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 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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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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