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24 November 2011, Rudravaram, India - A Crop Water Budgeting (CWB) meeting being held with local farmers. As part of a CWB meeting, a community of farmers collectively make their crop plans depending on water availability with an emphasis on improving water use efficiency (less water for more productivity).

FAO Project: GCP/IND/181/GFF - Reversing Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty through Adaptation to Climate Change in Drought Stricken Areas in South India: A Hydrological Unit Pilot Project Approach - MSP. The Goal of the project: Enabling the resource poor farming communities to practice sustainable land and water management for optimizing livelihoods and improving food and income security in the Deccan plateau region of southern India; The specific objective: Capacity building of farmers groups, farmers networks, farmers federation, participating NGOs and other development actors in Sustainable land and eco-system management for improved livelihoods.

11/24/2011

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