Two and a Half Drops: How Village Level Committees in Bhojdari Tackled the Issue of Drinking Water in Times of Drought
When the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme (IGWDP) was initiated in 1989 and operationalized in 1992, the overall goal of the programme was poverty reduction through people-managed environmental regeneration and resource mobilization along watershed lines.
Tag: Agriculture Maharashtra Water Watershed Development
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‘Nutritional security is a key aspect of Sustainable Land Management, especially in rain-fed agriculture’
By Dr. Ashok Dalwai (The author is Chief Executive Officer, National Rainfed Area Authority, (NRAA), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. The speech below was delivered on…
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The case of the ‘Dabra Dabris’ of Madhya Pradesh
By Apoorva Nandwana* Madhya Pradesh is called ‘The Heart of India’—the tagline is based on the state’s location and was popularized by the state’s tourism board. The campaign made me…
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Collaborative action necessary to achieve ‘Water for Sustainable Development’
By Rahul Dev The United Nations marks the decade starting with World Water Day i.e. March 22, 2018, as the International Decade for Action – “Water for Sustainable Development”. [1] This…
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Group Micro-Irrigation-A step in avoiding the tragedy of commons
By Arpan Golechha Water is amongst the most important ecosystem service, especially so in the semi-arid regions in India. The village of Tigalkheda lies in the Jalna district of Maharashtra,…
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How reducing food wastage can fight climate change, reduce water scarcity
By Dr. Eshwer Kale The world is today facing an unprecedented water crisis, both in access and availability. Cape Town in South Africa reached ‘day zero’ water status in 2018.…
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Want to mobilize people for water management? Let the “Unspoken of” surface!
By Dr. Marcella D’Souza The Problem Day after day, news papers in Maharashtra highlight the water crisis: “In Marathwada, dead insects fill the little water that’s left”; “As crops & jobs…
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Do changes in land use patterns affect gender roles and relations?
By Shreya Banerjee & Anuradha Phadtare Over the last couple of decades, there has been a rapid and large scale shift in rural land use patterns in many parts of…
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A PATH TO GUARANTEED SELF-SUFFICIENCY
By Elvira Greiner If you skim through the current media reports in India, you get the impression that the economy is on an upward trajectory . If you look more…
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Wetlands-one of nature’s most important gifts
By Sarojini Devi Boominathan Since 1997, World Wetlands Day has been celebrated every year on February 2 to raise awareness about the importance of wetlands for the planet. It is…
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