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Measuring Agricultural Sustainability in Rainfed Regions in India – Spatial Evaluation of Watershed Projects

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Title Measuring Agricultural Sustainability in Rainfed Regions in India – Spatial Evaluation of Watershed Projects
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Creator Kaushalya Ramachandran
M. Gayatri
J. Satish
V. Praveen
N. Thilagavathi
 
Subject Agricultural Sustainability
Watershed Development
GIS
 
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Watershed development project is a popular NRM and agriculture development
strategy in rainfed agriculture. The program has attracted huge investments since its
initiation in 1980s in the country. Till date several phases of watershed projects have been
implemented under guidelines that have been modified at regular intervals to adapt to
changing situations. However use of tools of Geomatics makes the task manageable and
provides the facility to measure the immeasurable, namely sustainable development. This
paper presents a methodology developed to measure sustainable agriculture in rainfed
regions. The paper discusses how the methodology was used to monitor changes in treated
watersheds in two districts – Nalgonda and Rangareddy in AP, India. Temporal study
since 2006 helped in indicating which aspects of watershed development projects were
critical and contributed to sustainability. This information could be vital for the PIA of
the projects who can use the information for mid-term correction or for overhauling the
whole projects based on actual requirements in the field. Study indicated that although
full sustainability has not been achieved, watershed development program was found to
be useful and had contributed positively to agricultural development in rainfed regions.
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Date 2018-11-29T09:27:37Z
2018-11-29T09:27:37Z
2013-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Kaushalya Ramachandran, Gayatri, M., Satish, J., Praveen Kumar, V. and N. Thilagavathi (2013): Measuring Agricultural Sustainability in Rainfed Regions in India – Spatial evaluation of watershed projects. Indian Cartographer 33:287-295.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/14129
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Indian Cartographer