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The overall goal of this project is to enhance water resource management in India through collaborative research and education activities between the University of Florida (UF) and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) in the US, and Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), and the Institute for Agricultural Research (IARI) in India.
Specific areas of water resource management that will be addressed include: 1) sustainable use of water resources, 2) water quality management and remediation, 3) use of simulation models in water resource-agricultural-ecosystem management, 4) improved water use efficiency and drought management.
A supplementary project, "Integrating gender and social issues in watershed management projects of the Indo-US Agricultural Knowledge Initiative (AKI): A Pilot Study", was funded by USDA Capacity Building and Water Resource Management programs in an effort to incorporate social and gender issues into AKI projects. USDA funded ICRISAT directly with the UF Water Institute as a key partner linking directly to the AKI project described above. Objectives of this project include: 1)Ensuring that attention to gender and social issues are incorporated in the research of one of the NASULGC funded projects at the University of Florida in the priority area of Water Resource Management, and 2) Sharing lessons learned from the research in one watershed and from case studies from other watersheds developed by ICRISAT. |
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1) Joint workshops held at ANGRAU, PAU, IARI to identify and prioritize water resource research and education areas of common interest and concern |
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2) Hosting of sabbaticals of Indian scientists at both UF and NCA&T to develop joint proposals to address the priority research and education areas |
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3) Joint workshops held at ANGRAU, PAU, IARI to identify and prioritize water resource research and education areas of common interest and concern |
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4) Research reports, papers for presentation and journals, and CD. |
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| Title: | Bi-decadal groundwater level trends in a semi-arid South Indian region: Declines, causes and management, Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies, Vol. 8, 43-58, 2016 |
| Authors: | Sishodia, R.P., S. Shukla, W. Graham, S Wani, and K. Garg |
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