India’s mango village with 102 varieties

Shree Padre, Kannapuram

EVEN in Kerala’s scorching summer, Chunda Kuruvakkavu, a hamlet in Kannapuram of Kannur district, is surprisingly cool. Huge mango trees ...

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Banana bank's rare varieties go commercial in Kerala

Shree Padre, Kasaragod

DURING the pandemic, Babu Parambath, a social activist, mulled growing something on his sister’s tiny 0.20 acres of land lying idle ...

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Go to Lakadong for the best turmeric in the world

Jyoti Pande Lavakare

FOR those who have grown up on a daily glass of doodh with haldi in it, turmeric’s rockstar international status as a healing herb ...

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Farm college in Goa finally gets the success it deserves

Derek Almeida, Panaji

In 2012, when Mangurish Pai Raiker began the arduous process of setting up Goa’s first agriculture community college, no one ...

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Doon's street children find a police parent

Rakesh Agrawal, Dehradun

Neha is a cheerful girl who studies in Class 3. She looks smart in her off-white checked uniform, answering questions ...

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'If Goa dies real estate projects won't survive'

Civil Society News, Candolim (Goa)

THE green and lovely state of Goa with its sandy beaches and forests might soon become a shadow of its ...

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Wild oranges return with Friends of Mangoes

Shree Padre, Kasaragod

TWO months ago, Natesh Konanakatte, a young graftsman from Sagara taluk, posted online that he had identified a wild orange tree ...

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Ganesh Babu's secret life in the wild

Civil Society News, New Delhi/Bengaluru

IT was a plant whose reputation preceded it. An aggressive woody climber, it was known to produce small white flowers ...

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Bamboosa Library finds a home

Civil Society News, New Delhi

WHAT does it take to keep a library going? A passion books for sure. But make no mistake, you can’t do ...

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