Water Management

Chennai's reservoirs became empty in the summer of 2019, prompting the government to truck in 10 million litres of water per day.

As I embarked on my agtech and water tour in India, I was surprised to experience such a diverse range of extreme climate in just one month. I traveled from drought-stricken landscapes in North India (early June 2023) to flood-ravaged regions while leaving the country (early July 2023) and encountered uneven weather patterns in between.

The Maralappanahalli community has come a long way since the formation of its Grama Parisara Abhivruddi Samiti in 2017. The livelihood basket of the 40 households here largely comprised agriculture and livestock rearing for the longest time, but the Samiti has been instrumental in helping its people learn about MGNREGS and avail it to support their livelihoods.

Water and Livelihoods Foundation (WLF) is an NGO based in Hyderabad, India. WLF strives towards achieving water security and livelihoods enhancement of poor through community development initiatives, action research & innovations and skill development. Contributing to the skill building of NGOs, development workers and researchers is one of the major objectives of WLF.

Researchers from the Netherlands' Wageningen University and the W-CReS (WOTR Centre For Resilience Studies) have undertaken a thorough investigation that has revealed key insights for improving climate resilience in semi-arid farming systems.

Agricultural technology empowers farm women in Andhra Pradesh

Assam undertakes an ambitious water scheme to educate more than two lakh youngsters as Jal Doots

Jal Shakti ministry releases report enumerating over 2.4 million water bodies

According to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) yearly report, climate change continued to advance in 2022 from the tops of mountains to the bottom of the ocean. Communities on every continent were impacted by droughts, floods, and heatwaves, which cost many billions of dollars.