Farmer-Participatory Integrated Watershed Management: Adarsha Watershed, Kothapally India.Case 7

Wani, S P and Singh, H P and Sreedevi, T K and Pathak, P and Rego, T J and Shiferaw, B and Iyer, S R and Iyer, S R (2003) Farmer-Participatory Integrated Watershed Management: Adarsha Watershed, Kothapally India.Case 7. In: Research Towards Integrated Natural Resources Management: Examples of Research Problems, Approaches and Partnerships in Action in the CGIAR. Centre Directors Committee on Integrated Natural Resources Management, Rome, Italy, pp. 123-147.

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Abstract

This is a reprint from the book entitled “Research Towards Integrated Natural Resources Management: Examples of Research Problems, Approaches and Partnerships in Action in the CGIAR” which briefly describes the tools and methods used in research and development for integrated natural resources management. They have been evolving over the years in order to tackle the complexities of farming systems in marginal areas, and the issues of environmental change in ecoregional research. The integrated farmer-partici- patory watershed management process involves: agro-ecological zoning, farming systems research, systems analysis to select best-bet options, upscaling research results, identification of products with competitive advan- tage for local and regional markets, and the design and implementation of a science-based action plan. The plan includes technical assistance, supervised credit, strengthening communal cohesion through women’s and farmers’ groups, increasing marketing opportunities by concentrating the supply in quantity and quality, quality control of the products, product development to add value, and market studies for the products developed. The impact on the production systems is briefly described

Item Type: Book Section
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Subjects: Others > Watershed Management
Depositing User: Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
Date Deposited: 05 Nov 2011 11:29
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2011 11:29
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3678
Acknowledgement: We acknowledge Mr Aziz Ahmed, Additional Director (up to July 2002) and Mr P Ramalinga Reddy, Assistant Project Director, DWMA, Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, for engineering support; Mr Y Rajendra Prasad, Coordinator and Dr Shantha Sinha, Director, MV Foundation and Mr V Naveen Kumar, Director, Rural Education and Agricultural Development (READ), for their help in mobilizing community support; Ms Rani Kumudini (up to July 2001) and Mr Ajay Jain (from Aug 2001) District Collectors, Ranga Reddy District, for their encouragement; Mr Anil Puneta, Commissioner, Rural Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh for his continued support and encouragement. We thank the other consortium partners: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture and Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) for their continued support. We also thank Dr RS Dwivedi, NRSA for satellite imageries, M/s LS Jangawad, R Sudi, V Rameshwara Rao, G Pardhasaradhi and M Babu Rao for their technical assistance, Dr RC Sachan for his help in preparing the case study and Mr KNV Satyanarayana in word processing and page-setting the manuscript.
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