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creators_name: Garg, K K
creators_name: Singh, R
creators_name: Anantha, K H
creators_name: Dev, I
creators_name: Dixit, S
icrisatcreators_name: Garg, K K
icrisatcreators_name: Anantha, K H
icrisatcreators_name: Dixit, S
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
affiliation: ICAR-CAFRI (Central Agro-forestry Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
country: India
title: Agricultural water management interventions for enhancing water resources availability, cropping, intensity and various ecosystem services in Bundelkhand region of Central India
ispublished: submitted
subjects: WA2
subjects: s1000
subjects: s23
divisions: CRPS2
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: Water balance, Drought proofing, Bundelkhand region, Water harvesting, Natural resource
management
note: We acknowledge Government of Uttar Pradesh for providing funding support for implementing Doubling 
Farmers Income Project in all seven districts of the UP Bundelkhand region. We also acknowledge the 
Coca-Cola India Foundation for providing the funding support for developing Parasai-Sindh watershed at 
Jhansi between 2012 and 2016. The authors acknowledge the village level watershed committees; men 
and women farmers for their active participation; and CAFRI, ICRISAT scientists and field staff for 
designing, implementation of various watershed interventions, monitoring and data recording at Parasai
Sindh watershed, Jhansi
abstract: Bundelkhand region of Central India is hot spot of water scarcity, land degradation, low cropping intensity, 
poor crop and livestock productivity and poor socio-economic status. Nearly 70% of the population of 
Bundelkhand is dependent on agriculture and allied sectors for its livelihood. A National Sample Survey 
report of 2017 shows that the per capita income in Bundelkhand is nearly ₹25,000, far below the national 
average (₹103,000) and those of Uttar Pradesh (₹43,800) and neighboring Madhya Pradesh (₹56,200) and 
Rajasthan (₹76,900). Given that strategies that focus on transforming agricultural and allied sectors are 
key to improving livelihoods of rural populations, the Government of India laid the pathway for doubling 
farmer’s incomes by 2022.
date: 2019-09
date_type: submitted
event_title: Drought Management: Future Challenges and Strategies, Proceedings of India Water Week
event_location: India
event_dates: 25th Sept 2019
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Garg, K K and Singh, R and Anantha, K H and Dev, I and Dixit, S  (2019) Agricultural water management interventions for enhancing water resources availability, cropping, intensity and various ecosystem services in Bundelkhand region of Central India.  In: Drought Management: Future Challenges and Strategies, Proceedings of India Water Week, 25th Sept 2019, India.    (Submitted)  
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11496/1/25Sept2019_Paper%20India%20Water%20Week.pdf