Northeast India

Community institutions in Nagaland have autonomy over land management and conservation. But the lack of a state conservation policy and funding have prompted nonprofits to turn to social entrepreneurship.

Poor transport facilities, limited access to the market, and lack of funding plagues agriculture-based livelihoods in Tripura.

Communities and civil society organisations in Mizoram are facilitating the rehabilitation of Chin refugees who escaped persecution in Myanmar.

Nagaland’s women entrepreneurs have turned their flower drying tradition into a sustainable source of livelihoods. However, they still struggle for government support.