Malawi economic monitor, February 2024
Watersheds play a crucial role in sustaining the ecosystem, biodiversity, wildlife, agriculture, and human population by serving as the natural resource base for all forms of life. These natural boundaries
Watershed Development
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Watershed mgmt will help resolve water crisis in India
India needs to concentrate on various means to improve the watershed areas of villages in order to fight the growing water crisis at various levels. This was stated by Switzerland ambassador, Philippe
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Close the tap, save the planet
A minute of keeping the tap open without reason can send up to 10 precious litres of water down the drain. Many little-known water facts such as this were discussed at a workshop hosted by Rotary Club
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Land for life: securing our common future
The GEF and UNCCD Secretariats have jointly published a book on sustainable land management (SLM) projects, highlighting the impact of many of these projects in achieving SLM, as well as experiences and
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Final report of minor irrigation and watershed management for the twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017)
A working group on “Minor Irrigation and Watershed Management” was constituted by Planning Commission, Government of India to develop and define broad contours of future watershed development projects
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People’s participation in watershed project pays off
The innovative approach of the Forest Department has not only ensured active involvement of the local people, but also helped in achieving the target of the “beneficiary contribution” for the Rs 337-crore
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Focus on small, medium irrigation projects: Chandy
To meet needs of water-starved areas Kerala should focus on small and medium irrigation projects to meet its needs, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. Big projects faced various problems like finance, and land acquisition, he said after inaugurating the second phase of the Kollengode Block Watershed Development Programme at the Kollengode block panchayat hall near here on Tuesday.
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Watershed Management projects to benefit backward districts
Bhubaneswar: In a fresh step towards increasing productivity of poor, the Odisha government has decided to implement Integrated Watershed Management Projects in backward districts along with the 14 IAP
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Brainstorming session on agro-forest convergence
The Resource Survey and Management Division of Forest Research Institute organised a day-long brainstorming session on convergence of forestry and agriculture. The Chief Executive Officer of the National
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Ramesh to scan red zone plans
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh will arrive in Ranchi tomorrow on a three-day visit of the state to review execution of development schemes, including a blighted MGNREGS, in Jharkhand’s
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Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan, North-West India
This paper assesses a strategy proposed for rehabilitating 1200 of the larger tanks in Rajasthan. It argues that treating tanks only as flow irrigation systems—which lies at the center of the mainstream thinking on rehabilitating surface irrigation systems--is very likely to result in a flawed strategy when applied to tanks.