by Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Veena Srinivasan, Karishma Shelar | Dec 18, 2023 | Rural Futures Publications
Diversifying Income Sources to Incentivise Smallholder Farmers India’s agrarian crisis, marked by declining farm incomes and rampant land degradation, threatens the livelihoods of over half of its 1.4 billion population. This paper delves into the potential of...
by Karishma Shelar, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Veena Srinivasan, Srushti Paranjpe | Dec 18, 2023 | Rural Futures Publications
Envisioning an Equitable Transition to Regenerative Agriculture Using a ‘Ladder’ Approach While regenerative agriculture may or may not lead to immediate improvements in farmer incomes, the long-term income benefits will be unequivocally much higher. For adoption to...
by Syamkrishnan P. Aryan | Aug 23, 2023 | Rural Futures Blogs
Restoring Landscapes and Improving Farmer Income, the People-Centric Way Prarambha facilitated the workshop we detail in this article. WELL Labs has been working with this grassroots organisation for over a year to restore degraded land and improve farmer incomes and...
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 Sandeep Hanchanale, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Manjunatha G, Karishma Shelar | Jan 24, 2023 | Rural Futures Blogs
Soil Workshop in Raichur: Farmers Keen on New Methods to Rebuild Soils Shivraj (name changed) had brought a bag of earth from the land he tills, to use in a simple ‘jar test’ to assess the soil quality. He filled half a transparent plastic bottle with the soil, the...