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Interventions of a voluntary agency: The MYRADA experience
Posted on 08 Mar, 2014 02:37 PMMYRADA has been working on watershed development projects since 1984-85. Through its efforts it had developed a climate of trust and confidence at the field level. Peoples' institutions have emerged and stabilised at various degrees of successes because of these efforts.
![Interventions of a voluntary agency](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wee.jpg?itok=eB7yYWqf)
People's institutions managing natural resources in the context of a watershed strategy - A paper by MYRADA
Posted on 08 Mar, 2014 02:18 PMThis paper attempts to analyse the impact of several government guidelines related to watershed management on the People's institutions that have emerged in watershed programmes where NGOs have a role.
![People's institutions managing natural resources](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yu.jpg?itok=f6dAV7L_)
Integrated Farm Development: A user guide
Posted on 08 Mar, 2014 10:29 AMIntegrated Farm Development (IFD) is an innovative concept in farming where various resources (farm waste) are integrated and utilised in order to reap maximum benefits.
![Integrated farm development: A user guide (Source: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dp.jpg?itok=eyMMbSoC)
Identity theft in Northeast India
Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 12:26 PMIf you try to map where indigenous people live and where abundant biodiversity exists, you will notice a big overlap. It might seem like coincidence, but it isn't. Indigenous people have long shared and declared a strong connection to their traditional landscapes. They have had methods to protect, preserve and live harmoniously with nature.
![Indigenous communities remain marginalised](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/indigenous_communtites_share_a_close_bond_with_land.jpg?itok=kJHXE6O0)
Envisioning the future
Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 10:33 AMLooking through that peephole where the future seems dark and bleak conjures up discomfort. We would all rather envision a better, happier tomorrow but anticipating a possible bleak future is crucial for communities to plan in the context of changes, says Dr. Petra Tschakert, Professor of Geography at Pennsylvania State University, USA.
![Floods in Jiadhol river (Source: Amita Bhaduri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319675333_d310b01330_b.jpg?itok=dr7Ip368)
Krishi Vigyan Kendra to the rescue!
Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 10:27 AMNidhan is about 30 km away from its district headquarter Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The village receives an annual average rainfall of 450 mm concentrated in the months of July and August. While much of the village depends on rainfed agriculture, the main source of irrigation in the rabi (winter) season is borewells.
![The farmer got bumper crop of pigeon pea](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pigeon_pea.jpg?itok=CB9UpSsg)
Princely' private ponds
Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 10:14 AMCharkhari, a princely state of India in the colonial period was once a beautiful settlement founded by Saurabh Singh Bundela, a Rajput King. Acceded to India post-Independence, the town is now located in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The place was home to intricate water management systems in the past.
![A talab in the fort city of Charkhari](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/charkhari.jpg?itok=xNS1h9D6)
Water across Northern Railways highly contaminated
Posted on 05 Mar, 2014 11:25 PMWater across Northern Railways highly contaminated, says report
![Water tap at a railway station](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_20140216_093017.jpg?itok=AGmOS3vY)
Wildlife Board approves controversial irrigation projects in Maharashtra
Posted on 05 Mar, 2014 11:23 PMMaharashtra's controversial irrigation projects get a green signal
![Irrigation canal in Maharashtra (Source:Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/siphontubes.jpg?itok=BJpjacHM)
A school for 'dropouts'
Posted on 24 Feb, 2014 04:29 PM'Development through Education and Education through development’ is the motto of Vigyan Ashram, a residential school situated in Pabal, Maharashtra. Dr.Kalbaug founded Vigyan Ashram on the principles of natural systems of learning.
![An Ashram built by its students, for its students](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10291576885_e132b3de6c_o.jpg?itok=UetsQdfu)