Daspalla: A massive fire is ripping through the forests under Daspalla forest range in Nayagarh district, even as awareness about dangers of shifting cultivation and collection of mahua flowers is ...

The feudal grip was loosened significantly in the countryside; the vetti system of forced labour came to an end; and tribal people were encouraged to take up podu (shift) cultivation. Gudavarthy said: ...

This includes shifting cultivation, typically undertaken by subsistence farmers, whereby forests are cleared for farming to meet the demands of a growing population. Global trade and weak governance ...

Of late, a few farmers of the Dighwara block have shifted to cultivation of flowers like marigold, cherry blossom and chrysanthemum, given its economic benefit. Earlier flower cultivation was ...

She was imprisoned for drawing political cartoons. But this week, after a year and a half of injust imprisonment in Iran, 29-year-old painter and activist Atena Farghadani walked free after her ...