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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Protecting drinking water at the source: lessons from United States watershed investment programs
Watershed investment programs offer promising pathways to securing safe drinking water. But what does it take to establish and grow a successful watershed investment program? Program investors and practitioners
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Accelerating climate-resilient and low-carbon development: progress report on the implementation of the Africa climate business plan
This report provides an overview of the progress made in 2016 in implementing the Africa Climate Business Plan (ACBP), a blueprint for climate action in Africa that the World Bank launched during the 21st
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Telangana farmers start soil health cards
Distribution of soil health cards among farmers in Telangana began on Tuesday under a combination of government and corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. The initiative is expected to make
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Rainwater harvesting potential for farming system development in a hilly watershed of Bangladesh
<p>Water resources management is an important part in farming system development. Agriculture in Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh is predominantly rainfed with an average 2210 mm monsoonal rain, but
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Methods to investigate the hydrology of the Himalayan springs: a review
Springs are the major source of freshwater in many small mountainous watersheds within the Himalayan region. In recent years, their flow rates have diminished, but the reasons for this are not self-evident.
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Making environmental assessments of biomass production systems comparable worldwide
<p>Global demand for agricultural and forestry products fundamentally affects regional land-use change associated with environmental impacts (EIs) such as erosion. In contrast to aggregated global metrics
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NABARD comes to aid of water-deprived Samba village
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has helped the water deprived Mohargarh village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The bank has not only strengthened the village economically
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How do we combat droughts?
Agriculture cannot be revived without a different approach to water, soil, crops and research. (Editorial)
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Wastelands, 22/12/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation in Wastelands, 22/12/2015. In 2015-16, IWMP has been amalgamated as the Watershed Development Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).
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Accelerating climate-resilient and low-carbon development: the Africa climate business plan
As climate change and variability significantly impact Sub-Saharan Africa’s development agenda, a new World Bank plan outlines actions required to increase climate resilience and low-carbon development