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Water footprint of food and cooking fuel

Rice and wheat have large water footprints in rural India

Madhya Pradesh has the largest blue water footprint for food (334 m3/cap/year) and the blue water footprint from wheat contributes 87%. (Image: Pixabay)

कुपोषण मिटाने पथरीली जमीन पर महिलाओं ने बहाया पसीना

सामाजिक स्वीकार्यता की कसौटी पर बांध

Roadmap for nature-based and climate resilient livelihoods in Maharashtra

State-level consultation on a roadmap for nature-based and climate resilient livelihoods in Maharashtra ends with a consensus.

Nature based climate resilient livelihoods (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Efforts towards skilling local communities in water management

Enhancing community based water resource management

Women are involved in the process of developing the water budget from a gender lens. (Image: Samerth)

Sheroes: A tribute to women who value water

Beating odds, women water warriors deepen their work on water

Rural women believe in the power of ‘water continuity’ or having sustained and intergenerational access to water resources (Image: Romit Sen)

समृद्ध जल संस्कृति के संवाहक हैं : 'नौल'

'नौल', फोटो- कौशल सक्सेना, दून पुस्तकालय देहरादून

एमपी में अस्तित्व की लड़ाई लड़ रहे हैं पानी परंपराओं के खजाने

Mosquito fish – invaders in disguise!

Gambusia or Mosquito fish, inspite of being recognised as highly invasive species, continue to be introduced in freshwater bodies for mosquito control in India. This needs to stop!

Gambusia spell doom for freshwater diversity (Image Source: Gambusia affinis, NOZO via Wikimedia Commons)

Water governance standard and certification system – An answer to the water problems of agrarian India

The recent 'Water governance standard and certification system' developed by WOTR can greatly help villages to develop good governance practices and manage their water needs equitably and sustainably.