Medicinal herbs can form a base for rural enterprises
There is a potentially large livelihoods and enterprise potential in the medicinal herbs sector, whi...
It’s time to explore new possibilities in village enterprises
A new generation of rural businesses are being established to cater to the changing needs of the cou...
Non-farm enterprises as job creators in rural India
Targeted interventions and managerial assistance to promote non-farm rural enterprises have the pote...
What cow-loving India should actually focus on: Making more fodder available to starving cattle
With forests overrun by weed and other unwanted growth, free-grazing lifestock face a grim situation...
Village entrepreneurship as a key to rural growth
The active promotion of enterprises in rural India is a possible way to further growth in the countr...
Farm Subsidies: Direct Transfers are Mixed at Best, Debilitating at Worst
Direct Benefit Transfers in form of subsidies to offset farming costs have a shaky track record give...
Water control is the strongest anti-poverty measure
Once we realize that one size does not fit all, it will be easier for the government and civil socie...
Small pumps are a viable solution for poor farmers
Although small pumps for irrigation doesn’t get the attention it deserves, evidence from groundwat...
Time has come to rethink the way we irrigate farmland
Rethinking irrigation needs to focus on end results and in exploring every possible way of reaching ...
Are farmers collateral damage of modern economic growth?
People living in villages, who are migrating in large numbers to urban spaces in search of livelihoo...