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Water security and agricultural prosperity
Satyamev Jayate Water Cup
From 2016-2019, we hosted the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup, a competition between villages in Maharashtra for excellence in soil and water conservation. It was a platform for village communities to work together in a joyful way to solve the problem of drought with their own efforts.
This competition had two main pillars: (1) Training and (2) Shramadaan or voluntary manual labour. Via a 4-day immersive residential training programme, villagers were inspired to fight drought, trained in the basics of watershed management and given several accessible and free resources to guide them further.
The rules of the competition required villages to do substantial amounts of shramadaan. Rival factions, political opponents, people from different castes, religions and backgrounds worked together. Social boundaries were dissolved. Across 4 years, villagers transformed into water warriors and created over 550 billion litres of annual water storage capacity!
Satyamev Jayate Water Cup
From 2016-2019, we hosted the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup, a competition between villages in Maharashtra for excellence in soil and water conservation. It was a platform for village communities to work together in a joyful way to solve the problem of drought with their own efforts.
This competition had two main pillars: (1) Training and (2) Shramadaan or voluntary manual labour. Via a 4-day immersive residential training programme, villagers were inspired to fight drought, trained in the basics of watershed management and given several accessible and free resources to guide them further.
The rules of the competition required villages to do substantial amounts of shramadaan. Rival factions, political opponents, people from different castes, religions and backgrounds worked together. Social boundaries were dissolved. Across 4 years, villagers transformed into water warriors and created over 550 billion litres of annual water storage capacity!
Satyamev Jayate
Samruddha Gaon Spardha
The Satyamev Jayate Samruddha Gaon Spardha was a competition for the best performing villages of the Water Cup. Over 900 villages participated. The aim of this competition was for villages to go beyond water conservation and focus on water management and environmental restoration.
Villagers fought all odds posed by COVID during this time, and worked with determination. Among several achievements, villagers planted over 2 lakh saplings, led a massive well water measurement activity for over 7,000 wells and created almost 600 protected grasslands.
Satyamev Jayate
Samruddha Gaon Spardha
The Satyamev Jayate Samruddha Gaon Spardha was a competition for the best performing villages of the Water Cup. Over 900 villages participated. The aim of this competition was for villages to go beyond water conservation and focus on water management and environmental restoration.
Villagers fought all odds posed by COVID during this time, and worked with determination. Among several achievements, villagers planted over 2 lakh saplings, led a massive well water measurement activity for over 7,000 wells and created almost 600 protected grasslands.
Satyamev Jayate Farmer Cup
The Farmer Cup is a competition to do the best work in sustainable agriculture and boost livelihoods. Farmers are required to form crop-specific collectives which then compete against each other to lower costs, improve productivity, reduce chemical use, increase profitability and move towards sustainable farming.
The competition was launched in 2022, soon after the pandemic abated, and continues till date. In the first year (2022-2023), the best performing farmer groups saved a total of 1.4 crore rupees by working jointly and reducing input and labour costs. They also witnessed a whopping 108% growth in profit per acre!
Satyamev Jayate Farmer Cup
The Farmer Cup is a competition to do the best work in sustainable agriculture and boost livelihoods. Farmers are required to form crop-specific collectives which then compete against each other to lower costs, improve productivity, reduce chemical use, increase profitability and move towards sustainable farming.
The competition was launched in 2022, soon after the pandemic abated, and continues till date. In the first year (2022-2023), the best performing farmer groups saved a total of 1.4 crore rupees by working jointly and reducing input and labour costs. They also witnessed a whopping 108% growth in profit per acre!