News & Updates

• • December 30, 2020

  • Ashwini joins the team

  • We are pleased to welcome Ashwini Labde  to our team  working on Women in Pastoral Societies.  Ashwini holds  two  Masters degrees  . The latest  a Master’s degree in Dalit and Tribal Studies and Action from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Her Master’s thesis was based on Women Construction labourers in Navi Mumbai. She also … Continue reading “Ashwini joins the team”

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• • October 1, 2020

  • Fellowship Announcement

  • Fellowship Announcement  Anthra  is pleased to announce a fellowship for research on “Women in Pastoral Societies”  The body of research and scholarship on pastoral systems is increasing but there is very little academic scholarship on  pastoral women, their  knowledge  related to livestock , land, natural resources, health and nutrition. There is even  less  documented on … Continue reading “Fellowship Announcement”

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• • October 1, 2020

  • GASL Regional MSP held online

  • The regional meeting of the GASL Multi stake holder partnership was held online on the 9th and 10th of September 2020. Anthra along with LIFE Network coordinated the online discussion which saw over 30 participants from several countries . 

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• • August 5, 2020

  • In Pursuit of dreams

  • Somnath Dadas first came in touch with Anthra in 2009 when the team would visit his village Kothale to meet the shepherds of the village. Somnath’s journey from the village of Kothale to the Tata Institute of Social Sciences is a long one where he pursued his Masters , a rare achievement for a Dhangar … Continue reading “In Pursuit of dreams”

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• • July 26, 2020

  • Is intensive livestock production responsible for emerging infectious diseases

  • ‘One health’ as a concept and an approach where people from different disciplines work together to improve public health may be one of the solutions for supporting and helping the livestock sector at this critical stage. It is high time we recognise the connection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment.

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• • May 30, 2020

  • Did African Swine Fever Come to India Because We Left the Door Open?

  • Did African Swine Fever Come to India Because We Left the Door Open?

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• • May 30, 2020

  • Dirty Pigs, Epidemics and a Contagion that Flows Down the River .

  • Dirty Pigs, Epidemics and a Contagion that Flows Down the River . A version of this article appears in https://science.thewire.in/health/african-swine-fever-pig-farming-industrial-piggeries-assam-arunachal-pradesh/  Nitya S. Ghotge, Sumi Krishna, Mamta Dhawan and Chandana C. Baruah The year 2020 will go down as the “Year of Disasters” – a global pandemic, the collapse of health care systems, the plight of India’s … Continue reading “Dirty Pigs, Epidemics and a Contagion that Flows Down the River .”

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• • April 3, 2020

  • Difficult times for Livestock farmers

  • The Covid 19 has proven to be difficult for livestock farmers   https://www.outlookhindi.com/view/general/livestock-farmers-badly-hit-by-cororavirus-47156     

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• • January 7, 2020

  • New Movie

  • A new movie  is  available online . Natural ways to manage bloat in livestock  https://www.accessagriculture.org/natural-ways-manage-bloat-livestock

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• • May 3, 2019

  • 2019 Summer Interns at Anthra

  • This summer  we are happy to welcome a large number of interns and volunteers to support our work .  At present we have Stanislas Garnier from ISTOM, France who is studying the changing perceptions and patterns of selection of sheep by Dhangar shepherds of Maharashtra. Sneha Gawai from Tata Institute of Social Sciences ,Tuljapur who … Continue reading “2019 Summer Interns at Anthra”

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