A tradition that got washed away
For more than a century, the people of Motepur used to build an earthen dam on the Punpun river every two years. Today, wage labour has replaced …
Surging success
With agriculture playing a dominant role in nations' economy, efforts -should be directed at making it more productive One way of doing it would …
...And ancient wisdom prevails
The Valencia water tribunal has stood strong for a thousand years; will modern-day pressures crush its influence?
New web-based platform to help with micro irrigation
Researchers have come up with a web-based application that helps design customised micro-irrigation systems for individual agricultural fields
The politics of water
GROUNDWATER MARKETS AND IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT: POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PRACTICAL POLICY by Tushaar Shah Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: …
New-look farming fumbles to an erratic start
The Planning Commission is embarking on a new approach to agriculture planning. But state governments and the finance ministry are reluctant to …
New Bill aims to restrict groundwater use
The government is preparing legislation to regulate the use of tubewells because water-tables in the country are falling rapidly. But the …
Irrigation aid for India stopped
American aid for Indian irrigation projects has been withdrawn as focus shifts to other sectors.
Experts favour hiking charges to halt irrigation water waste
Disciplined use of irrigation water can be encouraged by efficient supply at higher rates.
On deaf ears, naturally
The natural way of farming: the theory and practice of green philosophy, Masanobu Fukuoka
Water management outpourings
Managing Irrigation Together: Practice and Policy in India Clarence Maloney and K V Raju Sage Publications Rs 325
Ground realities
The importance of groundwater as a source of irrigation and the role of traditional methods in conserving it should be given due credit
Website review: www.changemakers.net
Is information invariably bound to perception? Let us try and answer it in the context of the worldwide conference on water currently online at …
Groundwater level plunges in Bangladesh
Dhaka is being milked dry. Of late, there has been a rapid decline in the city's groundwater table. In fact, it has depleted by over 20 m during …
Incomplete irrigation projects overshoot budget
The state governments' failure to complete irrigation projects has led to an escalation of their combined cost by close to a whopping one lakh …
Eye on irrigated pie
Farmers' organisations raise an alarm over Odisha government's recent guidelines that allow industries to acquire irrigated land
Himalayan water-sharing system endangered
Modern practices are threatening to break up an unusual water-tapping and water-sharing process in Himachal Pradesh. Devised hundreds of years ago,…
Drainage plan helps reclaim land
Scientists have evolved a subsurface drainage system that makes saline soils arable within three years
"Free electricity spurs water wastage"
HAZI SAHEB KHAN from Ghagas village in Haryana's Gurgaon district speaks with remarkable clarity on complex issues related to water. Just back …
Power struggle
Nepal's controversial Arun III dam becomes the first World Bank-bankrolled project taken up for re-scrutiny by the Bank's new Inspection Panel …
Conserving groundwater: Role of women crucial in bringing about significant change
Women who have no decision-making role in building wells, bear the brunt of the ensuing water crisis
Doha Model shows how to rein in water for irrigation
In spite of its challenges, digging of streams and creation of pond-like structures along their length can provide farmers with the much needed …
War over water
The issue of sharing West Asia's water resources threatens to explode into another Arab-Israeli war, which will shatter the semblance of peace …
French fries prompt battle with McDonald's
Israeli farmers resent fast-food giant McDonald's intention to import the cheaper frozen French fries
Temples of irrigation and land management
From the 9th century to the 16th century, south Indian kingdoms did not have irrigation or public works departments. Temples were given the job …