<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Sustainable Management of Rainwater through Integrated Watershed Approach for Improved Rural Livelihoods"^^ . "Rainwater, an essential resource for growing food also plays an important role in\r\nproviding livelihood support for rural people in the rain-fed regions. Eighty percent of the\r\nworld’s agricultural land is rain-fed and contributes to about 60 percent of the global food\r\nproduction. An insight into the rain-fed regions shows a grim picture of water-scarcity,\r\nfragile ecosystems and land degradation due to soil erosion by wind and water, low\r\nrainwater use efficiency, high population pressure, poverty, low investments in water use\r\nefficiency measures, poor infrastructure and inappropriate policies. The current rainwater\r\nuse efficiency for crop production is low ranging between 30 and 45 %; thus annually about\r\n300-800 mm of seasonal rainfall goes unproductive, lost either as surface run-off or deep\r\ndrainage. The challenge, therefore, is to improve rural livelihoods through efficient and\r\nsustainable rainwater management technologies for increasing rain-fed productivity and\r\nthereby contribute to food and livelihood security. Watershed as an entry point acts as a\r\nbeginning to address the issues of sustainable rainwater management for improving\r\nlivelihoods. An innovative integrated farmer participatory consortium watershed management\r\nmodel developed by ICRISAT along with NARS partners is a holistic model unlike the\r\nearlier watershed approaches which were sectoral with emphasis only on the soil and water\r\nconservation measures. The integrated watershed approach uses new science tools, links onstation\r\nresearch to on-farm watersheds, provides technical backstopping through consortium\r\nof institutions with convergence of livelihood-based activities. The core theme of the model\r\nis sustainable natural resource management for increasing the farm productivity and\r\nimproving the rural livelihoods. The approach covers issues starting with conservation of\r\nnatural resources and ensures increased productivity and incomes through convergence of\r\nall necessary activities to achieve the good. In order to ensure equity for women and\r\nlandless people, emphasis is put on development of common property resources as well as\r\nestablishing micro-enterprises. This integrated watershed approach enables to have ‘winwin’\r\nsituations for sustaining productivity and improving livelihoods as it includes\r\nconvergence of activities at various levels thus enhancing community participation and\r\ncreating income-generating options. Successful results from on-farm integrated watersheds\r\nare discussed. However, the challenge is to scale up the approach to larger areas on\r\nsustainable basis. Lessons learnt from past watershed experiences are that we need to focus on issues such as keeping the community interest for participation; institutions to continue\r\nactivity for maintenance after the project activity ceases; maintaining the link between the\r\nwatershed and supporting institutions for technical backstopping, appropriate policies for\r\ngroundwater use and common property resources and innovative ways to merge common\r\nwastelands. Thus the lessons learnt from the integrated watershed management can help reengineer\r\nsuitable roadmaps for maximizing returns to investment on watershed programs.\r\nWith ever changing policies and economies, improved institutional and policy support\r\nmechanisms in partnership with stakeholders especially the farmers, market links for\r\nproducts, value addition products for rural areas, infrastructure and suitable ways to meet\r\nthe challenges for the target areas need to be addressed"^^ . "2005" . . . "International Water Management Institute"^^ . . "International Water Management Institute"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Y S"^^ . "Ramakrishna"^^ . "Y S Ramakrishna"^^ . . "B R"^^ . "Sharma"^^ . "B R Sharma"^^ . . "S P"^^ . "Wani"^^ . "S P Wani"^^ . . "C A"^^ . "Scott"^^ . "C A Scott"^^ . . "J S"^^ . "Samra"^^ . "J S Samra"^^ . . . . "Watershed Management Challenges: Improving Productivity, Resources and Livelihoods"^^ . . . . . . 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