About the Guest:

Vivekanandan is the founder of SEVA - Sustainable-agriculture and Environmental Voluntary Action (SEVA), an organisation founded in 1992 with a focus on finding and researching rural people’s traditional knowledge systems and innovations. SEVA emphasizes on the preservation of indigenous agricultural practices, conservation of local livestock breeds and documentation and dissemination of indigenous knowledge and grassroots innovations.

In today’s episode, Vivekanandan walks us through the work at SEVA, initiatives such as the Breed Saviour Awards, and the socio-cultural and economic implications of livestock rearing on indigenous pastoralist groups.

This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg. Amiya is interested in the intersection of food, identity and social justice, and has previously worked with grassroots NGOs and served as an AIF Clinton Fellow.

You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.