Conservation - Reducing Water Usage
Cereals drain India dry
Posted on 20 Jan, 2021 11:14 AMAgricultural stagnation and inefficient irrigation systems
Agriculture continues to be an important sector for the Indian economy and for food security with more than half of the workforce being employed in agricultural activities. Greater use of improved crop varieties, irrigation and fertilisers have contributed to major improvements in crop yields in India.
Digital water infrastructure to help India become water independent
Posted on 30 Dec, 2020 03:04 PMThe rising water crisis in India
Challenges to India’s urban water security and future growth patterns
Posted on 29 Dec, 2020 12:10 PMLinkages between water security and socio-economic growth
Increasing water security for the urban underserved
Posted on 27 Nov, 2020 11:40 AMPiramal Sarvajal, the safe drinking water initiative of Piramal Foundation launched a tool named Composite Water Vulnerability Index (CWVI) at its recent webinar on ‘Sustainable water security for urban underserved’ hosted in association with Center for Water and Sanitation (CWAS) and Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT).
Ahar pynes: Traditional flood harvesting systems of South Bihar
Posted on 18 Nov, 2020 02:17 PM
Ahar pynes, the ingenious community managed irrigation systems of South Bihar
Leave no household behind
Posted on 17 Nov, 2020 08:14 AMIn the early weeks of the lockdown, we, at Hindustan Unilever Foundation, had a rather humbling epiphany. We had all the data we needed on the households that we work with in our water conservation programmes: their landholding, crop choices, yields from each season, source of water, number of water conservation structures built, amount of water saved, and so on.
Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture
Posted on 15 Oct, 2020 06:57 PMIndia is fortunate to have a rich tradition of public data collection and compilation.
Where does the water in a well come from?
Posted on 29 Sep, 2020 12:58 PMThe environment versus development debate has increasingly become more polarised, with discussions in the public domain revealing a stark contrast of views. Development has increasingly come to symbolise ‘doing something’ and ensuring ‘visible outputs’, largely in the form of infrastructure.
IUKWC Virtual User Engagement Initiative 2020
Posted on 04 Sep, 2020 07:24 AMIUKWC has put together a set of interviews with researchers from six Indo-UK projects that provide an overview of their research outputs and how these can support water operations, management and/or decision making.
Fully interactive - interviewees will be available to answer your questions during two hour windows
Tank desiltation scheme in Maharashtra: Policy concerns and way forward
Posted on 10 Jul, 2020 02:07 PMTank systems of India