groundwater management
IPCC author Aditi Mukherji on energy transition in agriculture and water security

Mukherji discusses the low emission pathways in the water-energy-food nexus, the importance of matching the right crops to the right regions and the need for context-specific understanding of groundwater use.

Covid-19 calls for a new agriculture

Development paradigms need to integrate livelihood goals with those of sustainability and health.

Groundwater Regulation: A Challenge to make the ‘Invisible Visible’ in India

Acknowledging groundwater as ‘commons’ is an important step in the right direction.

Revival of old irrigation tanks will work wonders: expert

Telangana sits on a treasure trove of thousands of old irrigation tanks which if revived can support cultivation

Digital tool to monitor groundwater

Women can lead the efforts to strengthen resilience during drought-like situations

Springs that sustain millions

Women of Himachal's villages - no longer trudging miles to fetch safe drinking water

A Way of Agriculture To Manage Both Land Degradation, Groundwater Depletion

Conservation Agriculture - No ploughing, maintaining a permanent soil mulch or cover, and diversification in the cropping system.

How local democracy is solving water issues in southern Rajasthan

"One of the reasons for opting for this approach is the relatively low cost of these community ponds - it cost a 10th of one under NREGA."

Vasai volunteers recharge ponds to raise water table

Traditional Water Ponds were used only for irrigation and for recharging groundwater.