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Chimanchara – Hindihealth-sanitation-nutritionfood-and-nutrition
Nurturing Climate Resilience in Agriculture by Women Farmers, , , , , , , , , , , , agriculture climate-resilience rural-livelihoods women-empowermentagriculture climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture ecological-inputs ecological-practices livelihoods rural-development women-empowerment
Assessing the Climate Resilience of Semi-Arid Farming Systems in India: Framework and Application, , , , , , , , , , , , , agriculture climate-resilience livelihoods semi-arid-indiaagriculture climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture livelihoods maharashtra rural-development small-farmers
Understanding the Mental Models that Promote Water Sharing for Agriculture Through Group Micro-Irrigation Models in Maharashtra, India, , , , , , , , , , , , agriculture climate-resilience irrigation livelihoodsagriculture climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture groundwater livelihoods maharashtra micro-irrigation rural-development
How Communities In This Drought Prone Region In Maharashtra Came Together To Solve Their Water Woes, , , , , , , , agriculture climate-resilience livelihoods women-empowermentagriculture climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture livelihoods maharashtra rural-development
Stories of Resilience Case Story Booklet-Chhattisgarh, , , , , , , , , agriculture climate-resilience livelihoods water-land-managementagriculture chhattisgarh climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture livelihoods rural-development
Sustainability of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) Do we need to think differently?, , , , , , , , , agriculture climate-resilience livelihoodsagriculture climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture livelihoods maharashtra rural-development
Retrospective climate resilience assessment of semi-arid farming systems in India, , , , , , , , , , climate-resilienceclimate-change-induced-extreme-weather-events diversification food-and-nutrition-security livelihood semi-arid-farming-systems soil-health water-management
Effectiveness of Mobile Application based Agromet Advisory Service: Case Study in Telangana, India, , , , , , , , agricultureagro-advisories article climate-change climate-resilient-agriculture-cra farmprecise
Tackling Rural Poverty, at The Root!, , , , about-wotr approach brochure climate-resilience rural-poverty
The Water Governance Standard – Making Water Everybody’s Business, , , , , , water-land-managementgroundwater rural-development water-governance water-governance-standard
MOBILISE – Stories of rural change from Odisha’s Ganjam District, , , , water-land-managementclimate-resilient-agriculture livelihoods rural-development water-conservation water-crisis
Maharashtra Groundwater Act, 2009: Strengths, Weaknesses and Recommendations, , , , , , water-land-managementclimate-resilient-agriculture gsda mwrra water-governance water-governance-standard water-policies water-stewardship
Drawdown Area Farming: A Sustainable Agriculture Approach and its Social Impacts on the Rural Population in Jalna district, Maharashtra, , , , , agriculturedrawdown-area-farming rural-development sustainable-agriculture
From Watershed Development to Ecosystem-based Adaptation, , , , , , water-land-managementbiodiversity climate-change-adaptations ecosystem-based-adaptation-2
Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security through the Promotion of Agrobiodiversity in the Semi-arid Region of Maharashtra, , , , , , , agricultureagrobiodiversity food-security health-nutrition
Focus on Agriculture in the National Water Policy, , , , , water-land-managementagriculture ecosystem-based-adaptation water-conservation water-management
Effectiveness of Group Micro Irrigation Model and Package of Agricultural Practices in Enhancing Climate Resilience in Semi – Arid Regions of Maharashtra, India, , , agricultureclimate-resilient-agriculture cost-benefit-analysis group-micro-irrigation
Water Stewardship in Rural India: A HOW-TO-MANUAL, , , , , , , water-land-managementrural-development water-conservation water-crisis water-governance water-management water-stewardship
Consequences of COVID19 Pandemic on the Agricultural Economy: Probable Challenges and Possible Measures, , , , , , , agricultureclimate-resilient-agriculture covid-19 health-and-nutrition livelihoods
Challenging Today’s Water Threats for a Tenable Tomorrow: A Review of Policies and Programs in the Water Sector of Maharashtra, , , , , , water-land-managementdrought governance groundwater policy-review resilience water-management
