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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Notification on wetland protection
<p>Wetlands and wetland-dominated ecosystems are disappearing at an unsettling rate right across the country.
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Spain to buy carbon credits from state
The Rs 365 crore World Bank-funded Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project will be the country
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An integration of spatial information technology for groundwater potential and quality investigations in Koduvan Ar sub-watershed of Meenachil river basin, Kerala
This paper describes the results of a groundwater potentiality and quality assessment conducted in Koduvan Ar sub-watershed of Meenachil river basin, Kottayam district of Kerala state.
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Watershed project opens low-risk credit opportunities for banks
Thousands of hectares of land that had been lying idle for years in Tamil Nadu have been made cultivable through major interventions under watershed development project of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Being implemented in Tamil Nadu since 2001, around 160 watershed development projects are under way in various districts.
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US Consul-General visits watershed project
Burdwan, 9 FEB: US Consul General in Kolkata, Ms Beth A Payne, today visited a watershed project in Burdwan district and praised the women who were associated with the Nabard-funded scheme (see sns photo).
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Focus on eco-friendly farming
District panchayat plans Rs.52-crore worth schemes Rs.10 crore for agriculture development Plan to promote village tourism projects Thrissur: The Thrissur district panchayat will carry out Rs.52 crore-worth development projects this year with a special focus on eco-friendly farming. Development standing committee chairman Anil Akkara said that thrust would be to make Thrissur an eco-friendly
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J&K exits World Bank project over disputed territory tag
Jammu: The Jammu & Kashmir government has abandoned the Rs 740 crore integrated watershed development project after the World Bank sought a disclaimer from the Union government that the aid plan would not recognize India
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Impact of rehabilitation package in suicide-prone districts of Vidarbha
The farmers in the suicide-prone districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra are aware of the union government
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Watershed projects to be promoted in a big way
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) plans to promote its watershed projects as a livelihood option for landless farmers/labourers and women in southern districts of Tamil Nadu. It will organise a two-day residential workshop on January 20 and 21 at Theni in which non-governmental organisations partnering with NABARD in 45 projects covering 50 villages in eight southern
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Rs 356 cr Central grant for rural areas
Shimla: The Centre has sanctioned 44 projects worth Rs 356.47 crore under the Integrated Watershed Management Programme in all the districts of Himachal for 2010-11. The Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Jai Ram Thakur today said 2,37,651 hectares area would be covered under the programme and the amount was to be used over a period of four to seven years. Thakur said 90 per cent