"In areas where several borewells tap the aquifer, ... we try to convince the whole community to opt for recharge."

“I pick Who rather than from where or what produce because I want to support the right people and create a deeper impact."

These initiatives have stayed or even reversed rural-urban migration and attempted gender and caste justice without trashing the environment.

Farmers who have reclaimed native seeds as a commons have reduced costs, increased incomes, become debt-free and are not driven to suicide.

Men may have benefited the most: there have as yet been no reported suicides in households where women have taken charge.

Most participating farmers said that the cost-effective INSAP technology had helped them regain the confidence to continue farming.

The cattle breed selected depends on the areas from where the beneficiaries hail from, to ensure better adaptability for the animals.

Socio-environmental injustices often lead to social movements and activism led by those in the community who are determined to make a change.

A crucial reason for the success of the organic farmers of Kedia, Zaheerabad and Niyamgiri is that they are part of or helped by larger collectives.

If an individual house can be insured against a natural disaster, why can’t an individual crop field be insured in the same manner?