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Drinking water access to all in Bihar: Reach, benefits and challenges
Posted on 06 Apr, 2021 01:17 PMThe problem of drinking water in India is becoming more acute by the day, as one can see people queuing up at wells, water tankers, and common water points during summers in mos
COVID-19 and social protection: Impact in the agriculture sector
Posted on 01 Apr, 2021 01:10 PMCOVID-19 induced significant economic and social disruptions in India. Rural households, including smallholders, were affected by loss in migrant income, livelihood and farm and non-farm income.
![Access to credit increased farmers' expenditures on farm-related activities. (Image: Pixy.org)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/farm-woman-on-the-field-in-india.jpg?itok=-m9p4q_h)
Over two crore children in India experiencing extremely high water vulnerability: UNICEF
Posted on 01 Apr, 2021 11:00 AMUNICEF’s analysis reveals over two crore children in India facing extremely high water vulnerability
![Girl fetching water from handpump (Source: Flickr photos via IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/3895622025_57207bc726_c.jpg?itok=9KAqqm8K)
Ken-Betwa riverlink gets a go ahead
Posted on 01 Apr, 2021 09:01 AMCentre and states signs MoU to commence Ken-Betwa river link
![Map showing Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/yamunarivermap.jpg?itok=Ub6--BDp)
Lights out to mark the Earth Hour
Posted on 26 Mar, 2021 04:25 PMEarth Hour is observed on the last Saturday of March each year in almost all countries to raise people’s awareness of natural disasters due
![Through this year’s theme, awareness is being raised about the crisis of nature loss, climate change and global warming (Image: SomeCG, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/earth%20hour.jpg?itok=9dSoSxbI)
Water footprint of food and cooking fuel
Posted on 26 Mar, 2021 02:33 PMWater is a basic resource for food and fuelwood production. In general, people in rural areas of India consume carbohydrate-rich staples with small amounts of animal foods. They mostly depend upon fuelwood for cooking.
![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)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/country-2178853_1920.jpg?itok=92h7PP8T)
Roadmap for nature-based and climate resilient livelihoods in Maharashtra
Posted on 23 Mar, 2021 03:38 PMPune-based NGO, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), in consultation with several experts, from the public, civil society and private sector, arrived at a joint statement on an ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change in Maharashtra in Pune, on February 17th, 2021.
![Nature based climate resilient livelihoods (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/Farmer%20ploughing.jpg?itok=HEQ47ipa)
Efforts towards skilling local communities in water management
Posted on 23 Mar, 2021 12:14 PMSamerth has been working since 2000 on providing safe water to the marginalised communities in the remote areas of Rapar and Bhachau blocks of Kutch district in Gujarat.
![Women are involved in the process of developing the water budget from a gender lens. (Image: Samerth)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/1615965311249.jpg?itok=GG8kP8RH)
Sheroes: A tribute to women who value water
Posted on 22 Mar, 2021 10:19 PMEvery year, March 22 is celebrated as World Water Day. The theme for this year is ‘valuing water’. This indicates the higher level of thinking that is percolating agencies like the UN.
![Rural women believe in the power of ‘water continuity’ or having sustained and intergenerational access to water resources (Image: Romit Sen)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/Jal%20Sahelis%202_0.jpg?itok=xFAt45MG)
Mosquito fish – invaders in disguise!
Posted on 22 Mar, 2021 12:02 PMThreats to freshwater bodies in India are many and include pollution, flow modification, overexploitation and habitat degradation. Besides these, introduction of invasive alien species is a growing problem in India threatening freshwater biodiversity leading to a decline in native species and compromising the health of freshwater bodies.
What is an invasive species
![Gambusia spell doom for freshwater diversity (Image Source: Gambusia affinis, NOZO via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/Gambusia.jpg?itok=t4TITsum)