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Stories, Practices, and Solutions

Water Stewardship: A Key Step to Tackle Crisis & Climate

Mar, 2025
Rural Development, Water Governance, Water Management

Water stewardship is a step beyond good water governance that not only ensures quality management and distribution of water, but also builds climate resilient communities.

Hydro-Schizophrenia: The Fragmented Policy Approach to Water Management

Mar, 2025
Water Governance, Water Management

Policy gaps in groundwater governance with suggestions for reforms to build a more effective and sustainable framework.

Water budgeting: Tool for improving water governance at local level

Mar, 2025
Water Governance, Water Management

Water budgeting is ‘an estimate of harvest of water resources and its utilization for a set period of time.’

Cashews in Odisha: A Deep Dive into Water Footprints, Economics, and Sustainability

Mar, 2025
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Rural Development, Water Management

This blog post delves into a comprehensive report, “A Comparative Study of the Water Footprint and Economics of Cashew Cultivation and its Alternatives in Odisha,” which explores the complexities of cashew farming in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

How Water Management is Transforming Livelihoods: A Story of Climate Resilience from Tribal Villages in Odisha, India

Mar, 2025
Case Stories, Sustainable Livelihoods, Water Management

In Odisha’s Gajapati and Rayagada districts, where water scarcity and erratic rainfall have long posed challenges, the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) implemented a transformative climate resilience project, supported by Andheri Hilfe.

Resilience in Action: Transforming Water, Agriculture, and Livelihoods in Maharashtra villages

Mar, 2025
Case Stories, Rural Development, Water Management

In the quest for rural communities to overcome water scarcity and build a resilient future, determination, collaboration, and the right support are essential. For the villages of Phalode and Sawarli, Pimpari in Maharashtra this journey began with a clear vision and collective action.

These half-moon shaped bunds are contributing to increased cashew yields in Odisha

Feb, 2025
Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Water Management

The crescent bund is one of the most effective in-situ soil and water moisture conservation methods used in cashew plantations

Water Governance: Transforming Mindsets for Collective Responsibility

Jan, 2025
Water Governance, Water Management

Participatory approaches are key to solving India’s groundwater depletion. Learn more about WOTR’s community-led strategies for water security.

Scaling Impact: CSR in India’s Water Sector for Sustainable Futures

Dec, 2024
Integrated Watershed Development, Sustainable Development, Water Management

Despite the issues in water sector, a lot can still be done with the active involvement of relevant stakeholders, the private sector being integral to this

Recharging Hope: Borewell Recharge Structures for Sustainable Groundwater Management

Dec, 2024
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Water Governance, Water Management, Women Empowerment

Borewell recharge structures are vital for communities to achieving sustainable water management practices that can mitigate groundwater depletion and ensure reliable access to clean water.

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Earth Day 2025: Reflections on Development, Ecology, and the Way Forward

Apr, 2025
Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development

As Earth Day 2025 prompts global reflection on sustainability, biodiversity, and climate action, it is an opportunity to examine the intersections between environmental conservation and development in India.

As Heat Waves Intensify, Are We Cooling Responsibly?

Apr, 2025
Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, heat waves, W-CReS

Cooling demands are increasing with extreme heat, but are we meeting our cooling needs responsibly? Uncover the complete story.

Sun, water and agriculture: How Solar Energy is changing the landscape in Chhattisgarh

Apr, 2025
Renewable Energy, Rural Development, Sustainable Development

Watershed Organisation Trust along with its esteemed partners is implementing solar-powered solutions to ensure drinking water supply, irrigate farmlands and light the streets in rural areas of Chhattisgarh.

This Women’s Group Is Changing How Their Village Farms

Apr, 2025
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Ecosystem-based Adaptation

Twelve women in Ratadgaon, Maharashtra, started a Bio-Input Resource Centre, selling organic formulations to nearby farmers and reviving soil health.

Partner Speak: Rotary Club of Poona On Their Impactful Partnership With WOTR

Apr, 2025
CSR Partnerships, Participatory Approach, Partnerships, WOTR History

“What best can be given to the beneficiaries” is the belief uniting WOTR & Rotary Club of Poona. Hear more from Mr. Bakshi in our Partner Speak Series!

Partner Speak: YES Foundation on WOTR’s Data-Driven, Community-Led Approach

Apr, 2025
CSR Partnerships, Interviews

In a recent conversation with us, Garima Dutt of YES Foundation shared how WOTR’s research-led, community-driven approach creates lasting impact.

Trust, Taboos, and Transformation: A Day in the Life of a Mahila Pravartak

Apr, 2025
Food Security, Health, Sanitation & Nutrition, People Stories, Rural Development

The title ‘Mahila Pravartak’ may sound official, but it captures something far more powerful: a woman changemaker. These women are the backbone of WOTR’s community health efforts—moving door-to-door, to bring real transformation to the communities they serve.

Flowing Together: A Journey of Resilience and Togetherness

Apr, 2025
Land and Water Management, Sustainable Development

Since 2019, WOTR and the Rotary Club of Poona have helped Dhamanvan and Shirpunje in Akole, Maharashtra, build resilience through community-driven initiatives.

A Better Tomorrow

Stories, Practices, and Solutions

Water Stewardship: A Key Step to Tackle Crisis & Climate

Hydro-Schizophrenia: The Fragmented Policy Approach to Water Management

Water budgeting: Tool for improving water governance at local level

Cashews in Odisha: A Deep Dive into Water Footprints, Economics, and Sustainability

How Water Management is Transforming Livelihoods: A Story of Climate Resilience from Tribal Villages in Odisha, India

Resilience in Action: Transforming Water, Agriculture, and Livelihoods in Maharashtra villages

These half-moon shaped bunds are contributing to increased cashew yields in Odisha

Water Governance: Transforming Mindsets for Collective Responsibility

Scaling Impact: CSR in India’s Water Sector for Sustainable Futures

Recharging Hope: Borewell Recharge Structures for Sustainable Groundwater Management

By Categories

By Tags

Earth Day 2025: Reflections on Development, Ecology, and the Way Forward

As Heat Waves Intensify, Are We Cooling Responsibly?

Sun, water and agriculture: How Solar Energy is changing the landscape in Chhattisgarh

This Women’s Group Is Changing How Their Village Farms

Partner Speak: Rotary Club of Poona On Their Impactful Partnership With WOTR

Partner Speak: YES Foundation on WOTR’s Data-Driven, Community-Led Approach

Trust, Taboos, and Transformation: A Day in the Life of a Mahila Pravartak

Flowing Together: A Journey of Resilience and Togetherness

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