SLM Database

The project “Scaling up experiential learning tools for sustainable water governance in India” aimed at enhancing sustainable water management at scale by improving the capacities of 1,500 rural communities covering 105,000 households directly and 2,000 communities covering 140,000 households indirectly in six Indian states to manage water more sustainably. This …

• Compiler: Vishwambhar Duche
• 08/19/2024 10:48 a.m.

The group micro-irrigation (GMI) approach encourages farmers to share water more sustainably by facilitating cooperative management of irrigation resources. The aim is to improve water security and agricultural productivity by promoting climate-resilient agricultural practices and addressing the behavioural factors that influence water resource sharing.

• Compiler: Pratik Ramteke
• 11/18/2024 5:45 a.m.

The approach focuses on supporting farmers to increase productivity by increasing soil biology and organic matter content, primarily through plant residue and animal waste. Awareness and advocacy are followed by training programs and support for adopting regenerative agricultural practices.

• Compiler: Praveena Sridhar
• 10/31/2024 10:36 a.m.

A community-led participatory approach is being implemented in West Bengal to revive and regenerate a broken and degraded landscape through sustainable land management. Local people take the lead in both action and the development of a long-term management plan.

• Compiler: DIYA BANERJEE
• 04/13/2024 5:04 a.m.

The e-Prakriti approach is a GIS-based planning approach that integrates natural farming interventions for effective management, monitoring, and conservation of natural resources at the landscape level. It can be applied for projects such as soil and water management, land reclamation, crop and seed systems design and agri-infrastructure mapping. To establish …

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 04/14/2023 7:22 p.m.

A systematic approach has been developed under the project for collecting soil samples, conducting the soil test results, issuing soil health cards, building the capacity of farmers to interpret the soil health card and apply the required nutrients to the soil based on the soil test result

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 03/18/2023 7:25 a.m.

The Kalpavalli Community Conservation Area (KCCA) is a 6,500-acre (2,630 hectare) expanse of community-regenerated arid land located in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Over thirty years, participatory efforts have protected and restored this savannah ecosystem, with direct and indirect benefits to the community. This community-centred conservation of …

• Compiler: Manisha Kairaly
• 10/20/2023 3:24 p.m.

Van Panchayats or village forest councils are a impressive example of grassroots community management of natural resources, where a specific administrative unit is locally elected by community members who are responsible for the management of activities related to the forest.

• Compiler: Jaclyn Bandy
• 07/24/2019 4:34 p.m.

Naulas are shallow, four-sided stepped wells designed to collect water from subterranean seepages or springs and are used to meet domestic water needs by the local communities. Naula management and conservation encompasses a range of activities that preserve their structure and function.

• Compiler: Jaclyn Bandy
• 07/27/2019 3:28 p.m.

Government and NGO supported community protection of forested catchments, through village-based Hill Resource Management Societies.

• Compiler: Sumana Datta
• 01/20/2009 midnight