?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F2371%2F&rft.title=Meta-Analysis+to+Assess+Impact+of+Watershed+Program+and+People%E2%80%99s+Participation%3AComprehensive+Assessment+Research+Report+8%0D%0A&rft.creator=Joshi%2C+P+K&rft.creator=Jha%2C+A+K&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Joshi%2C+L&rft.creator=Shiyani%2C+R+L&rft.subject=Watershed+Management&rft.description=The+study+assessed+the+performance+of++watershed+programs+by+employing+meta++analysis.+Meta+analysis+is+a+statistical+procedure+that+integrates+and+upscales+numerous+spatially++and+temporally+distributed+combinable+micro-level++studies+to+distil+logical+macro-level+policy+++inferences.+The+inferences+drawn%2C+based+on+++meta+analysis%2C+are+often+more+objective+and+++authentic.+Based+on+an+exhaustive+review+of++311+case+studies+on+watershed+programs+in++India%2C+the+study+attempted+to+document++efficiency%2C+equity+and+sustainability+benefits.+It+was+noted+that+the+mean+benefit-cost+ratio+of+a++watershed+program+in+the+country+was+quite+modest+at+2.14.+The+internal+rate+of+return+was+22+percent%2C+which+is+comparable+with+many+rural++developmental+programs.+The+watershed%0D%0Aprograms+generated+enormous+employment%0D%0Aopportunities%2C+augmented+irrigated+area+and%0D%0A+program+was+at+its+best+in+areas+that+targeted%0D%0Acropping+intensity+and+conserved+soil+and+water%0D%0Aresources.+The+performance+of+the+watershed%0D%0A+the+low+and+medium+income+groups%2C+which+was%0D%0Ajointly+implemented+by+the+state+and+central%0D%0Agovernment%2C+and+where+there+was+effective%0D%0Apeople's+participation+and+a+rainfall+ranging%0D%0Abetween+700%E2%80%931%2C000+mm.+The+study+concluded+that+the+watershed+program+is+silently%0D%0Arejuvenating+and+revolutionizing+rain-fed+areasLack+of+appropriate+institutional+support+is%0D%0Aimpeding+the+tapping+of+potential+benefits%0D%0Aassociated+with+these+programs&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+India+and+Comprehensive+Assessment+Secretariat%2C+Columbo%2C+Sr+Lanka&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F2371%2F1%2FMeta-analysis_to_assess_impact_of_watershed_program_and_people%2527s_participation.pdf&rft.identifier=++Joshi%2C+P+K+and+Jha%2C+A+K+and+Wani%2C+S+P+and+Joshi%2C+L+and+Shiyani%2C+R+L++(2005)+Meta-Analysis+to+Assess+Impact+of+Watershed+Program+and+People%E2%80%99s+Participation%3AComprehensive+Assessment+Research+Report+8.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+India+and+Comprehensive+Assessment+Secretariat%2C+Columbo%2C+Sr+Lanka.+++++