Dairy farming in tribal regions holds enormous promise
Photo from Flickr With a little help from the government and specialized agencies, the promotion of ...
Ujjwala in southern Rajasthan: A cylinder half full
Photo credit: Getty Images The scheme must be evolved so it is not just aimed at providing connectio...
Doha Model shows how to rein in water for irrigation
In spite of its challenges, digging of streams and creation of pond-like structures along their leng...
Ujjwala and waterwheels: reducing women’s drudgery
Photo by Daniel Bachhuber Regular supply of cooking gas and easier ways to bring drinking water home...
Is farmer income support a sustainable solution?
Photo by Jeevan Singla Income support to smallholder farmers is similar to palliative measures like ...
Irrigation key to fighting poverty in Kandhamal
Groundwater recharge in Kandhamal’s undulating terrain and pumps to lift water are needed to break...
Rural India still insensitive to persons with disabilities
Photo by Kailas Kokare In a society steeped in referring people with special needs by their disabili...
The travails of India’s forest dwellers
Photo by Bishnu Sarangi Tribal people who live in and around forests are being continuously pushed b...
Is resettling millions of forest dwellers feasible?
Photo by Saurabh Chatterjee A recent Supreme Court order that will likely lead to the largest ever e...
Income support is healthy tonic for smallholder farmers
Photo by Nithi Anand Instead of farm loan waivers and minimum support price for crops that distort r...