Annual Report 2018-19
Author: WOTR
The year 2018-2019 saw WOTR completing 25 years of existence. Looking back, we feel a sense of gratitude and pride to note the outreach of our work since December 1993.…
Read MoreEcosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) for building resilience to COVID-19 in rural Maharashtra
Author: WOTR
On May 1, 2020, WOTR brought together a diverse range of stakeholders including policy makers, government officials, researchers, corporate donor representatives, and development practitioners for a half-day virtual workshop in…
Read MoreWater Budgeting: A tool for improving water governance at local level
Author: WOTR
While working in rural India for more than 25 years, WOTR found the Water Budgeting tool to be very powerful, if implemented by taking into account the water stewardship approach.…
Read MoreWater Stewardship and Water Budgeting: A Pathway to manage the water available in a time of growing water scarcity in rainfed Maharashtra
Author: WOTR
The state is facing repeated droughts in many regions, resulting in crop loss and failure, despite substantial water harvesting interventions (supply side). The drastic depletion of groundwater is resulting in…
Read MoreGaalmukt Dharan, Gaalyukt Shivar (Desiltation of Tanks) Scheme: A Drought Proofing Intervention
Author: WOTR
A large number of small reservoirs (tanks) to harvest rainwater have been constructed in Maharashtra over the years, to increase water availability in semi-arid drought prone regions. With me, the…
Read MoreAdaptive Sustainable Agricultural Practices: To Build Soil Resilience and Enhance Crop Productivity
Author: WOTR
Adaptive Sustainable Agriculture (ASA) along with sustainable land management practices help to conserve the natural resources, revive the degraded agricultural lands, enhance crop production, and achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)…
Read MoreNATIONAL WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS Report of the Workshop on: Scaling up Good Practices in Climate Change Adaptation New Delhi, India, 27 – 28 October 2014
Author: WOTR
Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, NABARD, and World Resources Institute (WRI) organised the two day ‘National Workshop on Scaling up Good Practices for Climate Change…
Read MoreImpact Assessment of Organic and SCI methods: Green gram – rabi Sorghum cropping sequence in Parner block of Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra
Author: WOTR
WOTR has implemented Pro-Soil project funded by GIZ in 7 villages of Bhalwani Cluster (Parner block) of Ahmednagar district. This area suffers from twin problems of low productivity and high…
Read MoreImpact Assessment of Organic and SCI methods: Paddy – Chickpea cropping sequence in Sakri block of Dhule District, Maharashtra
Author: WOTR
WOTR has implemented Pro-Soil project funded by GIZ in 5 villages of Pimpalner Cluster (Sakri block) of Dhule district. The primary aim of the project is to promote sustainable and…
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