pamela chatterjee (2 Ergebnisse)

Pbk. The Jamun Tree and other stories on the environment provides an insider?s view?from the villages of work related to natural resource management It describes the process by which farmers were motivated and involved to regard the work to be done as their own It is a narration of the personal experience of people in those village areas where the author workedStarting the endeavour with just 95 farmers on a mere 18 hectares land the programme has benefitted over 10000 farmers by reclaiming over 4600 hectares in just two years Till date with the intervention of the World Bank a total of 625 lakh hectares has been reclaimed and the work is still on The action taken found an echo with local people as it followed the need of the hour right there in the field with innovative techniques and new ideas  Key Features An insiders view of work related to natural resource management and community development Establishes one of the most important tenets of development studies involvement of people in the decision-making process is the key to any development initiative Reinforces the importance of a bottom-up approach of development initiatives Emphasizes the significance of adequate capacity-building of people The data accounted for is original and the experiences in most cases are the author?s own The narrative is in a story-telling pattern though most of the incidents and people are from real life 204 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Acknowledgements. Author's note. Introduction. 1. Spring. 2. Monsoon. 3. Winter. "In the Kumaon region of the Himalayas, the mountains are believed to be 'Dev Bhoomi' -- the abode of the Gods. In a little village here, under the shadow of Trishul and Nanda Devi, Pamela Chatterjee has found a home, after decades spent in the big cities of the plains. She lives among the villagers as one of them, sharing their daily lives. Here, farmers toil in the fields and hope that the weather is kind to them; women are isolated during their monthly 'unclean period'; and young brides move to a different village, where they spend more time under the watchful eyes of their mother-in-law than with their husbands. Yet, as the seasons change from the long spring straight to the monsoons and then the bitterly cold winter, some old beliefs make way for new ones. Farmers agree to put aside ancient cures and adopt new scientific procedures to counter the rapidly spreading foot-and-mouth disease in their livestock, older women struggle with pens as their children show them how to sign their names, and people come together to lay pipes to bring water to an isolated hamlet. Full of many such memorable vignettes, listen to the Mountains blends observations of the flora and fauna with descriptions of the culture, traditions and rituals of Kumaon, and is enriched by the wonderfully intimate portrayals of the local people. Adding to the charm of the book are Catherine Addor-Confino's brilliant illustrations." (jacket).