From Struggle to Sustainability: How Latur Farmers Transformed Agriculture and Their Livelihoods in Maharashtra

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeMixed Farming Systems
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.subregionMaharashtra
cg.creator.identifierKaushal Garg: 0000-0002-0570-9129en
cg.creator.identifierSoumitra Pramanik: 0000-0002-1372-9154en
cg.creator.identifierAnantha kanugod H: 0000-0003-3481-681Xen
cg.creator.identifierIsrar Majeed: 0009-0004-4715-3714en
cg.creator.identifierVenkata Radha Akuraju: 0000-0002-7022-8444en
cg.creator.identifierRamesh Singh: 0009-0008-5893-7003en
cg.creator.identifierShalander Kumar: 0000-0001-8072-5674en
cg.creator.identifierML JAT: 0000-0003-0582-1126en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.link.photohttps://www.icrisat.org/storage/file-managers/file-67ac3edfd742a9.98337781.jpgen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactPlatformEnvironmental Health and Biodiversity
dc.contributor.authorGarg, Kaushal K.en
dc.contributor.authorMajeed, Israren
dc.contributor.authorAnantha, Kanugod H.en
dc.contributor.authorVenkataradha, A.en
dc.contributor.authorPramanik, Soumitraen
dc.contributor.authorKhuswaha, Dharmendraen
dc.contributor.authorShinde, Amiten
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Rameshen
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Shalanderen
dc.contributor.authorJat, Mangi L.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-13T17:13:57Zen
dc.date.available2025-02-13T17:13:57Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173034
dc.titleFrom Struggle to Sustainability: How Latur Farmers Transformed Agriculture and Their Livelihoods in Maharashtraen
dcterms.abstractLatur district in Maharashtra has long faced critical agricultural challenges, including erratic rainfall, groundwater depletion, acute water shortage and soil degradation. With fragmented landholdings averaging 1–2 hectares, smallholder farmers struggled to sustain agricultural productivity and profitability. Recognizing these challenges, the Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA), in collaboration with ICRISAT, launched a transformative initiative under the Atal Bhujal Yojana (2023–2025) supported by CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems. About 440 farm households were involved in this initiative. To design effective interventions, a comprehensive multidimensional analysis was conducted, evaluating the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of farming systems using ICRISAT’s MSAT framework. Additionally, a Land Resource Inventory (LRI) assessment was undertaken to assess soil characteristics and land use potential, while a hydrological assessment helped identify water availability, recharge potential, and vulnerabilities. These assessments provided a strong foundation for planning targeted resource conservation and use while designing holistic solutions from farm to landscape scale for sustainable agricultural improvements. Based on these assessments and a participatory community-led approach, key entry points were identified at both the landscape scale and farming systems scale, along with market linkages to enhance sustainability.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGarg, Kaushal K.; Majeed, Israr; Anantha, kanugod H.; Venkataradha, A.; Pramanik, Soumitra; Khuswaha, Dharmendra; Shinde, Amit; Singh, Ramesh; Kumar, Shalander; Jat, Mangi L. 2024. From Struggle to Sustainability: How Latur Farmers Transformed Agriculture and Their Livelihoods in Maharashtra. Hyderabad, India: ICRISATen
dcterms.issued2024-12-30en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
dcterms.subjectinnovation adoptionen
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectsustainable agricultureen
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen
dcterms.typeCase Study

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