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creators_name: Garg, K K
creators_name: Singh, R
creators_name: Anantha, K H
creators_name: Singh, A K
creators_name: Akuraju, V R
creators_name: Barron, J
creators_name: Dev, I
creators_name: Tewari, R K
creators_name: Wani, S P
creators_name: Dhyani, S K
creators_name: Dixit, S
icrisatcreators_name: Garg, K K
icrisatcreators_name: Singh, R
icrisatcreators_name: Anantha, K H
icrisatcreators_name: Singh, A K
icrisatcreators_name: Akuraju, V R
icrisatcreators_name: Dixit, S
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
affiliation: Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi (ICAR-CAFRI), Uttar Pradesh, India
affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
affiliation: Former Research Program Director-Asia, ICRISAT, India
affiliation: International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), New Delhi, India
country: India
country: Sweden
title: Building climate resilience in degraded agricultural landscapes through water management: A case study of Bundelkhand region, Central India
ispublished: pub
subjects: L1
subjects: S21
subjects: s23
divisions: CRPS2
crps: crp1.13
full_text_status: public
keywords: Water scarcity, Groundwater resilience, Livelihood development, Semi-arid tropics
note: The authors thank Coca-Cola India Foundation for funding the
watershed activities in Parasai-Sindh watershed, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, under their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. Our thanks also
go to the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the village community for
their support in implementing the project. The support from the CGIAR Research Program (CRP)-Water Land and Ecosystem (WLE) for hydrological monitoring is duly acknowledged.
abstract: Rainfall variability and water scarcity continue to hamper the food and income security of smallholder farming
systems in poverty-affected regions. Innovations in soil and water management, especially in the drylands, are
critical for meeting food security and water productivity targets of Agenda 2030. This study analyzes how
rainfed agriculture can be intensified with marginal impact on the landscape water balance. The impact of
rainwater harvesting structures on landscape hydrology and associated agricultural services was analyzed in the
semi-arid Jhansi district of Bundelkhand region in central India. The Parasai-Sindh pilot watershed was subjected
to a 5-year (2012–2016) monitoring of rainfed system improvements in water availability and crop intensification
due to surface water storage (haveli system), check dams, and field infiltration structures.
Hydrological processes were monitored intensively to analyze the landscape’s water balance components.
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures altered the landscape’s hydrology, limiting average surface runoff from
250 mm/year to 150 mm/year over the study period. Groundwater levels increased by 2–5 m (m), alleviating
water scarcity issues of the communities in recurring dry years. Nearly 20% of fallow lands were brought under
cultivation. Crop yields increased by 10–70% and average household income increased from US$ 960/year to US
$ 2700/year compared to that in the non-intervention landscape. The combined soil–water–vegetation efforts
strengthened water resilience and environmental systems in agricultural landscape.
date: 2020-09
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Hydrology (TSI)
volume: 591
publisher: ELSEVIER , RADARWEG 29, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 1043 NX
pagerange: 1-12
id_number: doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125592
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0022-1694
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125592
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citation:   Garg, K K and Singh, R and Anantha, K H and Singh, A K and Akuraju, V R and Barron, J and Dev, I and Tewari, R K and Wani, S P and Dhyani, S K and Dixit, S  (2020) Building climate resilience in degraded agricultural landscapes through water management: A case study of Bundelkhand region, Central India.  Journal of Hydrology (TSI), 591.  pp. 1-12.  ISSN 0022-1694     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11634/1/2020_Parasai-Sindh%20watershed-Jhansi.pdf