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Sun Shines on Forest Women
2014-03-07 09:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Chintapakka Jambulamma, 34, looks admiringly at a solar dryer. It's the prized possession of the Advitalli Tribal Women's Co-operative Society- a collective of women entrepreneurs that she leads. She opens up a drawer in the dryer, scoops out a handful of the medicinal plant Kalmegh and exclaims, "Look, it's drying so fast.""We work hard, gather good quality herbs and seeds. Our life depends on this money. Why should we settle for less?" Around her, women from the co-operative break into...
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