Sectors

Agriculture

A stretch of land in ladakh, india with cracks on the surface to show dehydration

July 26, 2019

Is India’s economic growth dehydrating the country?

Rising private wealth and a deepening ecological crisis have gone hand in hand, and are symptomatic of the larger Indian growth story.

by Roshan Kishore | 6 min read

P Sainath giving a talk on India's agrarian crisis, water scarcity, and farmer suicides - India Development Review IDR - Photo courtesy: Dextrus

July 25, 2019

P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought

Magsaysay award winner and founder-editor of PARI, P Sainath analyses India's water scarcity, the agrarian crisis, and farmer suicides, before asking the question: what can we do about it?

by India Development Review | 1 min read

women farmers

March 22, 2019

Where is the money for women farmers?

Nearly 80% of India's women workers are employed in the agrarian sector, yet the budget allocation and spending towards women farmers remains low.

by Sakshi Rai | 3 min read

Indian women sorting peanuts

February 01, 2019

How to make Direct Benefit Transfers work for the people

Replacing India's Public Distribution System with Direct Benefit Transfers will improve efficiency, but shouldn't be implemented at the cost of individual choice.

by Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar | 4 min read

A group of farmers demanding rights

December 11, 2018

What farmers want

Hear what farmers, daily wage workers, and activists from Odisha and other states had to say at the recent Kisan Mukti March, about their recurring problems.

by Purusottam Thakur/PARI | 2 min read

2 people working at a construction site

December 07, 2018

The geography of employment in India

An analysis of census data charts out the striking variance in the availability of non-farm jobs among Indian states.

by Pramit Bhattacharya, Sriharsha Devulapalli | 2 min read

a woman working in a farm

July 28, 2018

Recognising women as farmers

Ownership of land is seen as being necessary for one to be considered a 'farmer', but patriarchal norms oppose inheritance to women farmers, leaving them unable to access benefits and rights.

by Bani Bedi | 6 min read

farmers

July 17, 2018

Making crop insurance work for Indian farmers

Experts are recommending the use of information and communication tools to help farmers regain faith in crop insurance schemes.

by Bidisha Barooah, Zeba Siddiqui | 3 min read

watershed management

June 07, 2018

"Agriculture alone cannot provide for our teeming millions."

Watershed management is not just a mechanism to harvest and store water; its larger purpose is to create democratic processes at the village level and enable development that is inclusive, sustainable and meets the needs of the people.

by Crispino Lobo | 5 min read

water check dam_ACWADAM_groundwater

May 31, 2018

The politics of groundwater

In order to make access to water adequate and equitable, we must shift our focus from water sources to water resources. Both science, and community participation and cooperation, are key to addressing our water woes.

by Dr Himanshu Kulkarni, Uma Aslekar | 6 min read

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