News & Updates

• • July 31, 2015

  • Horses of the Deccan

  • While people talk about the Bhimtadi, the steed of the Maratha warriors which today is almost extinct, there is another breed of horse found in the Deccan plateau far less spoken about and far less visible. The sturdy horse of the Dhangar women. This breed of horse has traditionally been used as a pack animal … Continue reading “Horses of the Deccan”

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• • April 28, 2015

  • Book release: Valuing Variability

  • Valuing Variability: New perspectives on climate resilient drylands development A new book published by IIED in partnership with the Rainfed Livestock Network and Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture Network in India, Peking University, China and the Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiative, Kenya. This book was officially released at Nairobi, Kenya on 28th April 2015 to coincide … Continue reading “Book release: Valuing Variability”

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• • April 14, 2015

  • New publication

  • Towards resilience of the livestock sector.

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• • March 31, 2015

  • Important Update

  • The office of Anthra@Hyderabad will close with effect from April 2015. Publications in Telugu produced by Anthra as also some English publications will be available at the office of Yakshi which is located at B228/229 Sainik Puri Secunderabad, Telangana. Dr. Sagari Ramdas is contactable at foodsovereigntyalliance@gmail.com

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• • January 1, 2015

  • New Year Greetings

  • According to the Chinese calendar 2015 is the year of the Wood Goat and some sources even say it’s the year of the Sheep and Goat. It’s perfect for us at Anthra Wish all of you a avery Happy new year !!

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• • December 24, 2014

  • Biodiversity on a train

  • As a part of our work on “education for children from mobile pastoral backgrounds

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• • September 17, 2014

  • Nature without Borders

  • Black Sheep and Grey Wolves a chapter on Pastoralism in the Deccan features in the newly released book “Nature without Borders” ed by Mahesh Rangarajan, M.D. Madhusudan and Ghazala Shahbuddin. This chapter has been authored by Nitya Ghotge and Sagari Ramdas.

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• • April 14, 2014

  • Milk free of chemicals

  • On April 14 and 15 an international meeting will be held at I-AIM in Bangalore, as a joint initiative between 4 organizations: Dutch Farm Experience, I-AIM, TANUVAS and ANTHRA. During this 2-day exchange program will be sharing experiences from India as well as the Netherlands in the field of sustainable dairy production. The topic of … Continue reading “Milk free of chemicals”

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• • March 18, 2014

  • A visitor from Uganda

  • We were very happy to have Elizabeth Katushabe Project Coordinator PENHA Uganda visit us in March. Elizabeth has led a research study on the Ankole long horn cattle of Uganda and works with women from pastoral communities in Uganda. Elizabeth was on the last leg of her journey in India which took her to Rajasthan, … Continue reading “A visitor from Uganda”

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• • December 28, 2013

  • 4th Food Sovereignty Summit 2013

  • The Annual Food Sovereignty Summit 2013 brings together over 300 adivasi, dalit, pastoralist and small peasant communities from different parts of the state, will be held in Girijana Deepika Resource Centre, Addateegala, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Contact anthra.hyd@gmail.com for further details. The 3 day summit will commence on 28th December and will go on … Continue reading “4th Food Sovereignty Summit 2013”

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