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Groundwater
Beneath the surface: A journey into Kolar’s water management
Posted on 23 Oct, 2023 09:42 PMField visits are an exciting enterprise, especially as a young student who wishes to understand rural India. But they are also a complicated process of seeing and discerning, trying to figure out what is real and what is not. Hagiographies of local mobilisation are common in such endeavours, which, in some cases, are justified. To give into such tendencies is to pick the easy way out.
![Catchment and bed area of the tank (Image: Anshul Rai Sharma)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/2.jpg?itok=As_YjOei)
Villagers in Rajasthan restore grasslands to save the Great Indian bustard
Posted on 15 Oct, 2023 04:07 PMVillagers in Rajasthan restore grasslands to save the endangered Great Indian bustard
![Great Indian Bustard, Rajasthan (Image Source: Saurabh Sawant via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-10/GIB1.jpg?itok=oEbfpXxr)
Farmer’s willingness to pay for groundwater irrigation: The case of Uttar Pradesh
Posted on 28 Sep, 2023 09:58 AMIrrigated agriculture consumes the largest share of freshwater resources, including both surface water and groundwater. As high as 40 percent of irrigation is dependent on groundwater, accounting for 70 percent of the total groundwater extractions world over and this share is predicted to increase with climate change.
![Groundwater, fast diminishing resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/groundwater.jpg?itok=oAmFd3EA)
Demand for work under MGNREGA rises as monsoon plays truant
Posted on 17 Sep, 2023 12:15 PMRural job demand under MGNREGA rises as monsoon plays truant
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/MGNREGA1.jpg?itok=lz57mST0)
What are the major challenges facing urban drinking water supply in India?
Posted on 09 Sep, 2023 11:20 AMChennai's reservoirs became empty in the summer of 2019, prompting the government to truck in 10 million litres of water per day.
![Governance mechanisms often fail to ensure effective community participation, leading to top-down approaches that may not suit local contexts (Image: Hippopx; Creative Commons Zero - CC0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-08/water-water-jet-fountain-red-preview.jpg?itok=FuIpfzeD)
Rethinking India’s water and climate narrative in agriculture
Posted on 28 Aug, 2023 07:31 PMAs I embarked on my agtech and water tour in India, I was surprised to experience such a diverse range of extreme climate in just one month. I traveled from drought-stricken landscapes in North India (early June 2023) to flood-ravaged regions while leaving the country (early July 2023) and encountered uneven weather patterns in between.
![Agtech introduces fresh advancements and creativity to established farming methods through the utilization of digitalization and contemporary approaches. (Image: Ankit Chandra)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-08/1.jpg?itok=J4d6BbOV)
Changing crop types and water scarcity: The case of Marathwada
Posted on 27 Aug, 2023 04:57 AMMarathwada is one of the most drought-prone regions of India and the increasing severity of droughts and their adverse impacts on socioeconomic conditions in the region have been of major concern in recent years. Majority of the area of Marathwada is under rain-fed agriculture and the summer monsoon rainfall is crucial for agricultural production in the region.
![Sugarcane, the water thirsty crop of Marathwada (Image Source: Azhar Feder, Wikimedia Commons-CC-BY-SA-3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-08/sugarcane%20cutters1.jpg?itok=7q2t9bbD)
Qualitative and quantitative data analysis pathways
Posted on 09 Aug, 2023 10:56 AMWater and Livelihoods Foundation (WLF) is an NGO based in Hyderabad, India. WLF strives towards achieving water security and livelihoods enhancement of poor through community development initiatives, action research & innovations and skill development. Contributing to the skill building of NGOs, development workers and researchers is one of the major objectives of WLF.
Nudging farmers to conserve water
Posted on 25 Jul, 2023 10:07 PMIn a randomized field experiment, researchers test whether training medium scale farmers in an agricultural water reduction practice reduces water use from common aquifers in Haryana, India.
![Alternate Wetting and Drying (Image: Zoheb Mahmud Khan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/Alternate-Wetting-and-Drying-AWD.png?itok=_rLi8AKP)
Technology aids safety of Kerala fisherfolk during monsoons
Posted on 17 Jul, 2023 10:14 AMCommunication technologies aid fisherfolk in Kerala to remain safe during the monsoons
![Fishermen venturing out into the sea in Vizhinjham in Kerala (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/fisherfolk.jpg?itok=c_jey1QL)