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Improving rural livelihoods and minimizing land degradation through the community watershed approach for sustainable development of dryland areas

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Title Improving rural livelihoods and minimizing land degradation through the community watershed approach for sustainable development of dryland areas
 
Creator Gonsalves, Julian F.
 
Subject consortia
farmer participation
land degradation
drylands
watersheds
 
Description Describes experiences of: ICRISAT, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) with Consortia, Farmer-participatory approach
Through networking of partners by way of a consortium approach, the project has demonstrated that 50% of chemical fertilizers can be substituted with the locally-produced vermicompost that the farmers themselves make. In Madhya Pradesh 800 trials were conducted, and a 1000 in Rajasthan, during the post-rainy season, which demonstrated the productivity benefits that can be achieved by following the science-led farmer participatory approach. Scaling-out the benefits of productivity enhancement and community watershed management is done with technical backstopping in the target agro-eco-regions of Madhya Pradesh (9 districts) and Rajasthan (7 districts) along with carrying out capacity-building of lead farmers, development workers, and consortium partners.
 
Date 2013
2014-06-11T15:38:56Z
2014-06-11T15:38:56Z
 
Type Case Study
 
Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36054
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33719
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security