Potential of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to Contribute to the Policy Objectives: Paradigm of Three-Tier Approach in Southern Telangana—A Case Study of Narayanpet, , , , agricultureclimate-change-adaptation resilient-agriculture sri sustainable-agriculture
To Address Rivers, the Address must be a River: A River-Based Addressing System, , , water-land-managementecosystem-restoration water-management watershed
Nitrate and Fluoride in Groundwater: An Emerging threat in rural areas, , , water-land-managementdrinking-water-standards fluoride human-health nitrate
Improving Climate Resilient Agriculture through Farmers Feedback into e-Agromet Advisories, Maharashtra, , , , , , , , agricultureagro-advisories agrometeorology climate-resilient-agriculture crop-advisories maharashtra
Improving Climate Resilient Agriculture through Farmers Feedback into e-Agromet Advisories, Telangana, , , , , , , , agricultureagro-advisories agrometeorology climate-resilient-agriculture crop-advisories telangana
Making Agriculture Climate Smart- A compendium of weather based advisories for Management of Soybean-Wheat cropping system in Bhokardan of Jalna District, Maharashtra, , , , , , , , agricultureagrometeorology ahmednagar crop-advisories crop-calendar soil-health
Building Adaptive Capacity and Climate Resilience of Tribal and Marginalized Communities in Gunupur, Odisha, , , livelihoodsclimate-resilient-agriculture cra health-and-nutrition livelihoods
Ecologic Newsletter, , water-land-managementclimate-change-adaptation livelihoods madhya-pradesh
Triggers and Trajectories of Sustainable Groundwater Management in Semi-Arid Regions of Maharashtra, India A Mental Model Approach, , , , water-land-managementgroundwater maharashtra semi-arid-regions-2 water-stewardship
Ecosystem Restoration for Land Degradation Neutrality: The Economic Valuation of Watershed Development in Eastern Madhya Pradesh and Western Maharashtra, , , , water-land-managementclimate-change-adaptation livelihood-generation watershed-development
Economics of Climate Change Adaptation in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India, , , , , , water-land-managementagriculture ahmednagar akole climate-change-adaptation maharashtra sangamner
BUILDING RESILIENCE AND COPING WITH WATER INSECURITY: An Assessment of a Sustainable Livelihoods Framework in Semi-Arid Maharashtra, , , water-land-managementlivelihoods resilience water-security
Why Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Water Management? EbA Info Brief Series #6, , , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 water-management
Livestock and Ecosystem-based Adaptation. EbA Info Brief Series #5, , , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2 livestock
An Ecosystem-based approach to Climate Resilient Agriculture. EbA Info Brief Series #4, , , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation climate-resiient-agriculture ecosystem-based-adaptation-2
Managing Land and Forests – the value of ecosystem-based adaptation. EbA Info Brief Series #3, , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2
Strengthening Biodiversity to Enhance Ecosystem-based Adaptation. EbA Info Brief Series #2, , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2
Adapting to climate change in India – the value of an ecosystem-based response. EbA Info Brief Series #1, , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2
Priorities for the Revised National Water Policy, , water-land-managementagriculture climate-change-adaptation-conservation water-management
Water Stewardship and Water Budgeting: A Pathway to manage the water available in a time of growing water scarcity in rainfed Maharashtra, , , , , water-land-managementdrought governance maharashtra resilience water-budget water-stewardship
Gaalmukt Dharan, Gaalyukt Shivar(Desilation of Tanks) Scheme: A Drought Proofing Intervention, water-land-managementagriculture drought
Socio-Economic Implications: Conversion of Farm Ponds into Surface Storage Tanks in Semi-Arid Maharashtra, , water-land-managementdroughts groundwater water-management
Land use / Land cover Changes (LULC) in Semi-arid Regions of Maharashtra, , water-land-managementagriculture maharashtra semiarid-regions
Avoiding the Tragedy of the Water Commons: Promoting Sustainable Groundwater Management in Maharashtra, , , , , drought governance maharashtra resilience water-budget water-stewardship
Reducing Human Vulnerability to Heat Stress in Rural Communities of Semi-Arid Maharashtra, , heat-stress rural-health semiarid-regions
