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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Guidelines for sediment management in hydropower and water resources projects
Reservoir sedimentation has been a pertinent issue for diversion structures for a very long time. Sedimentation of reservoirs pose problems like loss of live storage, erosion and turbine coating, frequent
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Adaptive and inclusive watershed management: assessing policy and institutional support in Kenya
In Kenya, women are the main collectors of water for household needs and are extensively engaged in the agriculture sector which is the most intensive user of freshwater resources through irrigation. Although
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Action taken on the recommendations contained in the Thirty Ninth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Watershed Development Component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY) Erstwhile IWMP
<p>Just 849 of the 8,214 projects under the Watershed Development Component of the flagship Prime Minister Krishi Sinchayee Yojana have seen “official closure” till date says this new report by the Standing Committee on Rural Development</p>
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Adaptive and inclusive watershed management: assessing policy and institutional support in Uganda
This report explores existing institutional linkages between gender, water and climate change in Uganda. Climate change is affecting water quantity and quality in Uganda and is an emerging major threat
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How water conservation is helping farmers turn a profit
As the Centre figures out ways to achieve its target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, farmers in some villages have already multiplied their income by conserving every drop of water and making agriculture
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Guj govt plans to de-silt 13,000 water bodies ahead of monsoon
AHMEDABAD: As part of the month-long Sujalam Sufalam Jal Abhiyan launched on Gujarat’s Foundation Day on Tuesday, chief minister Vijay Rupani has said the government plans to de-silt or dig up 11,000-lakh
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Water harvesting must for agriculture: CM
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has emphasised on the creation of water corpus like concept which includes flurry of measures for rain water harvesting and effective usage of rain water.
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People’s forests: Is community forest resource governance the future of India’s jungles?
First came the forest, followed by the people, and then the government. Does this chronology allow the newest entrant in the scheme to determine the relationship between the two older entities? In other
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Using satellite imagery to assess impacts of soil and water conservation measures: evidence from Ethiopia's Tana-Beles Watershed
Although efforts at soil and water conservation are routinely viewed as instrumental in reducing vulnerability to climate change, their impact has rarely been quantified. Combining data on the timing and
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Watershed for water conservation in Rajasthan
New targets set under Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan New targets have been set for third phase of the Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan to make Rajasthan self-reliant in the water sector. The conservation of water resources