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.…

This article written by Crispino Lobo, Managing Trustee, WOTR published in Vanrai Magazine talks about community driven intergrated watershed development and efficient water use management Download Article

This article describes ‘Disaster Risk Reduction ‘ Component of the Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) programme implemented by Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR). It also illustrates WOTR’s multi-pronged approach in Community Based…

The article ‘Up Scaling Local Adaptations in India: What Works!’ by Neha Gupta describes how WOTR integrates the approach build on inherent knowledge in communities with new innovative adaptations to…

This article published in the German Magazine by Elvira Greiner of Andheri Hilfe, describes the change she has witnessed in the lives of people.

The article is a transcript of a discussion between our Senior Researcher Arjuna Srinidhi and President Andheri Hilfe Bonn Elvira Greiner.

There is an urgent need to create mechanisms to empower widows in Yavatmal and Vidarbha, and give them the support they need to pick up the pieces of their lives…

Please read our response to ‘an article on Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (JSA)’ is published in the ‘Economic and Political Weekly/ issue (Vol. 54, Issue No. 29, 20 Jul, 2019) at…

Plasticulture is the application of plastics in agricultural cultivation and is fast becoming the most sought-after technique to augment farm yields and farm income. But, there is also a flip…

In this special feature published in the India Water Portal, WOTR’s Arjuna Srinidhi (Senior Researcher, Climate policy), Marcella D’Souza (Director, WOTR Centre for Resilience Studies) and Crispino Lobo (Managing Trustee)…

The article is published in June 2019 issue of ProSus Magazine. The magazine showcases the voices of researchers, thinkers and storytellers, and perspectives that build bridges between science and society,…

The Environment Department of the Government of Maharashtra and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) recently released a special issue compendium titled issue ‘Plastic Bandiche Shivdhanushya’ (Banning plastic: A herculean…

While farmers everywhere are struggling to cope with the changing agro-climatic conditions, a few farmers in Kumbharwadi village in Maharashtra are adapting to the situation by diversifying their cropping systems.…

This Stakeholder engagement report explains the process used for developing a flexible, community-oriented approach to operationalizing climate change adaptation planning and natural resource management. This process was used in a…

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.

The present study examines the vulnerability of rural communities to heat stress in the semiarid villages in the Maharashtra state of India. The study was conducted in five villages of…

This chapter draws on lessons learnt from natural resources management projects in three Indian states – which includes designing projects, making mid-course modifications, and conducting project evaluations. It provides guidelines…

This chapter in ‘Handbook of Climate Change Resilience’ aims to understand the nature and importance of different components of WOTR advisory system and the response of farmers to the agro-met…

The objective of the study is to develop a methodology aimed at obtaining season wise plot level crop data using High-resolution satellite image and mobile GPS. And also to arrive…

Women’s participation is widely recognised in watershed programmes: however, it is not addressed beyond activities like SHG formation and conventional credit and savings. WOTR evolved a new approach for watershed…

Ghoti village of Ahmednagar district, agro-climatically falls in transition zone and agriculture is rainfed. This region has experienced erratic climatic events like rainfall, coldwave and dryspells frequently which damaged crops.…

The Watershed Organization Trust is taking concrete steps towards conservation of avifauna around the Centre. In order to create a refuge, We have planned to phase out exotic species and…