World Resources Institute: Water is a scarce resource in India, especially in the state of Maharashtra, where most rainfall is limited to the monsoon season from June through September. The Government of India has long promoted a Participatory Watershed Development (PWD) approach to deal with this scarcity, focusing on technical and social interventions to restore barren landscapes, boost agricultural production, and improve livelihoods.
The PWD approach is now facing a major challenge: climate change. Over the past dozen......
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Posted by World Resources Institute: Erin Gray on January 24th, 2013
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