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A Manual on Impact Assessment of Watersheds. Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report No. 53

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Title A Manual on Impact Assessment of Watersheds. Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report No. 53
 
Creator Palanisami, K
Kumar, D S
Wani, S P
 
Subject Watershed management
 
Description Recognising the importance of watershed development as a strategy of rural development, both central
and state governments, non-governmental organisations, International Development Agencies invest
huge funds on watershed development. The watershed approach enables the planners to internalize such
externalities and other linkages among agricultural and related activities. Experience shows that various
watershed development programme brought significant positive impact. Impact evaluations contribute
to improve the effectiveness of policies and programs. Different methodologies have been used in the
evaluation literature mainly the qualitative and quantitative methods. Choosing appropriate methodology
for impact assessment of natural resource management interventions is essential.
This bulletin outlines the various concepts and methods in watershed impact evaluation with examples. The
use of economic surplus approach with consumer and producers’ surplus is compared with the conventional
approach with only producers’ surplus. Also incorporation of the rainfall variability in the watershed evaluation
is demonstrated. A simple computer based watershed programme incorporating the various components
of the watershed development is also developed and included.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2009
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1357/1/351_2009_GTAE53_man_imp_ass_ws.pdf
Palanisami, K and Kumar, D S and Wani, S P (2009) A Manual on Impact Assessment of Watersheds. Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report No. 53. Manual. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.