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Development, Integration and Dissemination of Resource Conservation Options through Community Watershed Approach

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Title Development, Integration and Dissemination of Resource Conservation Options through Community Watershed Approach
 
Creator Wani, S P
Sreedevi, T K
Joshi, P K
Venkateswarlu, B
 
Subject Watershed management
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Dryland areas in the tropics are hot spots of poverty as well as severe land degradation and water scarcity. In order to achieve the food
security for millions of rural poor, it is critical to enhance the productivity of rainted agriculture through conservation of natural resources
such as water and land. The Comprehensve Assessment of Water for Food and Water for Life has demonstrated that potential of rainted
agriculture of doubling the productivity can be harnessed by adopting integrated approach through watershed management. Assessment
of watershed impacts in India revealed that watershed approach can be applied in all rainfed areas with suitable modifications of
interventions or economically beneficial and rainted agriculture can be upgraded by enhancing the effectiveness of 68% of the watershed
prajecrs which are perlorming below average. The new paradigm tor unlocking the potentia! of rainted agriculture IS by adopting
community watershed management approach as a business model through convergence and linking of farmers to the markets, efficient
use of conserved natural resources for enhancing tile productivity by adopting IGNRM approach and improving community participation
through capacity building and ensuring tangible economic benefits. Capacity building has been identified as a weakest link for scaling-up
the watershed programs and national strategy for quality capacity building measures through consortium of quality setvice providers with
suitable quality indicators is recommended. Consetvation agriculture can be operationalized through watershed approach for improving
the livelihoods of rural poor by unlocking the potential of rainfed agriculture.
 
Date 2009
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4714/1/CP_Deve_Integration_and_Dissemination.pdf
Wani, S P and Sreedevi, T K and Joshi, P K and Venkateswarlu, B (2009) Development, Integration and Dissemination of Resource Conservation Options through Community Watershed Approach. In: 4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture Innovations for Improving Efficiency, Equity and Environment, 4-7 February 2009, New Deihl, India.