Water Energy Nexus Activity (WENEXA) II

WENEXA II is a four year USAID bilateral technical assistance program designed to address India’s water and energy problems. IYD has taken up this project as a field partner on March 1^st, 2005 in the Doddaballapur agricultural site, Bangalore rural district.

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WENEXA recognizes the dual impact of uncontrolled groundwater extraction on both energy and water sectors. The goals of the project are to identify solutions to the water and energy nexus and to design appropriate intervention models to address these issues at the local, state and national level. WENEXA II is mainly concerned with energy interventions that include:

· Improving distribution systems;

· Potential crop shifts based on water balance studies;

· Crop water budgeting;

· Educating the farmers on the need for energy efficient pumping systems, changes in ground water and methods to plan crops depending on the availability of groundwater;

· The introduction of micro-irrigation concepts.

The Doddaballapur agricultural site consists of 27 revenue and 7 hamlet villages, under 5 Gram Panchayaths. IYD is responsible for support in the selection of pilot villages, baseline data collection and village profiles, conducting focus group discussions and a social survey, local field presence, support for WENEXA II technical assistance field site interventions and field implementation.

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