The project team have now completed the installation of staffing gauges in a number of ponds in the Saptari and Madhubani study villages. These staffing gauges will be read each week, so that a time series of data can be compiled to give us more information about how much water is in storage throughout the […]

  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 […]

As the team were visiting villages in the site selection phase of the project, they were asking the local community “What is the depth to ground water?” Many people were quick with a response, but the numbers seemed too high. The measurements that they were providing were in fact the total depth of the tubewells […]

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 […]

Fraser Sugden provides an update on site selection at Madhubani and Saptari and development of survey questionnaires. Site selection: Some initial site selection questionnaire data has been collected for three villages in Madhubani by the Sakhi team and Anoj Kumar, while a scoping visit to 7 villages of Saptari took place this week by Fraser […]