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Rural Development through Village Knowledge Centers in India

A journal article examining how village knowledge centers contribute to rural development in India. Published by John M. Pfau Library, California State University San Bernardino.

Illustrative image: A rural woman tending goats in a village in India. The image shows a woman seated on a dirt path holding tethered goats as they graze on nearby vegetation. Goat rearing is an important component of rural livelihoods in many parts of India, providing income, nutrition, and financial resilience for smallholder households. Livestock such as goats are often managed by women, and play a key role in mixed farming systems, particularly in semi-arid regions where crop agriculture alone may be insufficie — Vraj Acharya, WELL Labs/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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The article documents research on village knowledge centers as an approach to rural development in India.

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