Gaalmukt Dharan, Gaalyukt Shivar (Tank Desiltation) Scheme in Maharashtra, India: Policy Concerns and the Way Forward
Author: Dipak Zade
Gaalmukt Dharan, Gaalyukt Shivar’ is an important desiltation scheme offered by the Government of Maharashtra for improving water storage capacity of reservoirs and increasing soil fertility of farms. The latest…
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Managing the Increasing Heat Stress in Rural Areas
Author: Aditya Pradyumna, Dipak Zade, Marcella D'Souza, Premsagar Tasgaonkar, Ramkumar Bendapudi
The present study examines the vulnerability of rural communities to heat stress in the semiarid villages in the Maharashtra state of India. The study was conducted in five villages of…
Tag: differential vulnerability heat related symptoms Heat Stress rural health semi-arid regions
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From Vulnerability Assessments to Low/No Regret Resilience Planning in Rural Contexts
Author: Anuradha Phadtare, Dipak Zade, Marcella D'Souza, Swapnil Vyas, Yogesh Shinde
This chapter draws on lessons learnt from natural resources management projects in three Indian states – which includes designing projects, making mid-course modifications, and conducting project evaluations. It provides guidelines…
Tag: Adaptation planning Agriculture Climate resilience No/low regret adaptation Sustainable livelihood approach Vulnerability
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Heat Stress – Vulnerability, strategies in rural communities in the semi-arid region of Maharashtra, India
Author: Aditya Pradyumna, Dipak Zade, Marcella D'Souza, Ramkumar Bendapudi
Increasing temperatures are likely to impact human health. An increase in severe heat wave days and heat mortalities has been observed in India over the past few decades. A report…
Tag: Heat Stress Vulnerability
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Heat Stress – Vulnerability, health impacts, and coping strategies in rural communities in the semi-arid region of Maharashtra, India
Author: Aditya Pradyumna, Dipak Zade, Marcella D'Souza, Ramkumar Bendapudi
This study addresses socially differentiated questions on how risks and responses to heat stress vary among the different social categories in the rural communities in the semi-region of Maharashtra and…
Tag: differential vulnerability heat related symptoms Heat Stress rural health semi-arid regions
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Watershed Development, Resilience and Livelihood Security: An Empirical Analysis
Author: Abraham Samuel, Anuradha Phadtare, Crispino Lobo, Dipak Zade, Neha Gupta, Shreyas Srivatsa, Vinit Raskar
In recent times, watershed development is increasingly seen as an important strategy to mitigate weather-related risks and build resilience and adaptive capacities of communities to the impacts of climate variations…
Tag: Livelihoods Resilience Watershed Development
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Health vulnerability to heat stress in rural communities of the semi-arid regions of Maharashtra, India
Author: Aditya Pradyumna, Dipak Zade, Marcella D'Souza, Ramkumar Bendapudi
Increasing summer temperatures are likely to impact human health. In India, an increase in severe heat wave days per year has been observed over the past few decades. This is…
Tag: Heat Stress Vulnerability
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Enabling Gendered Environment for Watershed Management
Author: Dipak Zade, Eshwer Kale
Women’s participation is widely recognised in watershed programmes: however, it is not addressed beyond activities like SHG formation and conventional credit and savings. WOTR evolved a new approach for watershed…
Tag: Women Empowerment
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Climate Change and Agriculture: Moving Towards Resilience for Small Holder Producers
Author: Dipak Zade, K. Bhavana Rao, Ramkumar Bendapudi
This Policy brief is an outcome of the project – “Promotion of Climate Change Adaption in Semi-arid and Rain-Fed regions Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh” supported by SDC…
Tag: Agriculture Climate resilient agriculture Smart Holder Producers
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भारतामधील,महाराष्ट्र राज्यातील अर्ध्य शुष्क रचनेच्या (Semi-Arid) क्षेत्रातील ग्रामीण समुदायामध्ये वाढत चाललेल्या उष्णतेच्या ताण तणावामुळे निर्माण होणारी असुरक्षितता (Vulnerability)
Author: Aditya Pradyumna, Dipak Zade, Marcella D'Souza, Ramkumar Bendapudi
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Tag: differential vulnerability heat related symptoms Heat Stress High Temprature rural health semi-arid regions
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