collectives

By early 2025, 10,000 FPOs had been set up in India under a central government scheme. But a focus on targets risks undermining what makes FPOs truly viable—community ownership, infrastructure, and capacity building.

In Arunachal Pradesh, a young nonprofit’s journey highlights the importance of community collaboration and consent in language conservation.

In Barmer district of Rajasthan, widows are considered inauspicious and have to wear dark headscarves as a sign of their widowhood. A women’s collective is challenging this gender-based discrimination through chundari parivartan.

A microcredit society in Andhra Pradesh offers loan counselling to help women make better decisions about money.

In arid Rajasthan, livestock owners struggle with fodder shortages and encroachments upon their shared land. The residents of Thana, a small village, have found a solution.

SSP’s investment in rural women builds their confidence to assume public leadership roles and helps them promote climate resilience, food security, and more.

A day in the life of an Adivasi woman who manages a women-owned farmer producer company that collectivises small and marginal farmers to help them improve their incomes.

"We asked ourselves — is there another way to engage with communities? Where ultimately, they can unlock the social capital that they have built, exercise their agency without external help, and where they themselves can decide on their development agenda."