Gujarat

During COP26 and beyond, IWMI will continue to advance a wide range of water-focused climate solutions and develop a diverse set technical, policy, and financial tools.

It is important that our agriculture and electricity policies are geared towards the condition of groundwater resources.

Often, migration is a development problem being solved by people using their own agency, and this should be better reflected in policy responses at all levels.

Currently a senior fellow at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Anand, Shah helmed a pilot project in rural Gujarat that facilitated the creation of a farmers’ solar power cooperative.

India is the largest user of groundwater in the world.

An article in Scroll.in, an award-winning news portal in India, calls on state governments to devise “water-sensible urbanization policies” in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

Holes in the ground can protect crops from flooding, so why don’t more Indian farmers use them?

As on date nearly 4,000 solar water pumps have been distributed to the farmers and all these are off grid and farmers are using surplus power for other purpose at their farms. The idea of connecting it to the grid, according to state government sources, is to provide an additional source of income to farmers.

Scheme could protect water reserves, boost incomes and guard against climate change.