Scaling Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Maharashtra, India: An Analysis of Policies and Programmes, , , , , , , , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation ecosystem-based-adaptation-2
Adaptive Sustainable Agricultural Practices: To Build Soil Resilience and Enhance Crop Productivity, agriculturerainfed-agriculture resilience
Ecologic – July 2019, , , agricultureagriculture soil-health sri
Enabling Gendered Environment for Watershed Management, , women-empowermentgender water-management watershed-development
PPCP Newsletter Vol. 7, Sept 2019, , water-land-managementpublic-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment
Project Impact Assessment Report: Water Security through Community-Led Water Resource Development at Khandke Windfarm Catchment Villages in Ahmednagar and Beed districts of Maharashtra, , , water-land-managementagriculture watershed-development
Enabling Gendered Environment for Watershed Management, , women-empowermentgender water-management watershed-development
Water Budgeting: Tool for improving water governance at local leve, , water-land-managementwater-budgeting water-management water-stewardship
Water Budgeting: Tool for improving water governance at local leve, , water-land-managementwater-budgeting water-management water-stewardship
Using Water Security through Community-Led Water Resource Development at Khandke Windfarm Catchment Villages In Ahmednagar and Beed districts of Maharashtra, , , , , water-land-managementagriculture soil-and-water-conservation water-management watershed-development
A Step towards Quenching Rural India’s Thirst, Experiences and Learnings from the Water Stewardship Initiative in Maharashtra, , , , , , , water-land-managementgovernance groundwater maharashtra resilience water-budget water-stewardship
Practitioner’s Perspective on the JSA, , , , agriculturewater-management watershed-development
Water gives life…, , , , water-land-managementagriculture rural-development water-management water-stewardship watershed-development
Water Stewardship in Rainfed Agrarian Maharashtra, , , , water-land-managementdrought governance resilience water-budget water-stewardship
What shapes vulnerability and risk management in semi-arid India? Moving towards an agenda of sustainable adaptation, , , , , , , , , , livelihoodsadaptationvulnerability adaptive-capacity india risk-management sustainable-adaptation synergies
Assessing differential vulnerability of communities in the agrarian context in two districts of Maharashtra, India, , , , , , agriculture ahmednagar climate-change-adaptation semi-arid-regions
Inclusion of Local Aspirations in the Village Development Plans: A Case Study of the Semi-Arids in Maharashtra, , , , , , , water-land-managementaspiration-gap gram-panchayat-development-plan india-semiarids local-governance rural-development south-asia wellbeing
Making Agriculture Climate Smart- A compendium of weather based advisories for Management of Green gram-Rabi Sorghum cropping system in Parner block of Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, , , , agricultureagrometeorology ahmednagar crop-advisories crop-calendar soil-health
Making Agriculture Climate Smart- A compendium of weather based advisories for Management of Paddy-Chickpea cropping system in Sakri block of Dhule District, Maharashtra, , , , , agricultureagrometeorology crop-advisories crop-calendar soil-health
A report – GIS based soil fertility status of selected villages in Sakri, Bhokardan and Parner blocks of Dhule Jalna and Ahmednagar districts of Maharashtra, , , , , , , , , agriculturebhokardan gis parner sakri soil-fertility soil-health
Impact assessment of Organic and SCI methods on green gram-rabi sorghum cropping sequence in Parner block of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, agriculturemaharashtra sci
Impact Assessment of Organic and SCI method of Paddy-Chickpea cultivation with farmer’s practices in Sakri block of Dhule of Maharashtra, agriculturemaharashtra sci
Impact Assessment of Organic and SCI method of Soybean-Wheat cultivation with farmers’ practices in Bhokardan block of Jalna district of Maharashtra, agriculturemaharashtra sci
Group Micro Irrigation: A Study of Telangana Farmers, agricultureagriculture water-management
Changes in Land Use Land Cover (LULC) and its influence on gender dynamics, , , , agriculture drudgery women-empowerment
Agro-Met Services and Farmer Responsiveness to Advisories: Implications for Climate Smart Agriculture, , , agricultureagro-advisory
Land, Labor, and Agricultural Innovations in a Semi-arid Region of Maharashtra, India: The Case of Bhojdari Village, , water-land-managementagriculture
