by Lokappa Nayak, Navitha Varsha | Nov 11, 2025 | Rural Futures / Blogs
From Fields of Struggle to Hubs of Innovation: Farmers, Mechanisation, and the Promise of Local Enterprise A dusty sunrise paints the sky over Devadurga, Raichur, warming up the fields below. Lakshmi tightens her sari, picks up her sickle, and steps into the cotton...
by Dan Ross | Oct 23, 2025 | Rural Futures / In the News
The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water. What Happens If We Do? Veena Srinivasan unpacks India’s groundwater problem, and its implication on agriculture. “In some of our work we’ve found these villages are going into electricity debt just in order to be able to...
by Gargi Anand, Smita Kumar | Jul 30, 2024 | Platforms and Partnerships / Blogs
From Pilots to Scale: We Are Documenting Knowledge to Spread Effective Rural Solutions A community resource person or Sakhi conducting an Aajeevika Paathshala (a school for farmers to train them on climate resilient agricultural practices and sustainable livelihoods)...
by Piyush Nagpal | May 24, 2024 | Rural Futures / In the News
Farmers in India Are Weary of Politicians’ Lackluster Response to Their Climate-Driven Water Crisis India’s 120 million farmers share fast-shrinking water resources as groundwater is pumped out faster than rain can replenish it. Drought-prone areas like...
by WELL Labs Team | Jul 31, 2023 | Rural Futures / Blogs
We Need More Agricultural R&D: Dr Ashok Gulati at WELL Labs Launch Agricultural economist Dr Ashok Gulati delivers the keynote address at the launch of WELL Labs at the India International Centre in New Delhi on July 26. WELL Labs was formally launched on July...
