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 Anupam Barman, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan | Jul 3, 2025 | Rural Futures / Blogs
Mapping Water, Building Ownership: A Ground-Up Approach to Water Governance Villagers huddle around the map and are quick to orient themselves and find their farms. Photo credit: Anupam Barman At Mandalgudda, a dryland village in Karnataka’s Raichur district,...
by WELL Labs Team | Apr 1, 2025 | Futures Research / Research
Situation Analysis: Raichur Transformation Lab A farmer tilling a field with bullocks in Devadurga taluk, Raichur district. Photo by Nabina Chakraborty Despite government efforts to expand irrigation infrastructure, Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka...
by Navitha Varsha, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Divyata Joshi, Shreenivas Dharmaraja | Mar 17, 2025 | Rural Futures / Research
Addressing the Labour Barrier in the Transition to Crop Diversification Bengali migrants are in demand in Raichur district for their paddy-cultivation skills. Here, they are transplanting paddy in BR Gunda village. Photo by Nabina Chakraborty Crop diversification has...
