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While WOTR’s work has contributed to improving SDG outcomes, what are the learnings from the efforts made by the organisation to map and identify the pathways that have brought about this change?

Arjuna Srinidhi

Marcella D’Souza

Crispino Lobo

Posted on 17 Jun, 2019 06:20 PM

Sustainable development, still an unfinished agenda

WOTR’s holistic approach integrates environmental, social and development challenges. (Image Source: WOTR)

India, in the eye of a storm!

The incidence and intensity of tropical cyclonic storms during monsoons is increasing in India. Can historical analysis help understand and cope with them better?

Nair and Annadurai

Posted on 16 Jun, 2019 07:51 PM

A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016 (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Unravelling NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index: Veering to a pragmatic approach

An analysis of the effectiveness of the Composite Water Management Index as a policy-making tool

Kuhelika Ghosh

Praharsh M. Patel

Posted on 14 Jun, 2019 11:34 AM

INTRODUCTION

Image for representational purposes only. Image credit: India Water Portal

UNICEF lauds SBM for reducing groundwater contamination

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 12 Jun, 2019 12:09 PM

Swachh Bharat Mission reduced groundwater contamination: UNICEF

SBM reduced groundwater contamination in many villages. (Source: IWP via Flickr photos)

Skymet Weather releases kharif crop estimate 2019

With over 50 percent of the cultivable area being rain-fed, the farm economy could be in a precarious situation with the ongoing rain deficiency.

Skymet Weather Services

Posted on 11 Jun, 2019 04:25 PM

India’s leading weather and agriculture risk monitoring company has released a Kharif Report, sharing the prediction for the upcoming monsoon and its impact on the production of kharif crops.

Cotton production in the country is expected to go up by 10 percent as compared to last year. (Image: Kimberly Vardeman, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

GHG emissions, water footprints of dietary patterns

Rice-based diets had higher emissions but wheat-based diets used more water, says study.

Lukasz Aleksandrowicz

Posted on 07 Jun, 2019 10:40 AM

India's food system produces large environmental impacts but these vary by diets. The per capita environmental impacts of diets in India are currently lower than those of many high-income countries due, in part, to habitually low consumption of animal source foods.

As India continues in its nutrition transition, people currently consuming the rice and low diversity pattern will be likely to adopt more diverse diets (Image: Senthil T S K, Wikimedia Commons)

Caste and farmer’s access to quality information

A study finds that farmers from socially-marginalised castes continue to be disadvantaged in accessing agricultural extension services.

Vijesh V. KrishnaI

Lagesh M. Aravalath

Surjit Vikraman

Posted on 06 Jun, 2019 05:07 PM

Increase in agricultural productivity is not only dependent on material inputs, but also on farmer’s access to relevant information on crop production and farm management practices. This information is provided through agricultural extension services in India.

Access to information helps improve crop output among farmers. (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Jal Shakti ministry formed to tackle water woes

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 04 Jun, 2019 09:34 PM

Jal Shakti ministry formed by merging water ministry and drinking water ministry

Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)

India witnesses second driest pre-monsoon spell in 65 years

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Swati Bansal

Posted on 04 Jun, 2019 09:22 PM

India's water situation alarming

India witnesses the second driest pre-monsoon spell (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Monsoon to arrive late, less rain expected: Skymet

The forecast shows monsoon to begin under the shadow of El Niño and could be below normal across all four regions.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 30 May, 2019 11:25 AM

Skies in several parts of Kerala are overcast with pre-monsoon but monsoon is progressing sluggishly, as per meteorological predictions. “This year’s monsoon rains will arrive on India southern coast in Kerala on June 4 and deliver less rain than average year,” says Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency.

Monsoon in Sikkim Himalayas (Image: Marina, Wikimedia Commons, CC-A-2.0-Generic)

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