In this blog, we explain how to use the agricultural statistics tool we developed that makes it easy to read and interpret data and thus build a more complete picture of a landscape and its cropping patterns.
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How Are Farmers Likely to Respond to Solar Irrigation? Insights from Our Modelling Exercise Covering 6 Districts
To our knowledge, this is the first research study that has attempted to apply the agent-based modelling method in the context of solar irrigation and its likely impact on farmers’ incomes and groundwater sustainability in India.
Towards Net Water Positive Towns
Published in EGov Magazine
Five Lessons We Learned As An Ecosystem Builder
Ecosystem builders connect, empower, and collaborate with others to lift up the whole community to achieve its potential.
We Must Break ‘Lock-ins’ of Water Usage in Agriculture
Published in Mint
Can Farmers Make More Money While Using Less Water?
Farmers need to be able to transition to crops that use less water but yield a higher profit. This was the basis of an agent-based modelling exercise we did in six states.
The Ease of Doing Sustainability
No one wants to destroy the planet. People just want to avoid getting sick or spreading disease more than they want to save the planet.
‘A Gamble like the Stock Market’ in India’s Onion Belt
As erratic rain and unstable markets plague onion farming in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar, an FPO looks into protections from extreme weather
Field Notes from Anantapur’s Tomato Markets
At a time when tomato prices skyrocket in cities, piles of tomatoes lay discarded in the countryside. In Anantapur, farmers dump tomatoes despite having Asia’s largest tomato mandi in the next district