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Socioeconomic and Policy Research on Watershed Management in India Synthesis of Past Experiences and Needs for Future Research:Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report no. 7

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Title Socioeconomic and Policy Research on Watershed Management in India Synthesis of Past Experiences and Needs for Future Research:Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report no. 7
 
Creator Joshi, P K
Pangare, V
Shiferaw, B
Wani, S P
Bouma, J
Scott, C
 
Subject Watershed management
 
Description Much of the progress in the past in terms of improving the productivity of agriculture and reducing poverty has occurred in areas
with favorable biophysical and socioeconomic conditions. As in many developing countries, more than two-thirds of the agricultural
land and the rural population in India are found in rainfed areas, which have been largely bypassed by the past process of
agricultural transformation. As opportunities for further productivity growth in more favored areas are being exhausted, there is
an urgent need to invest in rainfed areas where widespread rural poverty, water scarcity and degradation of the resource base are
still critical development constraints. Several technical interventions for resource conservation in the past that neglected the
economic and policy dimensions have failed. In the past few years, a new watershed and community-based approach that maintains
people’s livelihoods at the heart of the debate on natural resource management has evolved. India is one of the countries that have
adopted this integrated watershed management approach as a vehicle for sustainable agricultural transformation and livelihood
security in the rainfed areas. India has also gained significant experience in the implementation of this approach. With the objective
of synthesizing this knowledge and identifying the needs for future research, this study was jointly undertaken by ICRISAT and
IWMI, initially focusing on socioeconomic and policy aspects. The study provides a broad overview of the national policy and
institutional frameworks for watershed development, followed by a detailed assessment of various institutional arrangements and
watershed management experiences using selected case studies. The major lessons and key determinants of successful watershed
interventions are identified from the case studies. The study concludes by highlighting the knowledge gaps and areas for future
socioeconomic and policy research to enhance the impacts of watershed programs.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2004
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3781/1/764-2003.pdf
Joshi, P K and Pangare, V and Shiferaw, B and Wani, S P and Bouma, J and Scott, C (2004) Socioeconomic and Policy Research on Watershed Management in India Synthesis of Past Experiences and Needs for Future Research:Global Theme on Agroecosystems Report no. 7. Monograph. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.