by WELL Labs Team | Mar 20, 2024 | Rural Futures Publications
Raichur Roundtable: Equitable Water-Sharing for Sustainable Transitions in Agriculture Water for agriculture remains an indispensable, finite, and stressed resource for a majority of smallholder farmers engaged in agriculture as a primary source of livelihood. India’s...
by Karishma Shelar | Mar 13, 2024 | Rural Futures Press & Media
A People-Centric Approach to Tackling Poverty in India Nature-based solutions like carbon offsets should prioritize people, encompass entire landscapes, and align with poverty alleviation objectives. Devaraya* is aghast at his crop yield. Situated in the city of...
by Veena Srinivasan, Anjali Neelakantan | Jan 22, 2024 | 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 Karishma Shelar, P Srinivas Vasu | Dec 1, 2023 | Rural Futures Press & Media
Feeding Humans Has Trapped World in Debt, Degradation: FAO A new FAO report blames “unsustainable business-as-usual practices” for escalating human and environmental costs of producing food. A groundbreaking report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture...
by Laraib Fatima Warsi | Sep 18, 2023 | Rural Futures Press & Media
A 2,000-yo Irrigation System is Being Revived in North Karnataka Pots are ubiquitous in rural areas with every household having a set of pots which are mostly used by village women to fetch water. But now the same humble pots are also coming to the rescue of farmers...