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Ecosystems-based adaptation keeps water running in Bhojdari even in dry months
Ecosystems-based Adaptation (EbA) provides essential ecosystem services that serve as a buffer providing water and food security in instances of reverse migration.
Ecosystems-based Adaptation (EbA) provides essential ecosystem services that serve as a buffer providing water and food security in instances of reverse migration.
Bhojdari, a village in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar district in Western Maharashtra, was one of the first villages where the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme (IGWDP) was successfully implemented by the Sangamner Bhag Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana and Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) in 1996.
Maharashtra faced a severe drought in 2002–03, which triggered the initiation of the Climate Change Adaptation project by WOTR.
Of the 33 villages where this project was implemented, Bhojdari is one of the examples of successful EbA interventions.
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