Better nurture needed for new producers’ organizations
Development professionals managing newly formed farmer producers’ organizations, while high on tec...
Antenatal care of producer enterprises missing in India
If producer companies that aim to benefit poor farmers are to succeed in India, critical factors suc...
From bathroom services to tree protection, micro businesses in rural areas need new ideas
Small business in villages do indeed create livelihoods, but there is an over-saturation in dairy, c...
Technology for nonprofits: Caution against digital evangelism
While digital is useful, it cannot and will not substitute basic infrastructure and people on the gr...
How technology is streamlining supply chain of fertilisers in India
Linking technology and Aadhaar, the direct benefit transfer of fertiliser subsidy in Andhra Pradesh ...
Flayers and leather workers are victims of thick-skinned polity
Leather workers and people who deal with cattle carcasses remain an oppressed minority in villages a...
Women-centric interventions needed for flood-ravaged Sundarbans islands
After men migrate for work, women of Mousuni Island in the Sundarbans in West Bengal have to struggl...
In a Jharkhand district, women are growing food in their kitchen gardens to tackle poor nutrition
Backyards tended by women in Gumla district are providing a rich variety of local cereals, pulses an...
Hiccups of clean growth or wages of stupid policy?
Should we opt for an economy that thrives on facelessness and tax evasion just because it supports l...
How can we kick-start Make in Rural India?
A significant portion of the government’s flagship Make in India initiative can be realised in the...