Ecologic – Augtust 2018, , , , , women-empowermentagriculture alternate-energy women-empowerment
Ecologic – February 2018, , , , , , livelihoodsbackyard-poultry sustainable-livelihoods
Self-sufficiency assured: for survival in the village, livelihoodsjharkhand livelihoods-soil-and-water-conservation
Schwerpunkt: Selbstständigkeit sichern – und das Überleben in der Heimat, livelihoodsjharkhand livelihoods-soil-and-water-conservation
PPCP Newsletter Vol. 6, Oct 2018, , , water-land-managementpublic-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment
From ME to WE….. From MINE to OURS!: A Story of how motivation changes people’s perceptions and drives Community Action, , , , water-land-managementagriculture ahmednagar ground-water maharashtra sangamner
Kali Aai Nirogi Tar Ahe Na?, , , , , water-land-managementagriculture soil-fertility soil-health
Innovating for water security: Ferrocement Checkdams in Jalna District, Maharashtra, , , , , , , water-land-managementadgaon bhokardan jalna maharashtra marathwada water-conservation watershed-development watershed-management
Combatting desertification through participatory natural resource management, , water-land-managementnatural-resource-management watershed-development
Making the Invisible, Visible: Manual for preparing Co-DriVE-Visual Integrator to overlay surface and sub-surface characteristics for Sustainable Groundwater Management, water-land-managementcodrive groundwater
Vulnerability to Heat Stress: A Case Study in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India, , , , , , health-sanitation-nutritionagrometeorology heat-stress marathwada rural-health yavatmal
Managing the Increasing Heat Stress in Rural Areas, , , , , , health-sanitation-nutritionheat-stress rural-health semiarid-regions
Health vulnerability to heat stress in rural communities of the semi-arid regions of Maharashtra, India, , , , , health-sanitation-nutritiondrinking-water rural-health sanitation
You gave me a chance: In Gratitude to Becker/Cordes Stiftung and Rotary Clubs of Hagen-Lenne & Lippetal, , , , women-empowermentsave-girl-child women-empowerment
Managing the Increasing Heat Stress in Rural Areas, , , , , , health-sanitation-nutritionheat-stress rural-health semiarid-regions
PPCP Newsletter Vol. 5, Jul 2017, , , water-land-managementpublic-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment
Yield and soil nitrous oxide emissions of Vigna radiata under contrasting fertilizer management practices in Maharashtra, India, , agriculturefood-security soil-fertility-climate-smart-agriculture
HEAT STRESS: Identifying Climate Risks and Assessingwater-land-managementheat-stress
Transformation, adaptation and development: relating concepts to practice, , , water-land-managementclimate-change-adaptation
High and Dry, showcasing a survey conducted in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra to assess the impact of climate change on people’s wellbeing and happiness, , water-land-managementclimate-change-adaptation maharashtra resilience
The Common Bucket: Mahiti Patrak, Niyamawali, , water-land-managementwater-budgeting water-stewardship
The Common Bucket: Instruction Manual, , water-land-managementwater-budgeting water-stewardship
Carbon neutral village/cluster: a conceptual framework for envisioning, water-land-managementcarbon-neutral climate-change-adaption
Making Biodiversity a Community Resource- People’s Biodiversity Register: A “How-to” Manual, , , , , , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation
PPCP Newsletter Vol. 3, Mar 2016, , , water-land-managementpublic-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment
PPCP Newsletter Vol. 4, Dec 2016, , , water-land-managementpublic-private-civil-society-partnership watershed-development women-empowerment
Climate Change and Agriculture: Moving Towards Resilience for Small Holder Producers, , , , agricultureclimate-change-adaptation climate-resilient-agriculture weather-advisories
Mobile Phone Delivered Weather Based Crop Advisories In India: The Case for an Integrated Approach, , , , , agricultureagro-advisory-system agrometeorology climate-change-adaptation climate-resilient-agriculture crop-calendar weather-advisories
Ecosystem Based Adaptation: Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Watershed Development, , , , , , , , , , , water-land-managementahmednagar akole biodiversity biodiversity-conservation ecosystem-based-adaptation madhya-pradesh maharashtra sangamner
Awareness and Capacity Building: Essential for Food and Nutrition Security in Rural India, , , health-sanitation-nutritionagriculture food-and-nutrition
