Frequent fires devastate cashew farms at Bicholim
Panaji: Just two days after a massive blaze burnt a large cashew plantation at Mayem, a fire destroyed a cashew plantation at Bicholim’s Chikne village on Friday. The plantation was jointly owned by ...
Land transferred to company for mango plantation being grabbed, say farmers in Komarada mandal
Several farmers from Komarada mandal on Sunday (March 2) alleged that land, which had been transferred to a Tamil Nadu based company decades ago for raising a mango plantation and a mango processing ...
A resort entirely staffed and run by women in Sri Lanka seeks to break gender barriers
Social stigma, language barrier, work-life balance, lack of training facilities and low salaries have long kept the majority ...
Sri Lanka resort seeks to break gender barriers, empower women
Amba Yaalu is Sri Lanka’s first resort operated and managed only by women, and an attempt to address the tourism sector’s ...