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An innovative way of sharing diminishing groundwater introduced by APDAI

The villages of AP villagers share groundwater, a practice introduced by the World Bank’s pilot project - The Andhra Pradesh Drought Adaptation Initiative (APDAI).

Posted on 27 Mar, 2010 12:55 PM

“We no longer worry about the rains. We now have the confidence to grow alternative crops even if the monsoon fails,” said Balaraju, a farmer in one of the most drought-prone and economically vulnerable regions of Andhra Pradesh in southern India.

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