Agriculture

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

livelihoods, jobs in India

January 23, 2019

Sustainable livelihoods: Where donors need to focus

After interviewing sector experts and 44 organisations, this report tells donors exactly what the sustainable livelihoods sector wants and needs.

by India Development Review | 6 min read

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

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

October 25, 2018

Transforming lives through women’s collectives

Using a unique, farmer-focused research methodology, this project encourages women to view themselves not as secondary players in the agricultural sector, but as principal farmers, researchers, teachers, and active agents of social change.

by Kuntalika Kumbhakar, Ritesh Pandey, Wanborlang Khymdeit | 9 min read

September 21, 2018

Looking for a new version of MGNREGA

Including labour payments for farm activities, from sowing to harvesting, in MGNREGA is unviable and detrimental to the programme.

by Ashwini Kulkarni | 3 min read

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

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

Rainfed Farming

January 25, 2018

A one-size-fits-all approach is harming our rainfed farmers

Government policies today ignore a majority of our country’s farmers. Focussing on rainfed farmers can actually change the poverty map of India.

by Ashwini Kulkarni | 4 min read

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