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A consortium approach for sustainable management of natural resources in watershed

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Title A consortium approach for sustainable management
of natural resources in watershed
 
Creator Wani, S P
Sreedevi, T K
Singh, H P
Rego, T J
Pathak, P
Singh, P
 
Subject Watershed management
 
Description The natural resource management in the dry regions imposes challenging pressure on the fragile ecosystems, as they are the source of livelihoods of people whose key occupation is agriculture. ICRISAT’s earlier experiences indicated that in the past, watershed management emphasized soil and water
conservation measures. Lack of holistic approach to natural resource management in conventional watersheds has led to the emergence of a new integrated watershed management model. Important components of this new model are farmer-participatory approach, use of new science tools, knowledgeflow from on-station to on-farm watersheds, holistic systems approach with integrated genetic and natural resource management (IGNRM) strategy providing site specific solutions, a consortium of institutions for
technical backstopping, continuous monitoring and evaluation by the stakeholders, community and women empowerment, and environmental protection. The main features of the consortium approach are technical backstopping by the consortium of multi-institutions, linking strategic and developmental research on farmers’ fields, reducing the lag for transferring results from research fields to farmers’ fields, empowering the development workers and farmers to manage natural resources sustainably, and harnessing the strengths of the partners to make a win-win situation for all the partners. The consortium strategy has facilitated the exchange of knowledge and technologies amongst the consortium partners,
reduced land degradation, and improved rural livelihoods through increased incomes.
 
Date 2003
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3877/1/Proc-integrated-watershed_218-225.pdf
Wani, S P and Sreedevi, T K and Singh, H P and Rego, T J and Pathak, P and Singh, P (2003) A consortium approach for sustainable management of natural resources in watershed. In: Integrated Watershed Management for Land and Water Conservation and Sustainable Agricultural Production in Asia. Proceedings of the ADB-ICRISAT-IWMI Project Review and Planning Meeting, 10-14 December 2001, Hanoi, Vietnam.