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Is it all downhill from here for Leh?
Teaser: Rapid urban growth, scarce water resources and a high risk of natural disasters pose serious challenges for Leh's urban planning and governance.Across South Asia, small and medium-sized towns...
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Cultivating more millets to make food production climate resilient in India
Teaser: A study finds that selectively increasing coarse grains/millets in crop production can greatly help in reducing the negative impacts of climate shocks on future food production in India. Crop...
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Adequate water most important for plant diversity
Teaser: Study shows how rainfall and temperature affect variety of plants in major bio-geographic zones of IndiaNew Delhi, July 9 (India Science Wire): India has a total geographical area of nearly 329...
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Budget 2019 talks big on water
Teaser: But have the crucial schemes received more money than last year? We talk to some experts in the water sector to find out.Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister alluded to gaon, garib and kisan as...
View ArticleNeed info regading installation of motor in a borewell
I have a borewell of depth 700 feet in my agriculture land in Malappuram district, Kerala, with a single phase electricity connection. Kindly advise me on the most appropriate motor that I need to...
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Certificate Programme by Samaj Pragati Sahayog (SPS)
Field-Level Training on Participatory Watershed Management and Sustainable Agriculture To apply for this programme, write to waterpractitioners@gmail.comApply By: Wednesday, 31 July 2019PoliticalMadhya...
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Meghalaya draft water policy, Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment)...
Teaser: Policy matters this weekMeghalaya's draft water policy gets approvalTo address conservation and protection of water sources in the state, the Meghalaya cabinet has approved a draft water policy...
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Rajasthan's ancient yet ever-evolving water heritage
Teaser: A book documents the enormous range of water harvesting systems still in use in Rajasthan.The state of Rajasthan has an immense range of ancient and ingenious water harvesting systems, like the...
View ArticleHow to build check dam in one acre slopey land
I have one acre farmland which is slopey in the Aravali Hills. I want to conserve the rainwater using check dams. Request your advice on how to you do it ?Q&A and Discussion...
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Spending a summer building scalable water access in rural India
Teaser: A young college graduate shares his experience working with Tata Trusts in Assam on water issues.This summer I had the incredible opportunity, to work with the Tata Trusts and their Tata Water...
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How do farmers perceive soil erosion?
Teaser: A study in Telangana argues that farmers’ expertise is important while assessing the severity of soil erosion.Regionally and globally, soil erosion is a major contributor to total land...
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Is the Jalayukt Shivar Abhiyan just a quick fix to manage droughts?
Teaser: A research paper argues that quick fix solutions to drought management will not work unless they are backed up by proper planning, implementation, monitoring and regulation of water...
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All work and some play
Teaser: Collective action games trigger conversations around the nature of the invisible and immeasurable common pool resource - groundwater.India is, by far, the world’s largest groundwater economy....
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Fertiliser sector’s bleak record on water use in India
Teaser: A recent report by CSE rates fertilizer plants on how green the sector is.Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi based non-profit has rated the country’s fertilizer sector on...
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"Digging recharge wells is the only way Bengaluru won’t run out of water"
Teaser: A million recharge wells for BangaloreVishwanath Srikantaiah, popularly known as the 'Rainman', has been in the news recently for his ambitious project to build one million recharge wells in...
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Protecting the kidneys of Kolkata – the East Kolkata Wetlands
Teaser: A real estate boom is tightening its grip on the East Kolkata Wetlands, a unique waste processing ecosystem. Cooperation and coproduction, not conflict are needed to save them. The East...
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P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought
Teaser: Magsaysay award winner & founder-editor of PARI, P Sainath analyses India's water scarcity, the agrarian crisis & farmer suicides, before asking: what can we do about it?P Sainath has...
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Growing crops, one byte at a time
Teaser: Mobile agri-advisory services provide timely and relevant advice to farmers. But do they translate to practice in the field?Agricultural extension and advisory services facilitate the transfer...
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Government to spend Rs 3.5 trillion to provide potable water
Teaser: Policy matters this weekGovernment to spend Rs 3.5 trillion under Jal Jeevan Mission: PM ModiIn his first Independence Day address to the nation after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)...
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Gujarat tops NITI Aayog’s water index for second time
Teaser: India’s water crisis likely to worsen as demand projected to exceed supply by 2050, says reportNITI Aayog, the Government of India’s policy think tank, recently released the second edition of...
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