Photographs of Day-today Rural Life of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

      Village farm house in India's northern state of Uttarakhand Farmhouse in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh District, in India's northern state of Uttarakhand (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

      Woman carrying mustard plants harvested for livestock feed Pooja Kothari, a member of the Gaura Devi Self-Help Grroup for Milk Collection, carries mustard plants she has harvested from her valley cropland for feeding to her cows and buffaloes up the hillside in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh District, in India's northern state of Uttarakhand (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

      Farmhouse door in India's northern state of Uttarakhand Farmouse door in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh District, in India's northern state of Uttarakhand (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

      Farmhouse in India's northern state of Uttarakhand Stone farmhouse in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh District, in India's northern state of Uttarakhand (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

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      Abandoned traditional farmhouse in India's northern state of Uttarakhand Abandoned traditional farmhouse in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh District, in India's northern state of Uttarakhand (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

    Abandoned traditional farmhouse in India's northern state of Uttarakhand Abandoned traditional farmhouse in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoraga

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

      ILRI's Sapna Jarial with farmer and photographer in India's northern state of Uttarakhand ILRI's Sapna Jarial with farmer Gita Kothari and photographer Stevie Mann in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh District, in India's northern state of Uttarakhand. Jarial is working with farmers in this village to test experimental dual-purpose barley varieties that should better feed both people and livestock (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

      Gita Kothari, crop-livestock farmer in India's northern state of Uttarakhand Gita Kothari, crop-livestock farmer in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh District, in India's northern state of Uttarakhand. She is a member of the local dairy federation and a self-help group and participates in an ILRI project testing dual-purpose barley (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

      Gita Kothari, crop-livestock farmer in India's northern state of Uttarakhand Gita Kothari, crop-livestock farmer in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh District, in India's northern state of Uttarakhand. She is a member of the local dairy federation and a self-help group and participates in an ILRI project testing dual-purpose barley (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

[एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720]

      A farm valley in India's northern state of Uttarakhand A terraced farm valley in India's northern state of Uttarakhand. ILRI conducts two projects here---ELKS and MilkIT---to improve goat and milk value chains, focusing on improving livestock feeds in sustainable ways that both increase incomes and conserve the state's mountainous natural resources (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).