by Team LEISA India | Nov 17, 2015 | Articles, Resource Management, Water Management
Equipped with innovative approaches that cut down on water consumption, farmers in Nidhan village of Madhya Pradesh have started looking for ways to grow two crops in a year. The village has been guided by the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra in their efforts to undertake... 
by Team LEISA India | Nov 17, 2015 | Articles, Resource Management, Water Management
Traditional water use practices are not adequate to meet the current water demand in Nepal’s Koshi basin. To address the increasing water demand, good practices in water management that have proven to work well and produced good results were documented for replication... by Team LEISA India | Nov 17, 2015 | Articles, Resource Management, Water Management
‘Harvesting the monsoon: livelihoods reborn’, published in the March 2000 edition of LEISA Magazine, documents an experience from Alwar district in Rajasthan, India. Beginning in 1985, traditional water harvesting was revitalised and local rivers were transformed from... 
by Team LEISA India | Nov 17, 2015 | Articles, Resource Management, Water Management
Kenis or sacred wells and Surangas reveal the ancient knowledge and wisdom of tribes of Wayanad in water conservation and sustainable utilization of perennial water sources. Neglect of this valuable indigenous knowledge, deserves to be protected and passed on to... by Team LEISA India | Nov 17, 2015 | Articles, Resource Management, Water Management
Effective management of water resources is crucial to sustain agriculture, farm incomes and livelihoods. By renovating traditional water harvesting structures like khadins and nadis, farmers in Barmer have proved beyond doubt that rain-fed farming, even with minimum... by Team LEISA India | Nov 17, 2015 | Articles, Interviews
”Water is the engine of change” Interview: Henkjan Laats All her working life, Elizabeth Peredo has been engaged in defending human and environmental rights. For ten years until August 2015 she was the director of the Bolivian organisation Fundación Solón that aims to...