Empowering Leadership: District Trainings in Groundwater Management under CGIAR’s National Policies and Strategies in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Under the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies, IWMI India, along with on-ground partners Centre for MicroFinance (CmF) and Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN) conducted six district-level trainings on leadership development in participatory groundwater management in Madya Pradesh and Rajasthan states. These 2-day leadership development programs aimed to supplement the training and capacity-building efforts of the Atal Bhujal Yojna (ABY) – a participatory groundwater management scheme by the Govt of India.

This work is part of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS). CGIAR launched NPS with national and international partners to build policy coherence, respond to policy demands and crises, and integrate policy tools at national and subnational levels in countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. CGIAR centers participating in NPS are The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Potato Center (CIP), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and WorldFish. We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.  

Photo credit:

Nishtha Paliwal, IWMI

Tanmoy Bhaduri, IWMI