Revive traditional wisdom for ealthy life in villages
Photo by Piyal Adhikary India has a rich heritage of local health traditions and reviving these dive...
Promoting input-based enterprises to spread organic farming
Photo by Jyotika Sood Promotion around locally available farm inputs can be sustainable solution. Re...
Small Pumps Big Hopes: A Study to Explore the Role of Small Irrigation Pumps in Enhancing the Incomes of Small and Marginal Farmers in the Eastern States of India
Presented at the Global Water Security Conference for Agriculture and Natural Resources An ASABE Gl...
Gram swaraj in a globalizing world
Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of economically self-sufficient villages is at a distinct variance with th...
Rural youth: old prejudices or real disadvanteages?
Photo by Jasper Veen Despite long-held notions that young people in villages lack better life opport...
India’s traditional wisdom in coping with extreme weather
In large parts of the subcontinent where floods or droughts are annual or recurring events, people i...
Of kamranga and kachnar: vanishing flavors and shrinking food basket
Innumerable varieties of native fruits and leafy vegetables found in different parts of India are be...
Gems Of Purest Ray Serene – Glimpse into life and work of India’s outstanding social workers
Gems of Purest Ray Serene is a book about the life stories of twenty-two outstanding Indian social w...
Reversing the indefensible culture of open defecation
Ending open defecation in India’s villages cannot be the sole responsibility of the government. Th...
Jan जन Yes, Dhan धन a long way to go Jan-Dhan जन धन and financial inclusion in south Rajasthan Exploring ground reality
On August 15, 2014, the prime minister announced a new initiative called Jan-Dhan Yojana to bring ab...