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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

Farmers in Chellapur of Kurnool district have shared their groundwater with their fellow villagers through a groundwater grid