India needs to concentrate on various means to improve the watershed areas of villages in order to fight the growing water crisis at various levels.
India needs to concentrate on various means to improve the watershed areas of villages in order to fight the growing water crisis at various levels.
This was stated by Switzerland ambassador, Philippe Welti, after his visit to areas, where the climate change adaptation project has been undertaken, in Sattechiwadi village, Ahmednagar, on Tuesday.
The project is being implemented by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), along with the Embassy of Switzerland in India and the Watershed Organization Trust (WORT).
The project aims at innovative approaches and action in promoting adaptive capacity of rural communities to address impact of climate change and is being implemented in 25 villages in Ahmednagar district.
Welti was accompanied by chief general manager of Nabard, MV Ashok; executive director of WORT, Marcella D’Souza; and government officials.
Nabard has been appointed the national implementing entity for global adaptation fund.
The WOTR has extensive experience in developing pedagogies and capacities in watershed development and in climate change adaptation.
The delegation interacted with the local community and various village institutions in Sattechiwadi on the watershed / ecosystems based approaches followed in people-centric climate change adaptation activities in the village.
Talking to the reporters, Welti said, “The interactions helped in obtaining a holistic perspective on the strategies and approaches being followed.”
Marcella D’Souza said that climate change is already being experienced in semi-arid areas of Maharashtra through deficient and erratic monsoon, lower agricultural production and productivity, drought and extreme events triggering a flood of ‘ecological migrants’.
“Though we need to wait to see concrete results, we have certainly seen a significant change the villagers’ attitude who are now more positive about green measures and use of alternative energies,” stated D’Souza.
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