A Better Tomorrow

Stories, Practices, and Solutions

Transforming Farmer Lives through Business & Marketing Acumen

Feb, 2024
Farmer Producer Organisations, Sustainable Livelihoods

IndusInd Bank’s CSR initiative in Dharashiv district empowers small farmers through the establishment of the Jalpriya Farmer Producer Organization (FPO), demonstrating remarkable growth in turnover and innovative solutions to agricultural challenges, setting a precedent for sustainable rural development in the region.

Ghar ki Mukhyamantri

Feb, 2024
Sustainable Livelihoods, Women Empowerment

This story is from the booklet ‘Seeding Entrepreneurs: Stories of Women Entrepreneurs from Karjat and Shrigonda Blocks in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra,’ published as a part of the ‘Promoting Entrepreneurship, Employment Opportunities, and Increased Incomes in Maharashtra’ programme of HSBC.

Nourishing a future for the family: Deva Bhil’s tryst with Multilayer Farming

Feb, 2024
Case Stories, Climate Resilient Agriculture, Sustainable Livelihoods

Deva Bhil’s journey with multilayer farming, supported by WOTR and funded by NABARD’s Farm Sector Promotion Fund, transformed his land into a sustainable source of nutritious vegetables and fruits, addressing his family’s nutritional challenges and boosting their income.

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WOTR Must Watch -From The Archives

Feb, 2026
Climate Change, Ecosystem, WOTR History

In our Must Watch – From the Archives collection, we revisit powerful films that chronicle 32 years of transformation. These stories capture the resilience of rural communities, the strength of collective action and the quiet yet lasting change that numbers alone can’t express.

Holding the Ground: How Community Spirit and Ancient Wisdom Saved Karauli’s Soil

Feb, 2026
Case Stories, Soil Conservation

How Karauli farmers stopped soil erosion using traditional Pagaras, community action, and climate-smart farming to restore land, livelihoods, and resilience

A Land Once Pushed to the Mines Finds Its Way Back to Water

Feb, 2026
Case Stories, Water Conservation

From dust-filled mines to life-giving ponds, Karauli’s communities revive water, farming, dignity, and hope through collective climate resilience efforts

Pashu Sakhi : Listening to Hooves and Heartbeats in Every Village

Feb, 2026
Rural Development, Women Empowerment

Discover how Pashu Sakhi members transform rural India through doorstep livestock care, stronger livelihoods, healthier animals, and resilient farming communities.

Rethinking Science, Power, and Humility in Development

Feb, 2026
Interviews, Rural Development

Exploring sustainable farming, social inequality, and policy failures, urging humility and community-led solutions in agriculture and development sector with Dr Divya Veluguri.

From Survival to Growth to Reckoning Now, Innovation Must Be for Impact

Feb, 2026
Education, Research & Training, W-CReS

Innovation once drove survival and growth. Now, amid climate stress and inequality, it must shift toward impact, resilience, and long-term sustainability.

Annual Report 2024-25 : Roots & Resilience

Feb, 2026
Thought Leadership, WOTR

WOTR’s Annual Report 2024-25, Roots & Resilience, highlights rural resilience through science, technology, and tradition.

Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction: A Sustainable Solution for Climate extremes

Feb, 2026
Climate Change, Ecosystem

Across India, disasters are no longer singular events but a polycrisis—where climate extremes, ecological degradation, water stress, and livelihood insecurity interact and amplify one another