by Ananya Rao | May 2, 2023 | Rural Futures Blogs
Part 1: Journey Mapping to Plan the Future of Mukkanal’s Farmers Pesticides being sprayed on paddy fields in Raichur, Karnataka. Photo by Manjunatha G. “Thirty years ago, my grandfather used to cultivate redgram, greengram, sesame, and various millets on...
by Lakshmi Pranuti Choppakatla, Craig Dsouza, Ashish Kumar | Feb 10, 2023 | Technical Consulting Blogs
Field Notes from Jharkhand: Testing Jaltol on The Ground With WASSAN On a bright November morning in Dhodrobaru village in southern Jharkhand, around 45 villagers gathered for a tricky budgeting exercise — estimating crop water use in the region. They were split into...
by Ananya Rao, Karishma Shelar | Dec 15, 2022 | Rural Futures Blogs
Raichur Land Restoration Pilot: How We Studied the Local Context Land degradation, or a deterioration in land quality caused by human-induced processes, is a massive challenge for India today. Approximately 53 million hectares (MHa) of land in the country is already...
by Sandeep Hanchanale | Dec 13, 2022 | Rural Futures Blogs
Field Notes from Raichur: How People are Working to Restore Common Land Farmers and NGO workers with Prarambha guided us on the state of lands in parts of Raichur district. Photo by Manjunatha G ‘Food is something that unites a lot of people,’ said Channayyaswamy, who...
by Anjali Neelakantan | Nov 10, 2022 | Products and Platforms Press & Media
We Must Break ‘Lock-ins’ of Water Usage in Agriculture “Just as much of today’s world is locked into fossil-fuel dependence, Indian farmers are in a trap of water-guzzling crop production that is not environmentally sustainable.” At a time of stagnant incomes and...