Securing Small Farmer Livelihoods through a Group Micro-Irrigation Approach: A Case study of Israipalli, Mahabubnagar district, , agricultureandhra-pradesh climate-change-adaptation microirrigation
Making Agriculture Climate Smart: A Compendium of Weather – Based Advisories For Management Of Paddy, Finger Millet and Summer Groundnut in Akole block of Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, , , , , , , , , agricultureahmednagar akole crop-calendar maharashtra
Local Exchange Systems: Designing Community Incentives, livelihoodsclimate-change-adaptation
CoDriVE – Visual Integrator for Climate Change Adaptation: Guiding Principles, Steps and Potential for Use, , , livelihoodsclimate-change-adaptation sustainable-rural-development
Children’s Biodiversity Register – A Field Guide (CBR), , , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation
Energy, Development and Climate Change: Striking a Balance, , livelihoodsalternate-energy climate-change-adaptation
Crop Planning For Food and Nutrition Security Using GIS and Mobile GPS Technology – A Case Study of Ghoti Village in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, , , , agricultureahmednagar akole gis maharashtra
NATIONAL WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS Report of the Workshop on: Scaling up Good Practices in Climate Change Adaptation New Delhi, India, 27 – 28 October 2014, water-land-managementclimate-change-adaptation resilience
Ecologic – January 2013health-sanitation-nutritionfood-and-nutrition
DROUGHT: a litmus test for Watershed Development, , , , , water-land-managementdrought-2013 drought-proofing soil-and-water-consesrvation watershed-development
Agriculture in a Rain Scarcity Zone in a Drought Year The Kumbharwadi Farmers’ Response, , , , , , agricultureagro-advisories ahmednagar climate-change-adaptation kumbharwadi maharashtra sangamner watershed-development
Community-Driven Vulnerability Evaluation Tool “CoDriVE-Programme Designer”: A Handbook – Incorporating Vulnerability to Climate Change into Project Design and Implementation, , , , , , , , , livelihoodsandhra-pradesh climate-change-adaptation codrive madhya-pradesh maharashtra rajasthan
Livestock systems, vulnerability and climate change – Insights from the grass roots, , agriculturelivelihoods livestock
Biodiversity – A Key for Adaptation to Climate Change, , , , , , water-land-managementbiodiversity-conservation climate-change-adaptation
Food and Nutrition Security and Climate Change: Strategies for a Sustainable Future, , health-sanitation-nutritionclimate-change-adaptation food-and-nutrition
Towards Climate Resilient Agriculture in a Changing Climate Scenario – Building Response Capacity of Small-Holder Producers, , , , , , , agricultureclimate-change-adaptation climate-resilient-agriculture vulnerability watershed-development
Watershed Development in India: Economic valuation and adaptation considerations, , water-land-managementclimate-change-adaptation watershed-development
ON TEST APPLICATION OF CROPWAT SOFTWARE UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS OF SEMI-ARID REGION, MAHARASHTRA, agricultureagriculture semiarid-regions
IGDSS – Applied Technology at the Grassroots Using Satellite imagery and Mobile GPS at village level for onsite plot level Crop-Mapping, , , , water-land-managementahmednagar crop-mapping gis maharashtra sangamner
Ecologic – October 2012, , , , agricultureagro-advisory-system agrometeorology climate-change crop-management weather-advisories
Watershed Development and Livestock Rearing- Experiences and Learning from the Watershed Organisation Trust, Maharashtra, India, , , , agriculturegoat-farming livestock maharashtra watershed watershed-development
The Hot Water Chullah : Findings from an assessment, , , , livelihoodsalternate-energy drudgery-reduction energy-efficiency hot-water-chullah renewable-energy
Ecologic – March 2012, , , , water-land-managementahmednagar akole biodiversity maharashtra shiswad
Ecologic – Augtust 2011, water-land-managementmaharashtra wankute
System of Crop Intensification (SCI), , agricultureclimate-resilient-agriculture sci sri
Ecologic – June 2011, , , , water-land-managementalternate-energy biodiversity sri sustainability
Ecologic – May 2011water-land-managementwater-myths
Ecologic – March 2011, water-land-managementclimate-change-adaptation water-budgeting
Making Sanitation A ‘Clean’ Habit: Lessons from a School Sanitation Project, , , , , health-sanitation-nutritionahmednagar drinking-water nagpur sanitation wardha
Chimancharahealth-sanitation-nutritionfood-and-nutrition