by Manjunatha G, Ananya Rao | Mar 29, 2023 | Rural Futures / Op-eds
Tamil Nadu’s long fight against Prosopis juliflora The Prosopis juliflora plant. Photo by Dinesh Valke, Flickr. There is a concerted effort by the state and judiciary to get rid of a water-guzzling invasive species that is a clear threat to local biodiversity. But...
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 Aditya Maruvada | Dec 9, 2022 | Rural Futures / Blogs
From Plural Livelihoods to Better Schools: What People Aspire for in Raichur Field researchers in Raichur in August 2022, while planning for the rural aspirations study. Photo by Manjunatha G. Mallana’s (name changed) family had separated when he was young, forcing...
