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Archives: Drought Management
  • India-Drought-Mitigation-feature

    Increasing water availability and security for Indian smallholder farmers

    Posted on 30 July 2021

    The Australian Water Partnership (AWP) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) are supporting a group of Australian experts to collaborate with counterparts in India to increase the availability and security of water for India’s smallholder farmers. Smallholders operating in rainfed agricultural systems in India are highly vulnerable to rainfall variability, with water […]

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  • ACIAR-IWD,WWD-Janaki

    How women like Janaki are improving water use for dry season agriculture

    Posted on 19 March 2021

    The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has been investing in research aiming to improve the livelihood of marginal and tenant farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP), particularly women, through innovations in land and labour management and improved water use. The ACIAR ‘Dry Season Irrigation for Marginal and Tenant Farmers’ (DSI4MTF) project worked […]

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  • Sulochana Devi, local female farmer and leader, smiling in her village in India

    How women like Sulochana are playing a greater role in sustainable farming

    Posted on 10 March 2021

    The value of women is infinite. Women bear the brunt of problems—ranging from poverty to climate change—but they also possess the capabilities, knowledge and talents to solve these problems. That is why gender and social inclusion is embedded across Australia’s development programs. Through the Australian Government-funded Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP), the Australian Centre for […]

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  • MARVI-102021-feature

    Addressing water scarcity in Indian villages through local groundwater champions

    Posted on 15 February 2021

    Since 2019, the Australian Water Partnership has been supporting the rollout of Managing Aquifer Recharge and Sustaining Groundwater Use through Village-level Intervention (MARVI) in 20,000 villages across seven Indian states. The activity is being implemented as part the Government of India’s Atal Bhujal Yojana / Atal Groundwater Program national project. Groundwater is an important source […]

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  • WEIDAP-110221-feature

    Modern irrigation pilot to benefit Vietnam’s drought affected provinces

    Posted on 15 February 2021

    The Water Efficiency Improvement in Drought Affected Provinces (WEIDAP) project—an Asian Development Bank and Government of Vietnam project also supported by the Australian Water Partnership (AWP)—has been going strong for the past four years, including throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Developed in coordination and consultation with the Government of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development […]

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  • Managing Aquifer Recharge technology addressing water shortages in Sri Lanka

    Posted on 28 February 2020

    The Australian Water Partnership (AWP) is supporting Water Technology Pty Ltd to investigate Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) opportunities in Sri Lanka to address water shortages and provide reliable water sources for surrounding communities. The MAR project is supporting the Water Resources Board (WRB) of the Sri Lankan Government to identify and investigate the hydrogeology of […]

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  • Traditional subsistence fishing on the Li River, Xingping, China (Credit: Vadim Petrakov/Adobe Stock)

    Environmental Water Management in the Indo-Pacific: An Australian Perspective, published

    Posted on 5 December 2019

    A new AWP knowledge product is now available that focuses on environmental water management in the Indo-Pacific region – authored by Professor Stuart Bunn, Associate Professor Mark Kennard, and Professor Sue Jackson from the Australian Rivers Institute at Griffith University. An overview of the threats to freshwater ecosystems, the significance of freshwater biodiversity and the [...]

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  • Marc Goichot interview: the role of the Mekong River in the economy

    Posted on 21 June 2018

    This interview and related content was originally part of the Kini Interview Series. Kini is a retired brand of the AWP and IWCAN.

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  • Vijay Kumar interview: key water challenges in India and lessons from the region

    Posted on 8 June 2018

    This interview and related content was originally part of the Kini Interview Series. Kini is a retired brand of the AWP and IWCAN.

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