Amita Bhaduri

Developing an effective participatory groundwater monitoring program at village level

Issues in groundwater management and recharge have been dealt with in a series of booklets as a part of the MARVI project. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

One of the Bhujal Jankaars measuring groundwater levels manually (Image: Basant Maheshwari)

Ensuring food security in times of Covid-19

A study conducted in 47 districts indicates that over half of the surveyed households are eating less during lockdown. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

The prolonged lockdown has increased the dependence of farmers on food supply through the public distribution system as well as the need to grow a good crop in kharif season. (Image: UNESCO)

Building resilience of communities during and beyond Covid-19

Interventions that increase dependencies and use of local resources to resolve challenges locally can help increase resilience of farmers. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

People were following social distancing in villages while collecting water (Image: INREM)

Need to build inclusive cities in the post-pandemic world

It’s time that public policy focuses on a radical re-envisioning of urban spaces and on improving social inclusion of migrants in urban settings. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

Migrants on their way home during the countrywide lockdown (Image: Stranded Workers Action Network)

Horticulture pile-up, yet farmers stare at losses in Kachchh

Robust arid region horticulture in the water-scarce arid region of Kachchh, but without improved value-addition for increased shelf-life, farmers faced with a crisis. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

Date palm plantation in Kachchh (Image: Prayaas: The Movement of Grassroot Changes)

Coping with Covid-19: Options before small and marginal farmers of rainfed regions

There is a need to have basic institutional structures such as market, credit, insurance, research, extension service etc., in place in rainfed regions. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

Community economies - Reconstructing rural economy with ecological sustainability and ethics of equity

Collective management, participation and equity are the foundations on which community economies are sustained. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

Johads in Nanduwali nadi region (Image: Farhad Contractor, IWP Flickr)

Village institutions take a lead in Covid-19 response

Institutions are a key arsenal in rural India's pandemic fight. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

In the light of disrupted food supply systems, especially for fresh produce, the village institution arranged for harvesting and sale of produce. (Image: FES)

Transforming lives in the Covid-19 context: MGNREGS and its potential

India can use its flagship public employment program (MGNREGS) to transform lives of its underprivileged population in the Covid-19 context, and live up to its promise of a welfare state. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage. Gopalpura, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh, Flickr Commons)

Self sufficiency in the times of Covid-19

Utthan promotes self-sufficient food production areas with internal dependencies, as the pandemic causes disruptions from food to fork. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

A ‘people to people’ social solidarity enterprise in the times of Covid-19 (Image: Utthan)

Covid-19: The road back home

A rapid study highlights the plight of homebound migrant workers of Mirzapur and Prayagraj districts of Uttar Pradesh after Lockdown 1.0 Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

Millions of migrants rushed to return to their villages amid the lockdown (Image: Pixabay/balouriarajesh. Pixabay licence)

Covid-19: Oxfam India responding with relief in 14 states

Oxfam India along with its partners is striving to broaden its humanitarian relief response to fight coronavirus. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

Oxfam India is concerned about the impact Covid-19 could have on the most vulnerable communities (Image: Oxfam India)

Covid-19 and water security in India: Magnifying inequities in an unequal world

The "heal as one" narrative is a false one as the poorest are the most vulnerable to the disease. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 6 months ago

In the absence of piped water access, poor households will find it exceedingly difficult to practice regular handwashing (Image: UNICEF, Flickr Commons)

Facing up to the water crisis

Conservation measures such as rainwater harvesting and recharging of groundwater need to be generally well established in both rural and urban areas. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 7 months ago

Water conservation measures invariably have a positive effect on water quality and the environment (Image: Joel Bassuk / Oxfam; Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Gearing to overcome water quality woes

A workshop highlights the need to give a boost to affordable household water treatment and storage technologies. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 7 months ago

HWTS solutions are best suited for villages (Image: WaterAid)

Springing back to life

Jal Jeevan Mission can go a long way to promote springshed management and ensure source sustainability of spring based piped water supply. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 7 months ago

We are all fools

Nature has now sent a stern message calling out our foolishness. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 7 months ago

On January 31st 2020, the WHO declared the COVID 19 crisis to be a public health emergency of international concern. (Image: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation)

WASH in the times of COVID-19

Government of Maharashtra and UNICEF Mumbai are training frontline workers to tackle the spread of COVID-19. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 7 months ago

Students handwashing with soap (Image: World Bank, Flickr Commons; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Covid-19: Implications for watershed management

Watershed work needs to be stepped up to ensure that the lockdown does not impact the livelihoods of the rural poor. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 7 months ago

COVID-19 has adversely affected this year's watershed management work (Image: ILO South Asia-Pacific; Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

From policy to practice: Can National Water Policy 2020 bridge the gap?

The new policy needs to build context specificity and have enabling mechanisms for equitable resource allocation. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 7 months ago

Women extracting water from the riverbed, Gaya (Image: ICIMOD/ Prasanta Biswas; Flickr Commons)