In southern India, the climate is becoming unpredictable and drought more
common. Indiscriminate pumping from shallow aquifers shared by many
farmers has caused abnormal drops in water levels. When a well goes dry,
a farmer loses his crop. Six thousand farmers have been trained in
groundwater management by a project run by Indian NGOs and guided by the
UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. They have learned to monitor
how much water is available underground at the start of the growing
season. Then they only plant crops that need that much water.
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