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India’s target to combat land degradation and desertification

While India has increased its target of restoring degraded land from 21 million ha to 26 million ha, what is the scale of the challenge and what do the new targets mean?

Posted on 01 Oct, 2019 05:44 PM

India finally announced that it would increase its targets of restoring degraded lands from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares^[1].

Combating desertification and land degradation in semi-arid regions of Maharashtra, India (Image Source: WOTR)

Economics of land degradation: India’s new environment targets

What are India's plans for managing its natural resources, undertaking sustainable land management and combating droughts?

Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)

Posted on 28 Jun, 2019 09:38 AM

Managing natural resources, the sustainable way

Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar with representatives of UNCCD, IUCN and other panelists at the June 17th meeting. (Photo: DD News Hindi)

From water to agriculture, well-being and beyond

While WOTR’s work has contributed to improving SDG outcomes, what are the learnings from the efforts made by the organisation to map and identify the pathways that have brought about this change?

Marcella D’Souza

Crispino Lobo

Posted on 17 Jun, 2019 06:20 PM

Sustainable development, still an unfinished agenda

WOTR’s holistic approach integrates environmental, social and development challenges. (Image Source: WOTR)

Sharing water, reaping benefits

This study finds that smallholder farmers who undertake group micro irrigation through pooling of land and water resources greatly benefit through increase in productivity and profit margins.

Posted on 14 Apr, 2018 05:06 PM

Agriculture is of central importance to India’s economy with more than half of the workforce in the country depending on it for their livelihoods. However, it is increasingly being threatened due to climate-change-induced changing rainfall patterns and water scarcity having a negative impact on production.

Sprinkler irrigation in Narayanganj block, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: WOTR)

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