Watershed Development

"Women know how to manage better"

SMITA GHATE was assistant collector in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar District from January 1997 to January 1998. She was transferred for taking a proactive stand on the participation of women in rural development programmes. She was also actively involved in the

Publication Date:

29/11/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19981130

pp:

0

Tags:

Watershed Development, Women, Rural Development, Madhya Pradesh

Air Pollution

Grafting ziziphus

A new grafting technique for ziziphus (known as her} has been introduced by the Mithawan Watershed Management Project in Pakistan. Ziziphus is abundantly found in south Asia. Its products include

Publication Date:

14/11/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Watershed Development, Research, Pakistan, Agricultural Science

India

Tall promises

The benefits of a watershed develqpment programme in Anantapur fail to trickle down to poor farmers

Publication Date:

14/06/1997

Author(s): Rakesh Agarwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19970615

pp:

0

Tags:

Watershed Development, Farmers, NGO, Anantapur (D)

India

Regaining a paradise

Involvement of locals in the management of natural resources has earned remarkable dividends for the Doon valley

Publication Date:

14/05/1997

Author(s): Himmat Dhillon

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

5

Issue:

19970515

pp:

0

Tags:

Soil Resources, Watershed Development, Economic Development, Public Participation, Popular Movements, Dehradun

Environment

Watershed management is not equitable

N K Sanghi , director, National Institute of Agriculture Extension and Management in Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh , has been advocating a modified concept of watershed management that addresses the issue of equity. Sanghi, who spo

Publication Date:

14/04/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

5

Issue:

19970415

pp:

0

Tags:

Land Resources, Water Management, Watershed Development, Farmers

India

Pouring prosperity

The micro watershed development project in Maharashtra has put a stop to what was earlier an annual ritual of deserting the drought prone villages of Marathwada by their residents

Publication Date:

28/02/1996

Author(s): Rakesh Agarwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19960229

pp:

0

Tags:

Watershed Development, India, Maharashtra, Crops

Environment

The curse of the white gold: the Aral sea crisis

This publication focusses on the Aral Sea crisis - the result of economic processes set in motion by the planners of the erstwhile Soviet Union in the 1950s. It is one of the biggest ecological disasters, second only to Chernobyl, leading to a total collapse of the socio-economic life of the people.

Publication Date:

Dec 1995

Author(s): Anil Agarwal

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Environment, Sea Shores, Aral Sea, Health Effects, Watershed Development, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Asia, Sustainable Development, Water Resources

Water Pollution

Echoes from America

Now York city's insistence that its up country watershed ares clean up their act has become a development versus environment issues in the US a lessons for all Indian cities

Publication Date:

30/10/1995

Author(s): Sinchita Bhattacharya

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19951031

pp:

0

Tags:

Water Pollution, Watershed Development, United States Of America (US), New York

India

New initiative

THE watershed development programme in the country is all set to get a major thrust with the decision of the ministry of rural areas and employment to set aside Rs 3,000 crore - almost half of

Publication Date:

30/08/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Watershed Development, Rural Development, India

India