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Turning barren land into a food forest

Permaculture practitioners Narsanna and Padma Koppula have turned a barren piece of land in Telangana's Pastapur village into a productive …

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This tribal district has become 'immune to drought' with people's participation

Jhabua continues to flourish and maintain its status as a model district while many others fail

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Life in the dry Thar desert

In the dry Sam region of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan, there are villages which rely on water harvesting structures for regular water needs.…

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This Maharashtra village remains untouched by drought

Hiware Bazar that once learned from Ralegan Siddhi how to become water-secure can today teach it how to remain so

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Rajasthan's fight against drought is showing positive results

The state has launched an ambitious programme to become drought-free in four years

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Karnataka wants to drill more borewells, but where’s the water?

Despite groundwater depletion and huge expenditure incurred, the state government seeks answer to water scarcity in borewells 

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Karnataka wants to drill more borewells, but where’s the water?

Despite groundwater depletion and huge expenditure incurred, the state government seeks answer to water scarcity in borewells 

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Anupam Mishra: the man who dreamt of water-sufficient India

As a devout water conservationist, he urged people to learn from ancient ingenuity of water harvesting techniques

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From Morocco to Yemen, many squeeze water out of fog

The system of collecting water from low-hanging clouds has brought respite to residents in water-stressed regions around the world

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'India can learn from other regions on the need to adopt proactive drought management policies'

FAO expert Mohamed Bazza speaks on how climate change is expected to make drought worse and how the adoption of proactive drought …

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What would happen now?

A normal monsoon will be useful only if we learn lessons from the current drought

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Drought but why

It is time we understood that since drought is human-made it can be reversed

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