by Fraser Sugden and Anoj Kumar On the 22nd of September, Anoj Kumar and Fraser Sugden visited the farmer collectives set up by   Pragiti Grameen Vikas Samiti (PGVS) in Sahar of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The purpose was to understand the potential for collective farming as a solution for improved productivity for marginal and tenant farmers in […]

When the venue for review and planning meeting was being discussed we proposed CDHI, fully aware of our physical and locational limitation. An initial positive note from Erik encouraged us to insist our request. When the final decision was taken CDHI team accepted this as opportunity for witness to and being part of the great churning that it felt would mark the occasion. The review and planning meeting offered us opportunity to welcome our colleagues and partners from Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Australia. It was quite fulfilling!

iDE Nepal, implementing partner of “Improving water use for dry season agriculture by marginal and tenant farmer project ( ACIAR-LWR project)” in Nepal has been creating a clean irrigation solution that enables millions of smallholder farmers to grow high value vegetables and increase their incomes. As part of this, iDE is introducing an efficient and […]

  The selection of trial sites to pilot interventions should be driven by an analysis of the social and biophysical context of the site. We are required to commence our field trials in the coming Rabi season. The plan is for Partners to present the trial sites that have been selected in each village at […]

Article by Dr Mohammed Mainuddin, CSIRO The attached article (click on title below) overviews the growth in irrigation development in Bangladesh over the last three decades and the impact on increased agricultural production and groundwater resources. The objective of this part of our project is to understand the bio-physical, socio-economic and institutional aspects of groundwater […]

1) Rajeshwar Mishra  2) E Schmidt 3) Apurba Chowdhury and 4) Subrata Majumdar The site selection process, in Cooch Behar (India), has now been finalized. The team from USQ, IWMI, UBKV and CDHI visited and interacted with male and female farmers in the short listed villages of Dhaloguri and Uttar Chakoa Kheti(UC). Women are important […]

Members of the project team had site visits on 9 May with our partners CDHI and UBKV . This photo a debrief of all project staff for our West Bengal , Dhologuri site following discussions with the local Farmers Club and self help groups on needs assessment. The communities have a strong desire for knowledge […]

We have all been shocked by the events that have occurred in Nepal over the last week. The devastation and loss of life following the earthquake and aftershocks and difficulties the communities face are hard to come to terms with. Many of our partners and colleagues have been impacted by this. Thankfully all are safe. […]

We are looking forward to good engagement during our May field visits, regional steering meetings and the annual research forum for our project. Highlights include: • Field visits to each village • Regional Steering Committee Meetings • A Research Forum – Patna 15th May • Management Committee Meeting – Patna 16th May The Itinerary for […]

The DSI4MTF project will receive valuable information from another project “Assessment of water resources and sustainable irrigation potential in nine districts within the Eastern Gangetic Plains” which is being undertaken by IWMI. The project is at its mid-point and is focussed on nine districts including those of interest to DSI4MTF. Dr Romulus Okwany indicates that […]