from Hao-Ran Foundation comes to BIRDS for 10 months social work |
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| Senior Journalist from The Economist Magazine, London had visited BIRDS-APFAMGS Project--May,2010 |
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National & International Trained Officers & Engineers on the concept of DSGM training at BIRDS International Learning Centre in Muthyalapadu--28-31 Jan, 2010 |
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The Honorable Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and 15 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) visited BIRDS-APFAMGS Project sites--13-14 Sep., 2009 |
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