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Sustainable groundwater development through integrated watershed management for food security - A research report by ICRISAT

This paper by ICRISAT discusses the results from on-farm community watersheds through groundwater management as the drivers for sustainable management of watersheds in dry land areas. The issues of sustainable development and management of the groundwater resource through integrated watershed management (IWM) approach are also dealt with, in the context of food production and security.Read More

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Sustainable groundwater development through integrated watershed management for food security - Research report by ICRISAT (2010)	282.58 KB

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Bundi, RJ, India
Latitude: 25.433333, Longitude: 75.633333

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Content Type: Case Studies, Research
Category: Agriculture, Aquifer Capacity, Aquifers, Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Deep Aquifers, Food Security, Groundwater, Groundwater Assessment, Groundwater Exploitation, Shallow Aquifers, Sustainable Agriculture, Tubewells, Water Conservation, Water Policy, Watershed Development
Author: Suhas P Wani, Raghavendra Sudi, P Pathak, ICRISAT
Source: Central Groundwater Board (CGWB)
Location / Time: Andhra Pradesh, Bundi, Dewas, Gujarat, India, Kothapally, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, 2010
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Groundwater profiles of different states from Central Ground Water Board

The State Groundwater Profile from the CGWB site can be viewed below.Read More

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Content Type: Data
Category: Aquifers, Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Climate, Contamination, Drainage, Ecosystems, Fluoride, Groundwater, Iron, Rainfall, Rainwater Harvesting, River Basins, Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting, Tubewells, Water Quality, Water Resources
Author: Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Source: Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Location / Time: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Difficulty Level: Expert

The Bihar groundwater (Regulation and control of development and management) act (2006)

This document from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) site is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1: PreliminaryRead More

Short title, extent and commencement

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The Bihar groundwater (Regulation and control of development and management) act - The Bihar Gazette - GOI (2006)	3.17 MB
The Bihar groundwater (Regulation and control of development and management) act - Hindi -The Bihar Gazette -GOI (2006)pdf	3.09 MB

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Content Type: Policies & Laws
Category: Aquifers, Borewells, Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Drinking Water, Groundwater, Groundwater Management, Groundwater Recharge, Groundwater Regulation, Open wells, Rainwater Harvesting, Recharge Wells, Tubewells, Wells
Author: Government of Bihar
Source: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Location / Time: Bihar, India, 2006
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

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