About the Guest:

Vivekanandan is the founder of SEVA - Sustainable-agriculture and Environmental Voluntary Action (SEVA), an organisation founded in 1992 with a focus on finding and researching rural people’s traditional knowledge systems and innovations. SEVA emphasizes on the preservation of indigenous agricultural practices, conservation of local livestock breeds and documentation and dissemination of indigenous knowledge and grassroots innovations.

In today’s episode, Vivekanandan walks us through the work at SEVA, initiatives such as the Breed Saviour Awards, and the socio-cultural and economic implications of livestock rearing on indigenous pastoralist groups.

This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg. Amiya is interested in the intersection of food, identity and social justice, and has previously worked with grassroots NGOs and served as an AIF Clinton Fellow.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

About the Guest:

Dr Nitya Ghotge is a veterinarian and one of the founders of Anthra and presently its Director. Her work includes research, training and policy advocacy on different aspects of livestock development especially on systems of health care as well as planning for gender-sensitive and sustainable ways of farming and livestock rearing. A special focus for her now is pastoral and nomadic communities and the animals they rear.

In today’s episode, Dr Nitya sheds light on sustainable livestock rearing, women pastoralists and the uses of ethno-veterinary practices, as we attempt to reimagine India’s livestock sector with indigenous pastoralists at the centre of the narrative.

This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg. Amiya is interested in the intersection of food, identity and social justice, and has previously worked with grassroots NGOs and served as an AIF Clinton Fellow.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.

About the Guest:

Sibabrata Choudhury is the CEO of Living Farms Odisha, an organisation that works with the community to protect indigenous culture, forest, land, agriculture, food, and life practices. Under the leadership of the late Debjeet Sarangi, Living Farms initiated impactful interventions including community kitchen gardens, preservation of indigenous seed varieties and uncultivated forest foods.

In today’s episode, Sibabrata talks about the work at Living Farms, as we discuss the potential of indigenous farming methods in the face of increasingly commercialised ‘modern’ farming practices.

This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg. Amiya is interested in the intersection of food, identity and social justice, and has previously worked with grassroots NGOs and served as an AIF Clinton Fellow.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.