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UN Equator Prize
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- The women sangams (groups) of the Deccan Development Society of the Telangana state have bagged the United Nation’s Equator Prize for 2019.
- These women farmers have been building their own seed banks and growing millets in the predominantly rain-fed villages of Sangareddy district.
- They were awarded as an outstanding example of a local, nature-based solution to climate change and sustainable development.
- The Equator Prize is organized by the Equator Initiative within the United Nations Development Programme.
- It is awarded biennially to give global recognition to community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
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