Water Harvesting against Droughts
Deutsche Welle Radio, 31. July 2001
© Deutsche Welle, Cologne, Germany 2001
Sixty years ago, when I was still a small boy, there
was forest all over the hills. But because the population
increased, agricultural areas had to be expanded, at the
cost of forests of course. If anybody needed money for
a marriage party or a hospital treatment, he just went
to the forest, cut a tree and sold it. But we have payed
dearly for the sins of our parents. For years drought
haunted us, we went hungry, because harvests failed.
Only after the whole village opted for watershed
development did our life become secure again!”
(Dhaulat Wable, farmer in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra).
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See also:
Troubled Water - India is heading for a water crisis
Harvesting Water - German Agro Action Seminar in Pune
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