by Syamkrishnan P. Aryan | Jul 26, 2026 | Rural Futures / Blogs
How Can Farmers Solve Water-Sharing Challenges and Disputes? The Community Hydrologist Model Shows a Way Photo courtesy of ACIWRM The state of Karnataka facilitates community-led irrigation management through water user cooperative societies. Also known as water user...
by Syamkrishnan P. Aryan | Jun 29, 2026 | Rural Futures / Blogs
Closing the Water Gap: Why Raichur Needs Systems Transformation, Not Fragmented Efforts Top view of Narayanpura Right Bank Canal diverging into Distributary 10 | Photo credit: Vraj Acharya Raichur district in Karnataka is nestled between two major rivers: the Krishna...
by Ashima Chaudhary, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan | May 4, 2026 | Rural Futures / Blogs
Three Years of Rural Futures: Reimagining Water, Land, and Livelihoods Field irrigation channel pipeline work near Distributary 10 of Narayanpur Right Bank Canal in Karnataka. | Photo credit: Vraj Acharya When WELL Labs started three years ago, the Rural Futures...
by Anupam Barman, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan | Jul 3, 2025 | Rural Futures / Blogs
Mapping Water, Building Ownership: A Ground-Up Approach to Water Governance Villagers huddle around the map and are quick to orient themselves and find their farms. Photo credit: Anupam Barman At Mandalgudda, a dryland village in Karnataka’s Raichur district, people...
by Navitha Varsha, Syamkrishnan P. Aryan, Divyata Joshi, Shreenivas Dharmaraja | Mar 17, 2025 | Rural Futures / Research
Addressing the Labour Barrier in the Transition to Crop Diversification Bengali migrants are in demand in Raichur district for their paddy-cultivation skills. Here, they are transplanting paddy in BR Gunda village. Photo by Nabina Chakraborty Crop diversification has...
