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Shared Water, Shared Success: A Collaborative Approach to Water Security in Agriculture

Feb, 2025
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In response to the water woes of India, the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) has introduced the GMI approach. This initiative shifts the paradigm from viewing water as a private asset to a shared resource, fostering collaborative water management.

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.

Transforming Groundwater Management through Collective Action: The Group Micro Irrigation Model

Nov, 2024
Climate Change Adaptation, Water Management

The Group Micro Irrigation (GMI) model promotes equitable groundwater access and encourages the adoption of efficient micro-irrigation systems among farmers.

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When Practice Shapes Policy

Dec, 2025
Policy Impact, WOTR History

A reflection on WOTR’s 32-year journey translating grassroot watershed and climate resilience practice & research into state and national policies.

Impact & Alternatives of Monocropping : In conversation with Nitin Kumbhar, Researcher, W-CReS

Dec, 2025
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Soil Health

Monocropping’s long-term impacts on soil, pests, and farmer incomes are explored through insights from Nitin Kumbhar, highlighting sustainable alternatives, diversification strategies, and pathways to climate-resilient agriculture in India.

A Shop Built on Hope and Resilience

Dec, 2025
Rural Development, Sustainable Livelihoods

A family in Odisha rebuilds their lives after a tragic accident, using community support to start a small shop that restores their livelihood, dignity, and hope.

Festivals, Forests, and Farming: Customs and Practices of Tribal Communities Across India

Nov, 2025
People Stories

A glimpse into the cultural practices and land-based traditions of tribal communities in WOTR’s project regions.

Sharing Ground Realities: WOTR’s Case Study Featured in Stories of Resilience 2025

Nov, 2025
Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainable Development

Drawing from work with smallholder farmers—from Kumbharwadi in Maharashtra to Madaul in Odisha—WOTR has contributed key experiences, insights, and evidence to the Stories of Resilience 2025, a publication launched by the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil.

A Smarter Way to Farm Fish: Sustainable, Small-Scale, Community-Led

Nov, 2025
Rural Development, Sustainable Development

How can smallholders farm fish while safeguarding their local ecosystems? One promising answer lies in farm ponds.

Health Risks, Absenteeism, Anxiety: The True Cost of Broken School Toilets—and What Turned It Around

Nov, 2025
Health, Sanitation & Nutrition, Rural Development

Read how a school, and ultimately an entire village in Maharashtra, was transformed with clean toilets

How Phool Shifted From Uncertainty to Stability With Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Nov, 2025
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Rural Development

Phool’s journey from uncertain, monocropping to stable, climate-resilient agriculture shows how access to irrigation, diversification, and community support can transform livelihoods.