Ashoka Rural Innovation and Farming

01/02/2013

Advances the understanding of complex social-ecological systems with new insights into ecosystem management practices and long-term sustainability

11/18/2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Now-cellphones-aid-rural-health-service/articleshow/17261741.cms

'Mobility Sanjivini', an innovative software of Manipal University, is all set to make rural health services more accessible, eco-friendly and paperless.

11/14/2012

In the past decade, motivated citizens initiating creative solutions to social problems have changed the humanitarian landscape.

11/09/2012

Around 65 percent of India’s working population are farmers.

11/05/2012

That women are at the vanguard of food security for villages is evident from a visit to the tribal district of Koraput in Odisha, says Sarada Lahangir, giving examples of hard working farmers , Nature

11/02/2012

10/10/2012

Village volunteers or Gramdoots have changed the government machinery - to work for the people - in around 1,000 villages of Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, says Aparna Pallavi , Heroism

10/03/2012

Check out the amazing work being done (and getting noticed by the NY Times) by Ashoka fellow Anshu Gupta to transfer surplus wealth in India:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/clothing-the-poorest-for-survival/?hp

In the poorest places, the lack of proper clothing costs lives. Now a simple and efficient program in India is attacking the problem with the urgency it deserves.

09/14/2012

Ground Zero: Impact investors and social ventures need to go rural

09/13/2012

Check out the amazing accomplishments of Agastya International Foundation, founded by Ashoka fellow Ramji Raghavan--chronicled in HuffPost.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/devanik-saha/agastya-foundation_b_1868723.html

The Agastya International Foundation in India seeks to infuse creativity as a life skill, by making learning fun, useful and accessible, and shifting the focus to hands-on learning and interactive teaching.

09/05/2012

Check out Rural Innovation and Farming's newest blog post written by Peter Bonanno!

Once, long ago, social change meant “give a man a fish.” Then we figured out that “teach a man to fish” could be more lasting.

09/04/2012

With drought having a drastic effect on India's crops, entrepreneurial thinking that can outsmart a dry season is more necessary than ever.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/business/global/drought-in-india-devastates-crops-and-farmers.html?_r=1