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March 21, 2020

10 things you need to know about the water crisis in India

India is experiencing its worst ever water crisis. How did we get here?
by Arpit Jain, Reshma Anand | 3 min read
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March 10, 2020

Entrepreneurship: the key to revitalising agriculture

Lessons from an initiative to increase farm productivity by promoting a community-based model of agricultural advisory services.
by Manas Satpathy | 5 min read
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February 15, 2020

Budgeting to double farmers' incomes

The Union Budget 2020 does not align with the central government’s promise to Indian farmers to double their incomes by 2022.
by Satyabrata Acharyya | 4 min read
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February 04, 2020

Can Indian farmers adapt to water loss?

A study on the impact of borewell failure on small-scale farmers shows that it directly leads to a decline in agricultural income.
by Saahil Kejriwal | 5 min read
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January 21, 2020

Is having more women in agriculture a good thing?

While the feminisation of agriculture does bring women into the public sphere, it also restricts them to low-paid, labour-intensive jobs.
by Ishita Mehrotra | 5 min read
October 16, 2019

Debate Series | Why ZBNF is not good for India

The second in a two-part series on Zero Budget Natural Farming, this article argues that it is time to allow farmers to make the choice of what to cultivate and how, rather than promoting a one-size-fits-all approach.
by Bhargavi Rao | 5 min read
October 15, 2019

Debate Series | Why ZBNF is good for India

The first in a two-part series on Zero Budget Natural Farming, this article argues how ZBNF has easy-to-adopt practices that are helping improve farmer incomes.
by Kavitha Kuruganti | 5 min read
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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
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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
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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
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