by Ananya Rao | May 3, 2023 | Rural Futures Blogs
Part 2: Livelihood Lessons and Insights from Journey Mapping in Mukkanal Livestock grazing in Mukkanal, Karnataka. Photo by Manjunatha G In the first part of our blog series on the journey mapping exercise we conducted in Mukkanal village in Raichur district, we...
by Ananya Rao | May 2, 2023 | Rural Futures Blogs
Part 1: Journey Mapping to Plan the Future of Mukkanal’s Farmers Pesticides being sprayed on paddy fields in Raichur, Karnataka. Photo by Manjunatha G. “Thirty years ago, my grandfather used to cultivate redgram, greengram, sesame, and various millets on...
by Manjunatha G, Ananya Rao | Mar 29, 2023 | Rural Futures Press & Media
Tamil Nadu’s long fight against Prosopis juliflora The Prosopis juliflora plant. Photo by Dinesh Valke, Flickr. There is a concerted effort by the state and judiciary to get rid of a water-guzzling invasive species that is a clear threat to local biodiversity. But...
by Ananya Rao, Karishma Shelar | Dec 15, 2022 | Rural Futures Blogs
Raichur Land Restoration Pilot: How We Studied the Local Context Land degradation, or a deterioration in land quality caused by human-induced processes, is a massive challenge for India today. Approximately 53 million hectares (MHa) of land in the country is already...
