Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT)

From ripple to a tide – A film by SDTT on its work with local NGOs and communities on diversion-based irrigation

"Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water”Lao Tzu
The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) has been implementing a programme on diversion-based irrigation (DBI) since early 2009 to promote the development of small scale irrigation through diversion of water from streams. The film “From ripple to a tide” tells multiple stories related to sustainable irrigation systems, from the eyes of one of its team members who has been involved in the programme.

Posted on 01 Dec, 2012 10:52 AM

Part I: From ripple to a tide, a film by SDTT

A case study of Dongs – The traditional water management system of the Bodo people

Bodo people have used Doongs to support agriculture for centuries. Understanding these doongs and the people

Posted on 05 Nov, 2010 05:24 PM

This report by SDTT presents a case study on the traditional water management system of the bodo people in Assam and North Bengal, the dongs. Dongs are man-made structures akin to canals, to route water from available water sources, which are usually perennial, to the paddy cultivating fields. The water sources are small rivers, perennial swamps, beel, streams, etc. Dong can have a breadth of 7-15 feet on average or even more. The breadth gradually increases over the course of its flow from the source till the end point.

Strengthening the learning alliance - Scaling up options for SRI in Orissa: A report by the Xavier Institute of Management

This report on scaling up options for the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Orissa attempted to strengthen the SRI learning alliance in Orissa through this scoping study

Centre for World Solidarity (CWS)

C Shambu Prasad

Debasis Mohapatra

Directorate of Agriculture and Food Production (Government of Orissa)

Food and Environment’

Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC)

Piyush Mishra

WWF Project ‘Dialogue on water

Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB)

Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 04:21 PM

It begins with this overview chapter which provides the basics of SRI for the uninitiated apart from situating the productivity of rice within the All India context reiterating the case for SRI. The report highlights the efforts of the department and provides information on the costs of cultivation at the state farm and reported yield increase in different demonstration plots.

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