3-Managing water for sustainable farming
The role of water in serving diverse needs, such as drinking water, agriculture, cleaning and washing is well known. Traditionally too, in some cultures, water has been associated with divinity.
In agriculture, where water use is the highest, water critically influences the food security, economic well being as well as ecological stability. Also, improper management of this resource also erodes the other natural resources such as soil and biodiversity which are so crucial for the survival of all living forms including human beings. There are several specific traditional as well as local alternatives and communities of practice. Some of them are included in this issue.
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2 - 3
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4 - 5Managing water for sustainable farming
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6 - 7written by K. Raghavendra Rao
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8 - 9written by Gopal Datt Bhatta , Nilhari Neupane
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14 - 15written by Rakesh Prasad
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16 - 18written by Mireille VermeulenInterview
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19 - 21written by Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG)
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22 - 23written by Fahmid Al Zaid , Sukanta Sen
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24 - 25Go organic to conserve water-M. Ashok Kumar Khatri: An Indigenous Technology of Rainwater Harvesting-Promila Kanwar and Neetu Sharma Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) Channels for better water management-R.C.Kote and G. A. Patil Jalkund-Choudhary VK, Suresh Kumar P and Bhagawati R
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28 - 29written by Frank van Schoubroeck
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30 - 30written by R.C.Kote , S.M. Wagle
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31 - 31written by L. Narayana ReddyNext to air, water is the most important for the survival of any living organism. In agriculture, water plays an important role in crop production. Day by day, water is becoming scarce and even the available water for agriculture is not of good quality as much of it is contaminated in many ways. It could be saline water, may have sodium salts in excess etc. So it is very important to use water very efficiently in crop production and see more grains from every drop of water used in crop cultivation.
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34 - 36written by Shree Padre
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