Environmental activist Ms Jupta Itoewaki explains why Indigenous peoples are best positioned to lead the world's efforts to preserve nature and maintain a habitable planet and reminds us of their outsized importance in charting a sustainable future.

Co-coverage of health and nutrition interventions is far from optimal and disproportionately affects poor households in south Asia. Policy and programming efforts should pay attention to closing coverage, equity and opportunity gaps, and improving nutrition delivery through health-care and other delivery platforms.

The paper uniquely assess the extent of job turnovers for urban workers and falling into unemployment at high frequency based on TOE. Analysis of urban panel after accounting for unobserved worker level factors captures the extent of fall in income due to job switching and loss of employment. Results indicate significant potential for poverty if worker is not socially protected, engaged in distress entrepreneurship or as casual labor.

Antibiotic associated diarrhoea (AAD) is caused mostly by disruption of the physiological gut microflora. One potential strategy to prevent this is the concurrent use of probiotic bacteria or yeast.

International labour standards, including the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) provide an important framework for advancing a just transition. They are key for designing inclusive and gender-transformative policies for decent work and building institutions for indigenous peoples’ participation in climate policy making.

The present work is an attempt to assemble information related to various plants and practices being used as traditional medicine for treating animal bites by the tribes of India. The review was undertaken by categorizing research articles focusing on tribes residing in different geographical zones of India (seven zones for the current purpose) and their treatment pattern involving usage of plants for various types of animal bites.

Paddy is one of the most important crops in shifting agriculture in North-East India where rice is the staple food. The rich collection of traditional paddy seeds enables farmers to cultivate paddy across a range of soil and climatic conditions as fields shift from one place to another.

Poultry waste is rich in nitrogen and other nutrients, and is good food for beneficial microbes in the soil. Mix it with decomposed cow dung and carbon-rich materials. To speed up decomposition, sp...

IFAD has updated its policy on engagement with Indigenous Peoples to work with them as equal partners, focusing on co-creating strategies and investments based on Indigenous perspectives, with the Indigenous Peoples' Forum serving as the primary engagement platform and the Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility supporting community-level initiatives alongside IFAD's financial investments

We demonstrate how to make and use a fermented fertilizer known as fish hydrolysate. This fertilizer is rich in microbes that promotes soil fertility and plant health and can boost crop yields. It is easy to make from widely available low-cost ingredients.