Water 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.…
Tag: Water budget Water stewardship
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Water stewardship in rainfed agrarian Maharashtra
Author: Eshwer Kale, Marcella D'Souza
The article ‘Water stewardship in rainfed agrarian Maharashtra’ written by Eshwer Kale and Marcella D’Souza was published in the compendium ‘Water Conservation and Saving in Agriculture: Initiatives, Achievements and Challenges in Maharashtra’ by Water Resources Department (WRD) Government of Maharashtra.
Tag: Behavioural change Drought Equity Governance Resilience Sustainbility Water budget Water security Water stewardship
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A Step Towards Quenching Rural India’s Thirst Experiences and Learnings from the Water Stewardship Initiative in Maharashtra
Author: Eshwer Kale, Hemant Pinjan, Marcella D'Souza
Challenges in the water sector in India Groundwater is the backbone of India’s agriculture and drinking water security today. India is the largest groundwater user in the world. Groundwater supports…
Tag: Participatory groundwater governance Water budget
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Building Resilience to Climate Change: Water Stewardship in Rainfed Agrarian Villages in Maharashtra, India
Author: Eshwer Kale, Marcella D'Souza
In rain-dependent drylands of India, unseasonal rainfall and decrease in precipitation cause losses in agriculture-related livelihoods and water scarcity for humans and livestock. Traditional knowledge and local water governance practices…
Tag: Behavioral change Drought Equity Governance Resilience Sustainbility Water budget Water security Water stewardship
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