India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

Published By: World Resources Institute | Published Date: December, 19 , 2013

India struggles with water scarcity, a problem that poses especially huge implications for the country’s food security and rural livelihoods. While watershed development has been employed in communities throughout India, its potential long-term costs and benefits have not been well-understood or studied. WRI recently partnered with an India-based agency, the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), to explore the economic costs and benefits of watershed development, as well as its potential use in climate change adaptation.

Author(s): Erin Gray | Posted on: Jan 09, 2014 | Views(594)


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