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Meta-Analysis to Assess Impact of Watershed Program and People’s Participation:Comprehensive Assessment Research Report 8

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Title Meta-Analysis to Assess Impact of Watershed Program and People’s Participation:Comprehensive Assessment Research Report 8
 
Creator Joshi, P K
Jha, A K
Wani, S P
Joshi, L
Shiyani, R L
 
Subject Watershed management
 
Description The study assessed the performance of watershed programs by employing meta analysis. Meta analysis is a statistical procedure that integrates and upscales numerous spatially and temporally distributed combinable micro-level studies to distil logical macro-level policy inferences. The inferences drawn, based on meta analysis, are often more objective and authentic. Based on an exhaustive review of 311 case studies on watershed programs in India, the study attempted to document efficiency, equity and sustainability benefits. It was noted that the mean benefit-cost ratio of a watershed program in the country was quite modest at 2.14. The internal rate of return was 22 percent, which is comparable with many rural developmental programs. The watershed
programs generated enormous employment
opportunities, augmented irrigated area and
program was at its best in areas that targeted
cropping intensity and conserved soil and water
resources. The performance of the watershed
the low and medium income groups, which was
jointly implemented by the state and central
government, and where there was effective
people's participation and a rainfall ranging
between 700–1,000 mm. The study concluded that the watershed program is silently
rejuvenating and revolutionizing rain-fed areasLack of appropriate institutional support is
impeding the tapping of potential benefits
associated with these programs
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India and Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat, Columbo, Sr Lanka
 
Date 2005
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2371/1/Meta-analysis_to_assess_impact_of_watershed_program_and_people%27s_participation.pdf
Joshi, P K and Jha, A K and Wani, S P and Joshi, L and Shiyani, R L (2005) Meta-Analysis to Assess Impact of Watershed Program and People’s Participation:Comprehensive Assessment Research Report 8. Monograph. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India and Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat, Columbo, Sr Lanka.