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Irrigation
Jharkhand launches scheme to revive rural economy
Posted on 13 May, 2020 02:32 PMJharkhand government launches three schemes to revive rural economy under the MGNREGA
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Horticulture pile-up, yet farmers stare at losses in Kachchh
Posted on 10 May, 2020 04:05 PMKachchh: A desert oasis under peril
![Date palm plantation in Kachchh (Image: Prayaas: The Movement of Grassroot Changes)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic2_1.jpg?itok=IgS4hmMh)
Coping with Covid-19: Options before small and marginal farmers of rainfed regions
Posted on 09 May, 2020 03:11 PMThe global crisis due to Covid-19 has hit India after coursing through western Europe. India’s response to curtail the spread of the disease was quite decisive.
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Self sufficiency in the times of Covid-19
Posted on 02 May, 2020 11:26 AMReshamben, Manguben and Naseemben, strong women leaders of Vanita Shakti Mahila Sangathan and Ekta Mahila Sangathan, have always argued that government ration shops under the public distribution system should purchase all essential foodgrains from the local area, to the extent possible.
![A ‘people to people’ social solidarity enterprise in the times of Covid-19 (Image: Utthan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman_farmer_photo.jpg?itok=Yaxe7Psv)
Providing safe drinking water, in difficult times!
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 03:36 PMPiramal Sarvajal, seeded by the Piramal Foundation in 2008, is a mission driven social enterprise which designs and deploys innovative solutions for creating affordable access to safe drinking water in underserved areas.
![Safe drinking water, in difficult times (Image Source: PIramal Sarvajal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/piramal_sarvajal4.jpg?itok=MJmizN3J)
Clean drinking water: Still a pipe dream for Maharashtra?
Posted on 30 Mar, 2020 04:34 PMLatur in Maharashtra has been facing acute drinking water scarcity over the last month and has been in news again, and that too, inspite of having piped water connections and a good monsoon this year!
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Virtual water and water footprint
Posted on 22 Mar, 2020 10:32 PMClimate change and water scarcity in India
![Food wastage also implies wastage of water (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/virtual_water.jpg?itok=SQAqV0In)
Groundwater in 30 districts in Delhi-NCR contaminated, reveals 2019 data
Posted on 12 Mar, 2020 02:31 PM30 districts in Delhi-NCR had contaminated groundwater in 2019: Water Minister
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Women’s involvement in participatory water institutions in Eastern India
Posted on 10 Mar, 2020 06:42 PMWomen, major contributors in agriculture and irrigation
![Women, neglected stakeholders in water management (Photocredit: Makarand Purohit for India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bagledi_1.jpg?itok=mO1LR0Lw)
Suffering in silence: Migrant cane cutters of Maharashtra
Posted on 27 Feb, 2020 10:04 PMMaharashtra is the second largest sugar producing state in India, after Uttar Pradesh where as high as 1.6 million farmers cultivate sugarcane on 0.7 million hectares of land. The sugarcane industry provides direct employment to about 0.16 million workers while 1.5 million workers engage in sugarcane harvesting and transport operations every year.
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