When a household transitions back from conventional farming to natural farming, who participates, decides, and has access to such a transition? Do some members and households participate more in this transition than others?
A Ghumantu Gujjar Family with Flock at Shikari Devi Sanctuary 3000m asl . | Photo Credit: Gram Disha Trust “Bhains hai to Gujjar* hai!” (Gujjar exist only if the Buffalo exists) – a Ghumantu Gujjar It is five-thirty on a winter morning somewhere in the foothills of Himachal Pradesh. It’s still foggy, and the only
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Introduction As April sets in and afternoons get warmer day after day, a few families in the Shivalik Hills (southernmost Himalayan ranges) notice their buffalo herds getting restless. It is time; they must start packing up ration on horses and prepare for their departure. For the next four months, these families will walk together with
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