Water 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…
Tag: Water Water security Water stewardship
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Avoiding the Tragedy of the Water Commons: Promoting Sustainable Groundwater Management in Maharashtra
Author: Ankita Yadav, Eshwer Kale
Groundwater is an invisible common pool resource. However, competitive individual extraction of groundwater through dug wells and bore holes has led to a decline in groundwater levels creating a ‘tragedy…
Tag: Water Water security
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Socio-Economic Implications: Conversion of Farm Ponds into Surface Storage Tanks in Semi-Arid Maharashtra
Author: Ankita Yadav
Farm ponds have been promoted through the central and state government programmes in India as a drought mitigation measure to secure agrarian livelihoods. While farm ponds were initially developed to…
Tag: Farmer response Farmponds Water Water security
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World Water Day 2020-A Presentation
Author: Dr. Marcella D’Souza
On the occasion of World Water Day, WOTR made a presentation showcasing the work we have done in the area of water resources and the challenges facing this sector in…
Tag: Groundwater Water Water security
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Bhugbhartheel Jalsampattichya Purnabharanchi Khari Vel (Recharging groundwater: The need of the hour)
Author: Atul Pagar
This article emphasizes the need to recharge groundwater and conserve precious groundwater resources, in times of drought.
Tag: Agriculture Groundwater Maharashtra Water Water security
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Community Well to Solve Water Woes by a Tribe in Partala
Author: Neha Gupta
The case study is depicting how 12 families of Partala village in Madhya Pradesh came together under the WOTR initiative, and used their traditional knowledge to develop efficient drainage patterns.…
Tag: Drudgery Water Water security
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Self-sufficiency assured: for survival in the village
This article published in the German Magazine by Elvira Greiner of Andheri Hilfe, describes the change she has witnessed in the lives of people.
Tag: Livelihoods Soil Health Water security
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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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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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