Andhra's groundwater crisis & a trail of suicides
Groundwater has failed Andhra Pradesh’s farmers. Between 1997 and 2006, about 4,500 farmers committed suicide, unable to repay loans they …
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Afghanistan, the badland of international politics, faces its toughest challenge: life and peace. Two decades of war, six months of non-stop …
688 billion cubic metres: India's water withdrawals for agriculture is the highest in the world
Globally, irrigation accounts for an estimated 70 per cent of total freshwater withdrawal
At rock bottom
It is difficult to find water even at record depths in Kolar, Karnataka's horticulture hub
Watering down concern
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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
Lighting up the fields: How electricity can help irrigation
Over the years, inaccurate estimations of electricity consumption have led to untargeted approaches being applied to optimise power sector
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Ignoring the groundwater depletion problem
Blaming farmers alone won’t work; prices for crops other than paddy must be remunerative
Asia-Pacific still most vulnerable to water insecurity
According to the ADB report, the number of countries assessed as water insecure has dropped to 29 as compared to 38 in 2013
Who will salvage Punjab from pesticides, drugs and cancer?
The success story of Green Revolution turned into a harrowing reality with land and water contamination showing a trickle-down effect on economy …
Water-stressed in India: JSA helped Tirunelveli farmers look at options
As farmers could not sow paddy due to water scarcity, Jal Shakti Abhiyan officials urged them to plant other crops
Minor change in your diet can reduce water use for agriculture: study
Dietary change can potentially improve resilience of Indian food system in the face of future groundwater decline
India’s farmers need financial motivation to check indiscriminate use of groundwater for irrigation
A paradigm shift in technology, agronomic practices and support to farmers is need of the hour
Land subsides in groundwater-guzzling UP districts
Central Uttar Pradesh is literally on shaky ground. Land subsidence has been reported from several districts of the region, including Fatehpur, …
Water conservation fee: improving or increasing the crisis?
We need to find newer ways to reduce and regulate over-extraction and usage, than promoting further extraction and overuse of this already …
‘Groundwater depleting fast in Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra basins’
Shanti Swarup Prize 2020 winner Abhijit Mukherjee says Indian states with highest groundwater depletion rates were subjected to water-…
Water starved village caught in Bt debate
Bhamb Raja rues Bt seed major Monsanto and farmers activists exploit its plight to achieve their own goals
$4.5 billion question
Where does Afghanistan go from here? Does it have the capacity to utilise the funds? There are too many players, too many interests and too much …
The Die Hards
Despite marathon wars, Afghan resilience is intact. So is their affiliation to localised independence
Barind's three crop revolution
Unique irrigation model developed for Bangladesh's arid region is helping farmers grow as many as three crops a year
Sardar Sarovar Project faces its toughest challenge
For more than 56 years, farmers in Gujarat have been waiting to get water, but work on the most crucial aspect of Sardar Sarovar dam—…
A home-grown drought
Monsoon this year has failed most of India, causing drought in even well-irrigated and rainfed areas. Ravleen Kaur reports how our food …
Punjab's paddy dilemma
In 2009, Punjab became the first state in the country to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The aim was to arrest …
In deep water
Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …
Mapping efficient irrigation techniques