by Veena Srinivasan, Anjali Neelakantan | Feb 21, 2024 | Products and Platforms Press & Media
Do we need to rethink how government schemes are tested? Large-scale government programmes often start as pilots. A pilot is a small-scale experiment to assess the feasibility of the implementation process. Typically, for government schemes, pilots are carried out in...
by Veena Srinivasan, Anjali Neelakantan | Jul 22, 2023 | Products and Platforms Publications
Farmer Responses to Solar Irrigation in India: Agent-Based Modelling to Understand Sustainable Transitions Solar irrigation is being promoted in India to address the twin problems of irrigation access and groundwater overexploitation. However, the potential impacts of...
by Anjali Neelakantan, Veena Srinivasan | Jun 19, 2023 | Products and Platforms Blogs
How Are Farmers Likely to Respond to Solar Irrigation? Insights from Our Modelling Exercise Covering 6 Districts Read the full report ‘Farmer Responses to Solar Irrigation in India Agent-Based Modelling to Understand Sustainable Transitions’ here. Solar...
by Anjali Neelakantan, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan | May 11, 2023 | Rural Futures Press & Media
Climate mitigation: Can carbon credits ensure farmers don’t pay the price? Reducing carbon emissions in agriculture is important, but placing the burden on farmers is unfair. A robust carbon credit system can safeguard their interests as they switch to sustainable...
by Anjali Neelakantan | Nov 10, 2022 | Products and Platforms Press & Media
We Must Break ‘Lock-ins’ of Water Usage in Agriculture “Just as much of today’s world is locked into fossil-fuel dependence, Indian farmers are in a trap of water-guzzling crop production that is not environmentally sustainable.” At a time of stagnant incomes and...
