Small farm holders dominate the agricultural landscape in India - provides largest source of subsistence but they still remain highly susceptible to poverty and hunger because neither they get sufficient food production nor income to ensure household food security.

The Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran provided adequate water supply during adverse conditions in the business capital of India, Mumbai. They designed a water distribution system to meet the deficit that arose as a result of the failure of waterworks under disaster.

Western Orissa is witnessing an upheaval. In the eye of the storm is the Hirakud dam. Over 300,000 farmers dependent on its water for irrigation are indignant that industries springing up around the dam are sucking away the water they had been waiting for

The challenge of development lies in balancing competing water demands

Virtual water refers to the water required in the production of a commodity or service. The adjective