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April 7, 2024
Exploring smart irrigation: Drip and sprinkler systems
Advancements in smart irrigation: IoT integration for sustainable agriculture
Enhancing efficiency through sprinkler irrigation (Image: Rawpixel; CC0 License)
April 4, 2024
Water in agriculture: Navigating the nexus of efficiency, innovation, and collaboration
Tackling India's water crisis: A blueprint for agricultural water efficiency
Women working in the field in India (Image: IWMI Flickr/Hamish John Appleby; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
March 13, 2024
Valuing groundwater: A priority for India
As cities such as Bangalore grapple with the water crisis, understanding the value of conserving groundwater to prevent this from happening in the future is urgently needed!
Groundwater, a threatened resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
January 3, 2024
How has changing rural electrification impacted agricultural expansion in India?
How has the shifting focus on rural electrification affected groundwater irrigation and agriculture in India? A study explores.
Rural electrification can affect irrigation practices. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
December 28, 2023
Creating scalable, sustainable agriculture programs
The report presents six case studies on how sustainable agriculture programmes scaled up in the past in India
A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
May 16, 2023
Does micro irrigation really save water?
For achieving real water saving through micro irrigation, a mechanism for water regulation and allocation is essential
Use of micro irrigation technology does not automatically result in a reduction in water consumption (Image: Anton: Wikimedia Commons)
Irrigation scheme inconsistent: CAG audit
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 Jan, 2019 10:59 AM

Inconsistencies in Centre's flagship irrigation scheme, reveals CAG audit
Irrigation canal from the Bhima dam. (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)
Research Intern - Water Resources Management (Agriculture Water Use)
Positions for internship in agriculture water use has opened up at CEEW
Posted on 03 Jan, 2019 03:26 PM

Research Intern

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No water in the rice bowl
Thousands of farmers in Bardhaman district, known as the rice bowl of West Bengal, are suffering huge losses due to the shortage of water.
Gurvinder Singh
Posted on 14 Dec, 2018 10:02 PM

Nikhil Bagdi has attempted suicide twice in the past one month. Fortunately, his neighbours came to his rescue whenever he tried to end his life by hanging from the ceiling of his room. Nikhil lives in Serorai village of Bardhaman district in West Bengal, a little over 120 kilometres from Kolkata. 
Nikhil Bagdi at his paddy field. (Photo: Gurvinder Singh)
Dealing with droughts
There are many reasons why we see more droughts in India these days. Here is all the information that you need to know droughts better.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 13 Dec, 2018 04:20 PM

Droughts are one of the most feared natural calamities in India impacting food production, the economy as well as the morale of millions of farmers in a cou
Droughts are predicted to rise in India (Image Source: Gaurav Bhosale via Wikimedia Commons)
A future without water?
Once abundant with water, Sikri village is fighting a losing battle to meet its water needs.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 11 Dec, 2018 01:17 PM

Sikri is a small village that lies 65 km north-west of Bharatpur on the Alwar road. The village used to depend on a traditional irrigation system that assured water throughout the year. A local saying related to the water availability at Sikri goes thus: Lakh daal le chittri, jay rahoongi Sikri (You may put lakhs of fetters to stop it, but the waters will still reach Sikri).
An off-taking canal that promoted flow irrigation. The system has become a relic of the past. There is a demand to revive this colonial irrigation system whose bund is over 17-km long and has 28 distributaries. (Image: India Water Portal)
NMCG clears projects to curb Yamuna river pollution
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 27 Nov, 2018 11:16 AM

Yamuna river pollution: NMCG approves projects worth Rs 1,573 crore
Children rummage through garbage near the Yamuna river. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Two states and a river: More power or more water?
The latest addition to India’s interstate river water conflicts, the Mahanadi will soon go water deficit if Odisha and Chhattisgarh don’t control their hunger for coal-fired power.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 25 Nov, 2018 12:26 PM

A new study, Mahanadi: Coal Rich, Water-Stressed sheds light on how both Odisha and Chhattisgarh have locked horns over the distribution of waters of the Mahanadi river. The 851-km-long river originates in the Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh, flows through the state and then Odisha before joining the Bay of Bengal at Odisha’s coast.
The Hirakud dam (Image: Makarand Purohit, India Water Portal)
How can small farmers' income be increased?
Here is a look at the challenges faced by small farmers in India and how they can be dealt with.
Yogesh Upadhyaya
Posted on 23 Nov, 2018 05:23 PM

As per the agricultural statistics of 2014, nearly 430 people depend on farming in India while 263 million people are either farmers or agricultural workers. Farmers are major contributors to the growth of Indian economy and their concerns impact policies in the country. 
Better strategy needed to increase small farmer's income. (Source: Yogesh Upadhyaya)
The unique Himalayan wetlands
The Himalayan wetlands are under threat due to unregulated urbanisation and unsustainable tourism. Urgent attention at the policy level is the need of the hour.
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Posted on 03 Nov, 2018 08:33 AM

Wetlands are very important and productive ecosystems that support a wide range of plants and animals and provide livelihood opportunities to local communities in India.
A view of the Himalayas. (Source: IWP Flickr photos--photo for representation purpose only)
Vidarbha farmer's date with success
Farmer Thangavel tastes success with date farming in the drought-prone region of Vidarbha.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 30 Oct, 2018 10:12 AM

In a drought-prone region like Vidarbha in Maharashtra, mostly in the news for water scarcity and farmer suicide, it is not every day that you hear the success story of a farmer. That's why the story of Savi Thangavel, 69, a resident of Mohegaon village which is just 22 km from Nagpur, is special.
Thangavel date farm (Source: India Water Portal)
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