Siva Muthuprakash
Siva Muthuprakash is a researcher at VikasAnvesh Foundation and a Lok Sabha Research Fellow. He did his PhD from CTARA, IIT Bombay and works on research pertaining to sustainable farming and farmers' livelihood.
March 25, 2019
Farmers in Bhuturgaon face difficulties in utilizing surface water and increasing farm income due to lack of irrigation facilities (Photo by VAF)
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Irrigation key to fighting poverty in Kandhamal

Groundwater recharge in Kandhamal’s undulating terrain and pumps to lift water are needed to break the nexus between lack of irrigation and poverty in this seriously underdeveloped area of Odisha

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January 23, 2019
Reliable data at the farm level would help stakeholders across farm supply chain and increase the value share of farmers (Photo by Pixabay)
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Can data-driven social enterprises boost farmer incomes?

A collaboration between technological and value chain enterprises working directly with farmers could help make the farm to fork value chain more organized and efficient, thus increasing returns to cultivators

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