Introduction of water harvesting and moisture conservation measures was necessary to rehabilitate the degraded lands in the Sawna macrowatershed area near Udaipur. A community...
SWAR: A technology to drastically save irrigation water
At the Centre for Environment Concerns, an NGO based in Hyderabad, India, the challenge was clear: develop an inclusive irrigation technology suitable for low rainfall areas....
From scarcity to abundance -Transformation of Krishna Dehariya village
By efficient harvesting of water, the communities of Krishna Dehariya village in Madhya Pradesh are not only able to meet the current water requirement of the village but are...
Scaling up Community Managed Water Supply Programme
J. James A demand based, community-managed and conservation-focused approach was envisioned to bring about a reform at the sectoral level. However, the large scale programme...
Indigenous water management system by the farmers of northeastern hill region
A. K. Singh The northeastern region of India comprising eight states viz., Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. Most of this...
Preserve organic matter in the Soil
All the soils have been formed by the particles of withered rocks, followed by the gradual emergence of fungi, algae, grasses, weeds, shrubs, small trees and finally thick...
Water harvesting
Water scarcity is a common problem during the past 10 years both for irrigation and household consumption due to lack of sufficient rains, rapid growth of population and water...
Towards a holistic approach in managing water crisis in dryland agriculture
K. Shivashankar Water is precious for sustenance of human and animal life and for growth and development of plants, whether in the form of soil moisture or surface water (as...
Water Management and Sustainability of Agriculture in the Himalavan Mountains, India: An Overview
G.C.S. NEGI and V. JOSHI Water management in the Central Himalayan agriculture is confronted by too-muchand-too-little water syndrome. ...