Maruti implemented a series of watershed interventions, including a farm pond and Water Absorption Trenches (WATs) to prevent surface runoff and recharge the aquifers
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Farmers in rural Maharashtra are transforming their harvests and building climate resilience through innovative crop protection and sustainable agricultural growth.
Mahavir’s farm has moved from producing what felt safe to what the local market needs.
Explore the golden beauty of Chhattisgarh’s harvest, where tradition meets modern science in the vibrant fields of India’s rice bowl.
A woman farmer in Odisha rebuilds her livelihood through climate-resilient agriculture, soil health improvement, and collective market access support.
Community-led solar irrigation in Padardi Village boosting crop yields, enhancing household incomes, empowering women, and driving climate-resilient, sustainable rural development in Rajasthan.
Monocropping’s long-term impacts on soil, pests, and farmer incomes are explored through insights from Nitin Kumbhar, highlighting sustainable alternatives, diversification strategies, and pathways to climate-resilient agriculture in India.
Phool’s journey from uncertain, monocropping to stable, climate-resilient agriculture shows how access to irrigation, diversification, and community support can transform livelihoods.
FarmPrecise app has crossed 1 lakh downloads, equipping farmers across four Indian states with hyper-local, real-time insights and AI-powered recommendations.
This International Day of Rural Women, we celebrate the strength, vision, and commitment to nurturing life in every form of rural women in India.
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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.
How Karauli farmers stopped soil erosion using traditional Pagaras, community action, and climate-smart farming to restore land, livelihoods, and resilience
From dust-filled mines to life-giving ponds, Karauli’s communities revive water, farming, dignity, and hope through collective climate resilience efforts
Discover how Pashu Sakhi members transform rural India through doorstep livestock care, stronger livelihoods, healthier animals, and resilient farming communities.
Exploring sustainable farming, social inequality, and policy failures, urging humility and community-led solutions in agriculture and development sector with Dr Divya Veluguri.
Innovation once drove survival and growth. Now, amid climate stress and inequality, it must shift toward impact, resilience, and long-term sustainability.
WOTR’s Annual Report 2024-25, Roots & Resilience, highlights rural resilience through science, technology, and tradition.
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