Ahmednagar

This publication by ICAR on “Farm Innovators-2010” brings in a paradigm shift towards participatory technology development. Apart from innovations and scientific package of practices developed and transferred from R&D institutes, innovations in the form of grassroot level technologies and methodologies developed by some of the innovative farmers and rural youth have also been accepted across the system.Read More

This case study by WOTR deals with the changes that watershed brings into the lives of people can best be represented through model villages, one of them being Purushwadi. To develop a watershed means, conventionally, to treat this whole area in such a way so as to conserve and nurture the natural resources of the area. These natural resources chiefly include the soil and water. Therefore, under these projects, earthen, boulder or vegetative structures are erected across gullies and along contour lines, and areas are earmarked for particular land use based on their land capability classification, so as to be able to ward off soil run-off, to enhance soil moisture and to recharge and enrich underground water reservoirs.Read More

UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 2002 issued a General Comment on the Right to Water. However, provision of safe drinking water remains a challenge.Read More