With Science, We Can: Degraded Lands Transform into Productive Farms in Latur, India

For decades, Latur has struggled with erratic rainfall, groundwater depletion, and soil degradation. Smallholder farmers with fragmented landholdings of just 1–2 hectares found it increasingly difficult to sustain productivity.

Determined to change the situation, a science-led project launched in 2023 by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in partnership with the Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA) of Maharashtra and the CGIAR initiative-Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems (SI-MFS), addressed these challenges through integrated landscape management and climate-smart farming practices.

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