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Sharing Ground Realities: WOTR’s Case Study Featured in Stories of Resilience 2025

Nov, 2025
Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainable Development

Drawing from work with smallholder farmers—from Kumbharwadi in Maharashtra to Madaul in Odisha—WOTR has contributed key experiences, insights, and evidence to the Stories of Resilience 2025, a publication launched by the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil.

WOTR Advises, FIPL Equips: Partnership to Empower Farmers with Sustainable Solutions

Jul, 2024
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Farmer Producer Organisations

WOTR has entered into a partnership with FIPL to empower farming communities in Maharashtra. Through this partnership, FIPL will create awareness of their product portfolio whereas WOTR will advise FPOs in procuring suitable agricultural inputs after assessing the offerings and needs.

Farmer Producer Organisations: Key Drivers in Strengthening Food Systems and Ensuring Food Security

Mar, 2024
Farmer Producer Organisations, Food Security

Aligned with WOTR’s mission to enhance the livelihoods of small and marginalised farmers, FPOs facilitate collective action, promote sustainable farming practices, and provide better market access. This article outlines the critical role FPOs play in strengthening food systems and ensuring food security and highlights their relevance to WOTR’s initiatives.

FPOs supported by WOTR record Rs. 3.43 Cr. Turnover in 4 Months

Oct, 2023
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Farmer Producer Organisations, Sustainable Livelihoods

In just 4 months, eight FPOs, part of the Central Sector Scheme, in collaboration with the Government of India’s Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and NABARD, achieved a Rs. 3.82 crore turnover, showcasing remarkable agricultural innovation and community-led progress.

Sustainability of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) – Do we need to think differently?

The Indian Government has already established an ambitious target of registering 10,000 FPOs, bringing together more than 1 million farmers as members. These FPOs serve as a critical catalyst in not only doubling farmers’ income from agriculture

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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

Not Every Storm and Flood Is Climate Change – and Why That Distinction Matters

Feb, 2026
Climate Change, Infrastructure

When we mix weather,climate and climate change terms together, it can lead to confusion about what actually caused an event, who is responsible, and what actions are most effective