Anagha Mahajani - GM, Program Research & Monitoring at Ambuja Foundation has over 25 years' experience in the development sector and is a qualified management and research practitioner with publications to her credit.
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For many developing countries increasing agricultural productivity is a key to poverty reduction. The over-dependence on monsoons is not a sustainable one & irrigated agriculture remains a resource that many poor producers want, and still ask for.
Read moreFarmers remain a vulnerable section of the community and with the nation-wide Corona Virus lockdown taking place during the peak of rabi season in India, when crops like paddy, wheat, gram, lentil, and mustard are at harvestable stage or almost reaching maturity, farmers have had to face increased vulnerability.
Read moreAmbuja Foundation has been working in the hills of Himachal Pradesh for the last 2 decades, tackling social issues and community needs one by one.
Read moreWorking on the ground in remote areas of Himachal Pradesh presents a variety of unique challenges for on-ground implementation teams.
Read moreWhen Ambuja Foundation commenced work in Darlaghat they soon realized that water was the most pressing issue impacting the community.
Read moreIn 2017 the Central Government launched an initiative to 'double farmer incomes' as a key way of tackling widespread poverty and resultant farmer suicides across the nation.
Read moreAgriculture is a way of life in India, and has a rich, traditional knowledge that is largely inherited within families - being passed from one generation to another.
Read moreAgriculture is a way of life in India and farming know how is traditionally passed on from one generation to another.
Read moreIt's a familiar sight in rural villages - Women crouched over mud stoves with smoke billowing into their faces, as they cook for their families. It comes at a cost & it's usually their health, which is impacted from inhaling large amounts of smoke while cooking.
Read moreA life on the land is never easy. But when 33 year old Gopal Jambulwar took over the family farm from his father, he was confident that he could do better - earn more, grow more & learn more. He was wrong.
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