by Ashima Chaudhary | Dec 5, 2025 | Rural Futures / Op-eds
Reinventing India’s carb-heavy diet with protein, indigenous foods From upma and poha to idlis, parathas and puris, meals across India comprise carbohydrate-rich food, each with its ritual and regional identity. In the northern states wheat is the staple cereal, while...
by Ashima Chaudhary | Dec 3, 2025 | Rural Futures / Blogs
When Good Farming Ideas Fail to Last A wide range of improved agronomic practices – like System of Root Intensification (SRI), Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), green manuring, and mulching – have been tested and promoted across the country in the past two decades....
by Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Ashima Chaudhary | Sep 3, 2024 | Rural Futures / Op-eds
Why Farmers’ Control on Canal Water Is Key to Solving Agrarian Distress in Raichur Despite the potential for farmers to earn upto five times more with 30-50% less water, they remain stuck in a low-level equilibrium of growing a single paddy crop due to the...
