India's barefoot water scientists
In southern India, the climate is becoming unpredictable and drought more common. Indiscriminate pumping from shallow aquifers shared by many farmers has caused abnormal drops in water levels. When a well goes dry, a farmer loses his crop. Six thousand farmers have been trained in groundwater management by a project run by Indian NGOs and guided by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. They have learned to monitor how much water is available underground at the start of the growing season. Then they only plant crops that need that much water
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nice one....keep it up....
such a great video.
Thankyou sir
heartening........
Yes, the farmers do the water balance calculations and then adjust the cropping pattern to suit to the availability of water. The video could have covered the impact part which actually shows the solutions!
Netherlands assisted AP Wells and APFAMS did successful worksirrigation wells tond to promote barefoot water scientists. CWS and WASSAN promoted social regulations on water well drilling, sharing of water wells, water monitoring and crop planning based on water levels by the communities covering several Panchayaths in Rayalaseema and Telangana. CWS and WASSAN coupled sustainable agricultural practices with community based water well moitoring and sharing. These approaches reduce costs of cultivation and hence number of farmers' suicides and are eternally valid. What is required is strengthening of extension service mechanisms. NABARD is on upscaling these approaches.