Policy initiatives- Ministry of Agriculture
An amalgamation of links and information relating to initiatives taken up by Ministry of Agriculture
Guidelines on various components of National Project on Organic Farming: Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
Brief on the guidelines on various components of National Project on Organic Farming
Enhancing Sustainability of Dryland Rainfed Farming Systems: A new scheme under the National Common Minimum Programme
A new scheme on 'Enhancing Sustainability of Dryland Rainfed Farming Systems'
More crop and income per drop of water - Report by the advisory council on artificial recharge of groundwater (MoWR) (2006)
A report on artificial recharge groundwater
Minor irrigation for land owned by dalits and adivasis - A presentation to National Advisory Council (2007)
A presentation on the output of the review and discussion done on the provision of the National Common Minimum Programme of the current UPA government.
Water for production - Women in decentralised irrigation systems in Maharashtra - Issues and recommendations
A brief on the findings of a study that attempts to understand the overall context and implications of women's participation in the irrigation sector.
System of Rice Intensification
How method of system of rice intensification can be applied to save water
Rivers and Lakes of India
A set of maps that show the major rivers and lakes in the country
Database of threatened lakes
An interactive map database that shows the threatened lakes across the country with background information about each water body.
Groundwater Maps - India
A set of maps that describe water depth, fluctuation and decadal mean
Tools and techniques for purification of water and waste water
Various techniques and treatment methods for purification of both water and waste water
Groundwater maps for Abdasa taluka of Kutch District in Gujarat
A set of maps that depict the groundwater situation
A training module on water quality monitoring and surveillance
Process for water quality monitoring at state and district level
Closing the demand supply gap through rainwater harvesting - A case study of Sargasan - Gujarat
A paper on the experiments with artificial recharge technique in a peri-urban area
Development of a framework for good agricultural practices - FAO (2003)
A report on the concept of good agricultural practices
Zero tillage: A conservation agriculture technique of South Asia
An introduction to a conservation agriculture technique that increases productivity and conserves natural resources
Evaluation report on dryland farming programme
A document on the dryland farming programme
Reorienting Dryland Research in India: Students’, Scientists’, and Farmers’ Point of View
A research paper on how dryland research in India can be re oriented
Dryland agriculture: Improved techniques and practices
A brief introduction to dryland agriculture
Water competition in agriculture: Excerpt from the Human Development Report, 2006
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