With some 600 million Indians facing high to extreme water stress, ‘games’ offer vital insights for expanding self-governance to help people manage water more sustainably.
Why gender sensitive research requires a bottom-up approach that works directly with communities, rather than a top-down approach that fails to recognise the real-life consequences of entrenched gender norms.
Globally, land available for agriculture is shrinking due to urbanisation, and research shows that peatland can be converted into agriculturally productive land with the help of integrated water management for sustainable use.
The Plan is the result of a four-year study conducted by WLE/IWMI aiming to enhance policies and optimise the potential of groundwater resources in Laos.