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 Veena Srinivasan, Partik Kumar | Oct 20, 2023 | Community and Outreach Press & Media
The Atal Bhujal Yojana, Meant to Address Groundwater Depletion, is Missing a Key Part of Water Flows The water budgeting process carried out as part of Atal Bhujal Yojana by the gram panchayat of Karnataka’s Nonavinakere village, failed to account for imported surface...
by Veena Srinivasan, Sneha Singh | Sep 20, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage? Photo by Nirjon Nakib, Pexels. Phosphorus is an essential ingredient in fertilisers as well as a major pollutant. We need to address both problems The problem with the fertilisation of land is as...
by Veena Srinivasan | Aug 31, 2023 | Community and Outreach Publications
WELL Labs Launch Event Proceedings: Research and Innovation for an Uncertain Future On July 26, 2023, WELL Labs brought together key experts in the field of agriculture and water management to mark its launch in New Delhi. Dr Ashok Gulati, leading agricultural...