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Society, Culture, Religion and History
The need for survival edge technology
Posted on 02 Jul, 2019 08:58 PMDecentralised and communitarian efforts in soil and water conservation, sustainable agriculture, afforestation and renewable energy need extensive investment, if the human race is to survive the deepening water, food, energy and climate crises.
![Digging an open well that had some water at lesser depths ranging from 5-10 m using local technology in which a motor run winch draws up the dug up mud from the well bottom. (Image: Rahul Banerjee)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/winch-rahul.jpg?itok=T5NZ1vF5)
Nal se Jal: hit or miss?
Posted on 28 Jun, 2019 02:52 PMWater scarcity has a history … and that history is nothing less than the history of government. – Alatout, 2008.
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From water to agriculture, well-being and beyond
Posted on 17 Jun, 2019 06:20 PMSustainable development, still an unfinished agenda
![WOTR’s holistic approach integrates environmental, social and development challenges. (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wotr_sdgs.png?itok=BZyfpDaJ)
Unravelling NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index: Veering to a pragmatic approach
Posted on 14 Jun, 2019 11:34 AMINTRODUCTION
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Climate change real, warns Pangi tribe
Posted on 13 Jun, 2019 02:14 PMMountain ecosystems are highly sensitive due to ecological fragility, geomorphologic instability but are blessed with vast eco biodiversity.
![Chandrabhaga river through Pangi valley, Himachal Pradesh (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pangi_valley_hp.jpg?itok=C56rIusY)
Ensure adequate water to Delhi: HC to Haryana
Posted on 12 Jun, 2019 12:24 PMHC orders Haryana government to supply adequate water to Delhi and monitor Yamuna through live Google maps
![Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z_1_0.jpg?itok=gV10fSGB)
GHG emissions, water footprints of dietary patterns
Posted on 07 Jun, 2019 10:40 AMIndia'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)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ready_rice_fields.jpg?itok=PUx0K4LP)
Caste and farmer’s access to quality information
Posted on 06 Jun, 2019 05:07 PMIncrease 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)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ails.jpg?itok=aBP6F-Wd)
Understanding the Yamuna and life around it
Posted on 03 Jun, 2019 07:30 AMSarla Yadav, a resident of Yamuna Ghat 24 is a treasure trove of stories on the river Yamuna. She runs a boat business with her son Shyam who provides a nuanced personal account of living by the river and of eking out a meagre livelihood by plying boats. They are among a few families who have not sold their boats so far.
![The Yamuna river and its people (Image: Shashwat Jain, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_yamuna.jpg?itok=4YUS0-YP)
Anti-drought works unsatisfactory: Govt
Posted on 29 May, 2019 11:04 AMNearly 790,000 anti-drought works under MGNREGA incomplete or abandoned
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_1_1.jpg?itok=D7ytUwkT)