Happy New Year! I’m just back from South Asia, where I looked at grassroots efforts to prepare for climate change in Bangladesh and avert a water crisis in India. These are for future stories in the “Food for 9 Billion” series. Some snaps below.

Above, villagers in Lapuria, in the Dudu District of Rajasthan, India, have raised the water table about 200 feet using rainwater harvesting and water conservation techniques.

Rajendra Singh (left) is known as "The Water Man" throughout India for his work restoring watersheds. In his home area he has helped bring seven dead rivers back to life.