TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Reviving India's grassroots social work for sustainable development JO - International social work A1 - Agoramoorthy, G. A1 - Hsu, M.J. SP - 544 EP - 555+588+580+582+584 VL - 51 IS - 4 N2 - This article presents data on simple rainwater harvesting practiced by a nonprofit agency in India. By constructing cost-effective check dams and lift-irrigation systems, rural agriculture was improved and this ultimately relieved poverty and rejuvenated grassroots socioeconomic and sociopolitical changes in the least developed tribal drylands of western India.
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LA - en SN - 0020-8728 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872808090247 ID - ref1 ER -