by WELL Labs Team | Sep 9, 2025 | Rural Futures / Blogs
Promoting Equitable Irrigation, Market Access, Agricultural Innovation, and More | Insights from the Rural Futures Programme This blog is excerpted from WELL Labs’ Annual Report 2024–2025. You can read the report here. The Rural Futures programme has been...
by Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Mallika Sardeshpande, Manjunatha G | Sep 5, 2024 | Rural Futures / Research
Policy Brief: Augmenting Farmer Income With On-farm Carbon and Water Trade-offs Agroecological practices such as crop diversification (intercropping, crop rotation, agroforestry, etc.) and livestock integration offer ecological benefits such as carbon and water...
by Shivangi Behera, Smita Kumar | Aug 23, 2024 | Platforms and Partnerships / Blogs
The Odisha Sandbox: Advancing the Green Rural Economy Through a Place-Based Approach Gram Swabhiman meeting with Socratus Foundation and Goonj in Mahakalpara block, Kendrapara, Odisha. Credit: Shivangi Behera Much like a literal sandbox one would find in a children’s...
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 Manjunatha G | Aug 7, 2023 | Rural Futures / In the News
ಬರಡು ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಜೀವ ಚೈತನ್ಯ ತುಂಬುವ ಸುಸ್ಥಿರ ಹಸಿರೆಲೆ ಗೊಬ್ಬರ ಕೃಷಿಗೆ ಮೂಲಾಧಾರವೇ ಆರೋಗ್ಯವಂತ ಮಣ್ಣು. ಯಾವುದೇ ಮಣ್ಣು ಬೆಳೆಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗದೇ ಹೋದರೆ ಆ ಮಣ್ಣನ್ನು ಬರಡು/ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಉತ್ಪಾದನಾ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯದ ಮಣ್ಣು ಎನ್ನಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಬಿತ್ತಿದ ಬೀಜ ಗಿಡವಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆದು ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಇಳುವರಿ ಕೊಡಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಆರೋಗ್ಯವಂತ ಮಣ್ಣೇ...