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The fast disappearing glaciers of Kashmir
Teaser: The glaciers located in the Kashmir Himalayas are melting at rapid rates posing a threat to water security in the region!. How is Kashmir coping?Kashmir’s glaciers are melting at frightening...
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Farm ponds need pondering
Teaser: While farm ponds have often been depicted as magic wands to deal with water scarcity, experiences in Maharashtra show otherwise.Agriculture and inefficient water use in IndiaThe agricultural...
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Gendered impacts of COVID-19
Teaser: The pandemic affects rural women disproportionately with damaging impacts on their employment, health and security. COVID-19 has unleashed one of the greatest human tragedies of the...
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Who is the thirstiest of them all?
Teaser: A study evaluating the water use efficiency of sugarcane, curry banana and paddy among borewell irrigating farmers finds paddy to be the most inefficient and thirstiest of the three....
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Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab: Government
Teaser: News this weekPunjab no.1 in overexploitation of groundwater According to the information placed by the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation in the ongoing...
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Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan a low impact, high expenditure scheme: CAG
Teaser: Policy matters this weekJalyukt Shivar Abhiyan had a low impact in making Maharashtra drought free: CAGSlamming the implementation of the multi-crore Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan, the Comptroller and...
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Forests, the fast disappearing treasure troves of forest dwellers
Teaser: Rapidly disappearing forests are not only a threat to the biodiversity, but spell death knell for the livelihoods of forest dwellers who depend on them for food and survival.Forests are...
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Not in the interest of women farmers!
Teaser: The new farm related bills will spell doom for women workers who form the bulk of small and marginal sections of Indian agriculture, warns Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM).Three...
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Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture
Teaser: If data was better organized and available for download in more ‘user-friendly’ formats, its utilization would improve manifold.India is fortunate to have a rich tradition of public data...
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Women hold the key to dietary diversity
Teaser: A study finds that women's control over income and better decisionmaking power can go a long way in improving dietary diversity and tackling malnutrition in rural India.Evidence world over...
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