7. Forests and Horticulture
Several forested parts of BU are capable of providing sustainable forest based livelihood to a large number of villagers on the basis of the collection of a wide range of minor forest produce including anvla,…
6 .Water, Rivers
Bundelkhand has a very rich tradition of constructing tanks in a highly skilled way. Examples can be seen in Mahoba and Charkhari and numerous other places. Unfortunately, many of these have been badly depleted or…
5. Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Land Reforms and Farm Workers
From the perspective of poverty alleviation, it is important to plan an agricultural development strategy which makes it possible for more food to be grown on the fields of poor farmers. Efforts to maintain an…
4. A profile of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh (B-U sub region)
(Bundelkhand region included in Uttar Pradesh is the subject of this document. Henceforth it is sometimes referred to in this document as B-U sub-region or simply B-U) The Bundelkhand region’s mythology and history are full…
3. What are the broad aims of an alternative plan?
These need to be articulated clearly keeping in view the priorities on which there is near unanimity – priorities such as reduction of poverty, sustainability of livelihoods based on protection of environment, equality of women,…
2. Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, a particularly suitable sub-region for alternative plan
Understandably the need for alternative planning is most strongly and immediately felt in those regions where high levels of poverty and environmental degradation are clearly visible. Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh is one such region….