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Water, Soil & Climate Resilience

Restoring Natural Resources and Strengthening Water Security.

READS works with communities to improve the management of soil and water resources. Watershed activities may include field-level planning, water harvesting, drainage-line treatment, farm ponds, check dams, contour measures and soil conservation structures.

Pillar II

Water, Soil & Climate Resilience

Promoting watershed development, soil conservation, water harvesting and climate-responsive practices.

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Our Focus

Conserving Our Natural Resources.

Explore READS' work related to water and soil conservation through verified initiatives, activities and community experiences.

Integrated Watershed Management

READS has implemented NABARD-supported watershed development in the Maina–Laranga–Lodhena area of Jashpur district. Public project statistics list the Tora–Parasura watershed with 293 families and the Devsara–Jamhati watershed with 422 families.

A farm pond dug on a project plot

Our Work

Towards Sustainable Natural Resource Management.

READS' water and soil conservation activities, shown through the organisation's own field photographs and watershed records.

  • An earthen farm bund built across a field
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    Soil & Moisture Conservation

    READS' watershed records describe contour trenches, farm ponds and boulder structures as part of soil and moisture conservation work.

  • A stepped water-harvesting structure in a watershed area
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    Watershed Initiatives

    Maina–Laranga–Lodhena (Bagicha block), Tora–Parasura, and Devsara–Jamhati (Shankargarh block) watershed projects with NABARD.

  • A stone structure holding water in a field channel
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    Community Experiences

    READS' published stories share farming families' experiences of soil moisture management and watershed development.