Conservation - Reducing Water Usage
Case studies on drinking water from Whitman Direct Action's "Water Book"
Posted on 09 Sep, 2009 11:22 AMSujala Scheme: The Byyraju Foundation's manual for setting up a locally managed, rural drinking water plant. The Foundation's drinking water initiative covers 154 villages across five districts of Andhra Pradesh via 31 village-level treatment plants.
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Integrated approaches for sustainable development in water resources sector
Posted on 04 Sep, 2009 12:11 PMThe Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Technology for Sustainable Development and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL have produced a report titled Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Development in Water Resources Sector.
More crop and income per drop of water - Report by the advisory council on artificial recharge of groundwater (MoWR) (2006)
Posted on 02 Sep, 2009 11:03 AMThis report by the Advisory Council on Artificial Recharge of Ground Water, the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India is divided into the following sections:
System of Rice Intensification
Posted on 01 Sep, 2009 04:32 PMPart A: Improving Rice Productivity and saving Water through System for Rice Intensification (12 minutes)
A collection of documents, information and links on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - WASSAN (Hyderabad)
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 03:23 PMThis site includes a collection of documents, research reports and useful links on SRI . These include:
Experience sharing workshops on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - A report
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 02:55 PMThis report available on the Watershed Support Services And Activities Network (WASSAN) site provides the details of three workshops organised by People's Science Institute (PSI) in October 2006 in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh as a first step towards sharing the experiences of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method with the stakeholders group as well as assist the voluntary organisations in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to develop professional capabilities in the field of SRI method of paddy cultivation.
India's experience with drought management: Changed perspectives and challenges
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 02:43 PMThis document describes the drought situation in India over the years, the earlier perspective at drought management and the gradual change in perspective at managing droughts that evolved over the years.
Using water sustainably in agriculture: Increasing productivity and farm income
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 01:29 PMAgriculture is a vital sector in India with about 60% of the population engaged in agricultural vocations and contributing to about 30% of the GDP. It consumes about 80% of water used in the country and 76% of the net irrigated area in the country is from ground water sources.
Efficiency of water use in Indian agriculture - Madras Institute of Development Studies
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 01:10 PMThis paper by the Madras Institute for Development Studies presents estimates of the ‘consumptive use’ of water in crop production; the ratio of consumptive use to gross water utilization; and productivity per unit of consumptive use.
Water as the hidden export: Exploring the concept of virtual water for growing intensive commercial crops in water scarce areas
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:51 AMClick here to read more: Read the report