by Anjali Neelakantan | Oct 7, 2022 | Platforms and Partnerships / Blogs
Can Farmers Make More Money While Using Less Water? India’s farmers are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, the country is facing a groundwater crisis with about a quarter of India’s blocks labelled ‘overexploited’ or ‘critical’. On the other hand,...
by Manjunatha G, Sandeep Hanchanale, Veena Srinivasan | Oct 4, 2022 | Rural Futures / In the News
Is Agroecological Farming a Solution for Rainfed Degraded Land? As part of Mongabay India’s ‘Conserving Agro-biodiversity’ series, our experts look into Akkadi Saalu, a traditional intercropping system in Karnataka that encourages biodiversity on the farm. While the...
by WELL Labs Team | Jan 15, 2022 | Platforms and Partnerships / Research
Net Water Positivity in the Indian Context: A Framework for Exploring Industrial Pathways to Water Sustainability Increasing recognition of freshwater risks to business on one hand and tightening regulations on the other are spurring interest in conserving freshwater...
by Mukta Deodhar | Dec 23, 2021 | Platforms and Partnerships / Blogs
‘A Gamble like the Stock Market’ in India’s Onion Belt Tulshiram Karkande’s farm in Wadzire, Maharashtra, where he is experimenting with four different varieties of onion. Photo by Srushti Paranjpe ‘Now this is my comparative study,’ said Tulshiram...
by Lakshmi Pranuti Choppakatla | Oct 26, 2021 | Platforms and Partnerships / Blogs
Field Notes from Anantapur’s Tomato Markets Piles of tomatoes strewn around an informal mandi near Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. Photo by Lakshmi Pranuti Choppakatla We were in hot and dry Anantapur in southern Andhra Pradesh, on our way to Gorantla Varipalli village for...
