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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Prize of hard work
the people of Bhaonta-Kolyala village of Alwar district of Rajasthan have constructed a stone checkdam, reinforc ing their earlier Johad (earthen dam). "This has been possible because of the
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Prosperity and Beyond
A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces challenges of a different kind today
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Rising like the Phoenix
After suffering a spate of floods villagers regain environmental and economic vitality
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A fighting chance
One man s dedication transformed the degraded, deforested land of his village
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Motivating people...
...to harvest water in their homes
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Blind to rain
Gujarat s minister for major irrigation projects needs to understand that big dams alone do not add up to water management
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A political drought
The financial sustainability of water schemes has run aground; and, repairs and maintenance is abysmal
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Going places
Madhya Pradesh chief minister will speak on watershed management at a world forum
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Holding their own
Villages which have harvested rainwater are faring quite well in the face of drought