A taanka (traditional water harvesting system) has a catchment area to collect rain water and store it underground. But they had fallen into disuse. Photo: Prashant Panjiar/ ICRISAT

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A taanka (traditional water harvesting system) has a catchment area to collect rain water and store it underground. But they had fallen into disuse. Photo: Prashant Panjiar/ ICRISAT

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To improve nutrition and supplement livelihoods, fruit trees have been provided to RameshwariDevi and other women. “These trees will not only provide nutrition but if there is a good harvest we can also sell in the market,” she says. Photo: Prashant Panji

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To improve nutrition and supplement livelihoods, fruit trees have been provided to RameshwariDevi and other women. “These trees will not only provide nutrition but if there is a good harvest we can also sell in the market,” she says. Photo: Prashant Panji

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The rainwater harvesting pond. Women farmer Hari Bai from Siyalwada village in Madhya Pradesh, India contributed ½ acre of land for the purpose. Photo: V Nagasrinivas Reddy/ ICRISAT

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The rainwater harvesting pond. Women farmer Hari Bai from Siyalwada village in Madhya Pradesh, India contributed ½ acre of land for the purpose. Photo: V Nagasrinivas Reddy/ ICRISAT

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A dryland farmer preparing his land. Photo: ICRISAT

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A dryland farmer preparing his land. Photo: ICRISAT

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A training workshop on improved market garden production techniques, in Matamey village, Niger. Photo: ICRISAT

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A training workshop on improved market garden production techniques, in Matamey village, Niger. Photo: ICRISAT

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Reaping the benefits of drip irrigation. Photo: ICRISAT

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Reaping the benefits of drip irrigation. Photo: ICRISAT

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Laying the foundation of vermicomposting pits in India. Photo: ICRISAT

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Laying the foundation of vermicomposting pits in India. Photo: ICRISAT

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A Farmers Field School, part of the African Market Garden. Photo: ICRISAT

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Diversification is the key in African Market Gardens. In Benin ICRISAT is working with NGOs to promote affordable and sustainable drip irrigation for better incomes for farmers. Photo: ICRISAT

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Diversification is the key in African Market Gardens. In Benin ICRISAT is working with NGOs to promote affordable and sustainable drip irrigation for better incomes for farmers. Photo: ICRISAT

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A masonry check dam at Kothapally watershed in Talangana State, India. Photo, ICRISAT

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A masonry check dam at Kothapally watershed in Talangana State, India. Photo, ICRISAT

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Channeled rainwater drains into a well in Kothapally village in Telangana State, India. Photo, ICRISAT

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Channeled rainwater drains into a well in Kothapally village in Telangana State, India. Photo, ICRISAT

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Recycling farm waste through vermicomposting to enrich the farm soils at Kothapally model watershed, Talangana State, India. Photo, ICRISAT

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Recycling farm waste through vermicomposting to enrich the farm soils at Kothapally model watershed, Talangana State, India. Photo, ICRISAT

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Well at Kothapally village in Telangana State, India as part of the integrated watershed management. Photo, ICRISAT

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Well at Kothapally village in Telangana State, India as part of the integrated watershed management. Photo, ICRISAT

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