Insights from India's #TraditionalSeeds seed saviours at the National #AgroBiodiversity Collaborative Workshop! Inspiring insights from farmers preserving 600+ traditional varieties. Calls for MSP, seed banks & youth-led conservation in rainfed areas.

🌱 Strengthening Rainfed Perspectives in India's Volutary National Review 2025 🇮🇳 United Nations - FAO India , Watershed Support Services and Activities Network , RRAN, HimRRA & partners host the North Region Consultation to bring grassroots voices into India’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals progress review. 📅 4 Feb 📍Karsog

Engendering #Agroecology: A National Consultation How do we center care in agroecology? Mahila Kisaan Adhikaar Manch, NCNF & RRAN convened CSOs, scholars & practitioners to shape a gender-inclusive agroecology framework. Mapping a roadmap for equity & justice in agroecology!

Bridging Gaps in Livestock Mechanisation & Policy 📍 MPUAT, Udaipur | 🗓 Jan 28, 2025 At the XXIV AICRP Workshop, experts stressed: ✅ Strengthening pastoral systems & cropping systems ✅ Gender-responsive mechanisation—70% of livestock work is by women

Season’s Greetings from RRA Network! 🙏🏽 As harvest & renewal unfold, we celebrate rainfed resilience & collective strides in rainfed agriculture. 🌱 Let’s keep nurturing India’s rainfed landscapes in 2025! 🌈 📬 Read our latest newsletter: 🔗 t.ly/PmTC2

🌱 RRA Network Newsletter | March 2025 From Jal Sahelis’ Jal Yatra to pastoral youth leadership, seed exchanges, and millet promotion, Feb was a month of action! March is about strengthening farmer networks & Kharif readiness. Read here: [🔗 rainfedindia.imgipru.net/show/xjov2awja…

🌾 Hon’ble CM Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated the #HimRRA State Consultation on Rainfed Agriculture in Shimla (12–13 June) with 200+ farmers! ✅ Climate-resilient practices ✅ Millet revival ✅ Sustainable value chains #RainfedFarming #ClimateResilience #HimachalAgriculture

Delighted to share that our colleague @AnilUWASSAN has authored an insightful piece on SVK’s inspiring decade-long journey in AESA latest blog! 🔗 Read here: aesanetwork.org/a-decade-of-su… #EcologicalFarming #RuralLivelihoods #SVK

🌾 Rainfed Rajasthan is rising—with community leadership, policy push & local innovation! A 2-day workshop by @SevaMandir, @Urmul Seemant & RRA Network spotlighted Barani Kheti as the key to food security & rural resilience. 🔗 Highlights👇 #RainfedAgriculture #Rajasthan

📢 New Publication Alert! We’re excited to share "10NF: Promoting Natural Farming Villages in Himachal Pradesh", published by @RainfedIndia. Released by Hon’ble CM Shri @SukhvinderINC on June 12–13, 2025. Explore the journey ➡️ rainfedindia.org/published-page… #HimRRA #NaturalFarming

Join RRA Network in reflecting on our journey & shaping the future of rainfed farming 🌾 👉 Share here: forms.gle/kmDZJ5mgYfM9TK… 🔁 Do share with others! 🌐 rainfedindia.org

🌱 Resilience in rainfed India From Mandi, HP — Namrata Bajpai shares field notes in the #RRA Fellowship 2025 with Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR. 📖 Stories shaping climate-resilient farming. linkedin.com/posts/rranetwo… #RainfedAgriculture #ClimateResilience #FieldStorie

From Dandali, Barmer 🌾 Deva Pandey’s #RRA Fellowship story captures the Teda Cropping System, livestock practices & resilience amid water scarcity. 📖 linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… #RainfedAgriculture #Rajasthan

Sunita Narain Down To Earth Ajay Vir Jakhar Rajeshwari Sinha Gauri Arora Bharat Krishak Samaj Umang Agarwal Srajesh Gupta Amit Khurana AnandaTeertha Pyati National Dairy Development Board Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Indigenous breeds have a big role to play in improving biodiversity, climate and livelihood. The fifth session of the Sustainable Food Systems Conclave showcased why they must be central to the future of food systems. Here are few highlights from the session: 👉Indigenous

Sunita Narain Down To Earth Ajay Vir Jakhar Rajeshwari Sinha Gauri Arora Bharat Krishak Samaj Umang Agarwal Srajesh Gupta Amit Khurana AnandaTeertha Pyati National Dairy Development Board Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Session Highlights | Designing Crop Insurance to ensure maximum benefit for farmers in for Climate-Risked times A dynamic panel unpacked one of the biggest challenges in Indian agriculture: How do we ensure farmers actually benefit from crop insurance, especially as climate

🐄🌾 Happening CSEINDIA! Dr. Sabyasachi Das, @RRA_Network and Watershed Support Services and Activities Network, speaks on “Indigenous Livestock and its Role in Biodiversity, Climate & Livelihood” at National Conclave on Sustainable Food Systems (Oct 27–29, 2025) hosted by #CSEINDIA #SustainableFoodSystems

Sunita Narain Down To Earth Ajay Vir Jakhar Rajeshwari Sinha Gauri Arora Bharat Krishak Samaj Umang Agarwal Srajesh Gupta Amit Khurana AnandaTeertha Pyati National Dairy Development Board Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Sustainable Food Systems in the Age of Climate Change: An Agenda for Action Yesterday, agroecology leaders from across India shared on-ground experiences of transforming food systems through farmer-led change. The discussion was exciting, honest, and laid bare structural issues.