CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Rainfed Livestock Network (RLN) is a national coalition of organizations and individualsattempting to build a macro-economic case for better targeted publicinvestments and policies in support of non-dairy, low-input and diverselivestock production systems in arid and semi-arid India. This objective of thenetwork derives from a number of localized understandings and experiences thatpoint to the crucial role played by these neglected livestock productionsystems in sustaining low-income households. Yet, such animal husbandry remains peripheral to mainstream livestockpolicies and government investments.
RLN is exploring the case that a reorientation in public policies and investments with a focus on these marginallivestock production systems can contribute substantially to the growth of the livestocksector, poverty reduction more generally and to ecological restoration.
RLN invites applications to undertake applied research in support of building the case for such a reorientationin livestock policy. Within this broad framework,studies may focus on issues such as mapping the spatial distribution of suchsystems across the country, profiling the contribution of these livestocksystems to the GDP and people dependent on them, analysis of production systemsand the natural resource base of such systems and demographic and spatial trendsover time.
Interested researchers should send resumes with 3 references, 2 sample publications and a brief expression ofinterest to Coordinator, RainfedLivestock Network (email: rainfedlivestocknetwork@gmail.com). RLNwill be looking for research support on an ongoing basis.
The Rainfed Livestock Network is funded by the Ford Foundation, New Delhi and is anchored by Foundation forEcological Security, Anand, Gujarat.
CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRA-network) is a network of organizations andindividuals attempting to build a macro-economic case for improved targeting ofpublic investments and policies in support of rain-fed agriculture. The networkhas emerged based on the collective understanding that agricultural policiesdesigned for relatively secure and well-endowed parts of the country have beenindiscriminately extended into rainfed areas. Such an extension has contributed to a range of crises, including the depletionof groundwater and natural resources, escalating input costs, and a seculardecline in farmers’ incomes.
This network is pursuing a broad engagement with practitioners, researchers and government on issues confronting rain-fed areas. The networkhopes to use evidence from different parts of the country, in combination withmacro-economic and other research to build the case for a shift in agriculturalpolicy. The network believes that such a re-orientation in public policy will contributeto both regional economic growth and ecological restoration of rain-fedareas.
RRA-Netowrk invites applications from researchers to undertake a range of studies to further our understanding of the existingstructure and regional disparities in public investments (around subsidies,support prices, the structuring of the PDS, the availability of credit and soon), develop simulations to model macro-economic returns under a range of policy/investmentregimes in rainfed India and analysis of various policy options.
Interested researchers should send resumes with 3 references, 2 sample publications and a brief expression of interest to Coordinator, Revitalising RainfedAgriculture Network (email: rainfedfarming@gmail.com). RRA will be looking for research support onan ongoing basis..
The Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture Network is funded by the Hivos-Ford Foundation Dryland Agriculture Fund and is anchored at WASSAN,Hyderabad.
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