Precipitation in Bolivia has become unpredictable - rainfall is heavier but shorter than it once was. That leads to periods of both flooding and drought, posing major challenges for rural regions where farmers are losing their entire harvests. Now, an initiative to improve the country’s water management and irrigation systems is aiming at helping farmers adapt to the challenges of climate change. A pilot project in the Andes has helped set up a network of water tanks, canals and a reservoir, and it has also spurred the planting of new trees.
Lititz, St. Elizabet Parish, Jamaica. March 15, 2012.
These farmers are currently the beneficiaries of a UNDP supported project: The Small-Scale Irrigation System supported by Rainwater Harvesting project. Activities to be undertaken include clearing of site, restoration of the catchment tank to prevent leakages, erection of a small-scale drip system, training of a total of 30 farmers through seminars and on-farm demonstration activities throughout the project period.
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In the Indian state of Sikkim, some 80 percent of farmers get their water from springs rather than rivers. But a lack of rainfall and deforestation mean water has become a scarce commodity there. A joint project between the government and WWF India is trying to do something about it: Farmers are being taught how to secure the water in their wells. They dig pits that allow for more rainwater to seep into the ground. New trees and feed-grass keep the water in the earth, tanks collect the spring water.
