The Better India: 15 Karnataka Women Prove Sustainable Farming Can Beat Drought & the UN Took Notice

The Better India: 15 Karnataka Women Prove Sustainable Farming Can Beat Drought & the UN Took Notice

The Better India: 15 Karnataka Women Prove Sustainable Farming Can Beat Drought & the UN Took Notice. “Bibi Fatima Women’s Self-Help Group from Dharwad’s Teertha village wins UNDP’s Equator Initiative Award for pioneering sustainable farming practices, millet revival initiatives, and unwavering commitment to food and nutritional security.”The post The Better India: 15 Karnataka Women Prove Sustainable Farming Can Beat Drought & the UN Took Notic…

15 Karnataka Women Prove Sustainable Farming Can Beat Drought & the UN Took Notice

(Featured image courtesy Deccan Herald) In the isolated lanes of Teertha, a small village in Karnataka’s Dharwad district, a group of determined women has shown the world how climate action can start right at the grassroots — and win global recognition. The Bibi Fatima Women’s Self-Help Group (SHG) from Teertha, Kundgol taluk, has been named one of the 10 winners of the Equator Initiative Award 2025 by the United Nations Development Programme (U…