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Local level water poverty assessment important for better water resource management. Source: IWP Flicker photos.

From Marathwada to Konkan: How water and food security vary across Maharashtra’s regions

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

6 hours ago

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A farm on an island in the Ganges delta, Sundarban area (Credit: Arne Hückelheim)

Rethinking farming in coastal Bengal between waterlogging and salinity

21 Jul 2026

7 min read

Only a minor portion of rainfall actually infiltrates the soil to become available to the cotton plants

Efficient rainfall management in Central India matters for the future of cotton farming

15 Jul 2026

7 min read

Low-tech irrigation scheduling can prevent India’s groundwater crisis

Saving water without sacrificing wheat: How better irrigation scheduling could cut water use by 40% in North-West India

24 Jun 2026

7 min read

Extreme heat is reshaping India's agrifood system

Food, water and livelihoods: How extreme heat is reshaping India's agrifood system

19 Jun 2026

6 min read

The famous Lake Chowmani fish market in Agartala city, where Hilsa is placed on an ice tray and displayed on the right under a special light.

Does the elusive Padma Hilsa fish still reach Agartala? A story of rivers and borders

09 Jun 2026

10 min read

Paddy farms in Wayanad, Kerala.

Kerala’s traditional tribal farming in Wayanad protects paddy from pests without chemicals

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

07 May 2026

7 min read

Garo community around Meghalaya’s Nokrek Biosphere Reserve

Climate change insights through the eyes of the Garo community around Nokrek in Meghalaya

07 May 2026

7 min read

Women power fish farming in Tripura but face deep structural inequalities.

Tripura’s aquaculture growth might be at risk if women’s labour remains unrecognised

06 May 2026

6 min read

Work draws women’s bodies low to the earth, where repetition and strain gather slowly

The feet of agriculture: Designing footwear for Indian farmers with Earthen Tunes

30 Apr 2026

11 min read

Farmers catching fish inside a Khaichum (M Biswanath Sinha)

Khaichum as an agro-ecological system: Indigenous knowledge and integrated farming in Ukhrul, Eastern Himalaya

M Biswanath Sinha

01 Apr 2026

6 min read

Tripura Assembly

Rivers and Lakes

Silent Spills: Tracing the impacts of changing waters in Tripura’s gas-producing hills

28 Mar 2026

6 min read

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