A slow and gradual transformation is unfolding in Yelachatti. This quiet village on the fringes of Bandipur National Park in the southern Indian state of Karnataka is where a few farmers are turning their parched and denuded farmlands into verdant fields. Yet, this is not an ‘…and-they-lived-happily-ever-after’ fairytale. This is an account of marginal farmers, […]
![Farmers plant saplings on their land in Yelachatti village. Four farmers are relying on permaculture principles to grow crops, fruits and fodder on their 12-acre plot.](https://blog.rainmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BlogPic-1-708x375.jpg)
Fallow to fertile land, one farm collective at a time
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