Addressing Climate Intersectionality in India
A multi-dimensional approach toward poverty alleviation, livelihoods and agriculture India has made carbon reduction commitments which will cost $4.5 trillion approx. to implement[1], yet only a fraction of philanthropic giving in the country (2% of a $9 billion market in 2019)Â is directed at climate action[2]. While government budgets and priorities are beginning to align with […]
Climate Proofing Livelihoods – Enhancing the Hills of Himachal Pradesh
Ambuja Cement Foundation The Daseran watershed in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh has a steep terrain, where people grow crops on small patches of land and often on slopes. The annual rainfall is high and erratic, and farmers here face serious problems with fertile topsoil erosion, carrying significant ecological and economic impacts through the […]
Climate-Smart Rice Cultivation Systems
Dr. Reddy’s Foundation Rice is one of the most important food crops globally and in India, the second largest rice-producing country after China with over 45 million hectares under cultivation. Rice production in India faces a number of challenges, from the plummeting water table and unsuitable soils to soaring input prices for farmers. The changing […]
Farmer Producer Organisation: Empowering Climate-Smart Agriculture
SwitchON Foundation Agriculture workers are 55% of all workers in India, where 58% of rural households work in agriculture. Small and marginal farmers (with less than two hectares of land) account for 86% of all farmers in the country, but they own just 47% of cropped land and are generally excluded from modern market arrangements […]
From Butchery Chicken Waste to Fabrics: Upcycling Opportunities
Mudita & Radhesh Private Limited Mudita & Radhesh Private Limited is an innovative social enterprise established in 2017 that aims to transform the lives of tribal women in India through sustainable development. Mudita & Radhesh Private Limited has developed a new natural wool-like fibre by up-cycling feathers of chicken butchery waste. These feathers, spun into […]
Hydroponics as A Solution to Variable Weathers: Developing Sustainable Fodder Supplies
Hydrogreens Agri Solutions There is an estimated 40% shortage of green fodder (260 Million tons) that is affecting 70 million farmers involved in livestock farming in India – 70% of the farmers are women. Moreover, the production loss in dairy animals amongst high milch animal density regions of India is computing an estimated loss of […]
Integrating Technology in Agriculture: Drone-Based Crop Advisory (CropAssure)
Bharat Rohan India loses $500 billion worth of crops to pest attacks and disease outbreaks every year, and farmers now use 3.5 times more fertilisers and pesticides than in 1970. The lack of data for monitoring and traceability of crop production has resulted in a lack of support systems that incentivise farmers on sustainable crop […]
Participatory Water Management in Arid Kachchh
Arid Communities & Technologies and WIN Foundation Groundwater is a common pool resource, and besides the ‘tragedy of the commons’ it faces the threat of being highly exploited. Collective localised action is one of the ways to overcome the situation, and here we discuss an approach to participatory resource management work in the Kachchh district […]
Resilient Food System Through Climate-Smart Agriculture
Oorja Development Solutions Limited 70% of rural households in India depend on the agriculture value chain for their sustenance. Of these, 86% of the farmers are small and marginal. These farmers practise agriculture on landholding of fewer than 2 acres which is often fragmented. Smallholder farmers usually engage in growing staple crops such as rice […]
