by Lakshmi Pranuti Choppakatla, Craig Dsouza, Ashish Kumar | Feb 10, 2023 | Technical Consulting Blogs
Field Notes from Jharkhand: Testing Jaltol on The Ground With WASSAN On a bright November morning in Dhodrobaru village in southern Jharkhand, around 45 villagers gathered for a tricky budgeting exercise — estimating crop water use in the region. They were split into...
by Craig Dsouza | Jan 23, 2023 | Technical Consulting Blogs
Jaltol & Water Security: How Do We Track Impact at a Finer Scale? Instead of overall evapotranspiration (ET) rates, it is necessary to sharpen our estimates to understand the impact of different interventions. Illustration by Aparna Nambiar. Chiranjit Guha...
by Anjali Neelakantan | Nov 10, 2022 | Products and Platforms Press & Media
We Must Break ‘Lock-ins’ of Water Usage in Agriculture “Just as much of today’s world is locked into fossil-fuel dependence, Indian farmers are in a trap of water-guzzling crop production that is not environmentally sustainable.” At a time of stagnant incomes and...
by Anjali Neelakantan | Oct 7, 2022 | Products and Platforms Blogs
Can Farmers Make More Money While Using Less Water? India’s farmers are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, the country is facing a groundwater crisis with about a quarter of India’s blocks labelled ‘overexploited’ or ‘critical’. On the other hand,...
by WELL Labs Team | Jan 15, 2022 | Products and Platforms Publications
Net Water Positivity in the Indian Context: A Framework for Exploring Industrial Pathways to Water Sustainability Increasing recognition of freshwater risks to business on one hand and tightening regulations on the other are spurring interest in conserving freshwater...
