Women's collectives promote climate-resilient farming Men still dominate land ownership, key crop decisions Female self-help groups hailed as a "game-changer" CHEVATURU, India, Nov 22 (Thomson Reuters ...

For more than 40 years, Missionary Sister of the Queen of Apostles Ajita Mathew Vettikuzhakunnel has worked among mostly women farmers in the northern Indian dioceses of Gorakhpur, Varanasi and ...

MUMBAI, Dec 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Legions of women have trekked to India's capital to join massive protests against agricultural reforms, hoping not only to protect their livelihoods but ...

Women form close to 42% of farm workers. Skilling schemes specifically designed for women is imperative to not only raise ...

On November 20, 2019, I wrote for The Indian Express on “A Greater Ease of Living.” I had argued that discussions of rural ...

Mumbai, Dec 01: Women from the rural areas of Maharashtra are now being trained to operate drones in a bid to advance climate-resilient agriculture. This initiative under the ProRISE project has ...

Indian farmers and agripreneurs created powerful change in 2025 — reviving ancient grains, empowering women, promoting ...

Bhaskar Rao, a farm worker, sprays natural pesticide at a multi-crop farm belonging to Meerabi Chunduru, an avid practitioner and advocate of natural farming techniques, in Aremanda village in Guntur ...

One significant impact of the farmers’ movement that hasn’t received considerable attention is how it redefined the idea of public spaces and protest sites in contemporary India. A vacuum has occurred ...

BHUBANESWAR: In a first in the country, the Odisha government has developed a comprehensive policy framework in the form of a ‘declaration’ to recognise women farmers as architects of resilience, ...