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Competition encourages watershed management to drought-proof Maharashtra...
Exactly a year ago, armed with iron rods and spades, a group of residents of Nigadi village in Koregaon taluka (administrative block) of Satara walked upstream to the neighboring Kanerkhed village. One...
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Sinnar farmers breathe life back into irrigated farming
Falling agricultural income, accumulated power bills, spiraling farm loans, acute dependence on water tankers and the resultant migration to cities in search of livelihood are now referred to in the...
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Solar “pumps” up incomes
Solar panels: A boon to Tamil Nadu’s farmers What is the major problem farmers face on a daily basis? Electricity. Or rather the erratic supply of it, making farmers spend an inordinate amount of...
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How farmers flourish with community-owned solar-powered irrigation system in...
Farmers in India currently depend heavily on grid-connected electricity and diesel pumps for crop irrigation. Expensive diesel engines increase farm input costs and contribute to carbon emissions. It...
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Cost-effective jalkunds help Manipur’s farmers tide over water woes
M. Ibohal Meitei, a 76-year-old farmer from Nungbrung Ngamukhong village in the Imphal East district of Manipur, is a happy man. He has reason to be. Because his income has increased, thanks to a...
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How ‘Canal Man’ channelled strength for Odisha village
The silence blanketing a woody, tribal village in Odisha is broken by the chirping of sparrows and farmers shooting the breeze while drawing water from a canal to irrigate their fields. The sight of...
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How these farmers grow more crop per drop
More crop per drop. This became the tagline for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, a scheme that promotes micro irrigation, with the ultimate aim of efficient water use in the agriculture sector....
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Deepening pond to deepen farmers’ pockets
Vakhatpar village in Sayla block of Surendranagar in Gujarat has been drought prone for a long time. The district receives a meagre 760-967 mm of rainfall annually. Year after year, this has a...
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Panchkroshi – Maharashtra farmers harness the power of five
Extreme weather has had a significant impact on Maharashtra farmers who have witnessed a rise in temperature, erratic rainfall patterns and prolonged dry spells, exacerbating water scarcity. Drought...
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Assam farmers reap benefits of sustainable irrigation technique
Tankeshwar Patowary, a rice farmer from Garibhitha village in Assam’s Barpeta district, cultivates boro paddy in his 4-bigha land. But he no longer floods his paddy field with water like he used to....
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