?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=Resilient+Dryland+Systems+Report+No.+61&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7234%2F&rft.title=Improved+Livelihoods+and+Water+Productivity+through+Integrated+Watershed+Management+%E2%80%93+A+Case+Study+from+China&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Sreedevi%2C+T+K&rft.creator=Sudi%2C+R&rft.creator=Reddy%2C+V&rft.creator=Dixin%2C+Y&rft.creator=Li%2C+Z&rft.subject=Watershed+Management&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=ICRISAT+in+partnership+with+Guizhou+Academy+of+Agricultural+Sciences+(GAAS)%2C+and+Yunnan%0D%0AAcademy+of+Agricultural+Sciences+(YAAS)+implemented+two+benchmark+watersheds+namely%0D%0ALucheba+Watershed+at+Guizhou+and+Xiaoxincun+watershed+in+Yunnan+provinces+for+the+ADBICRISAT%0D%0Aproject+on+%E2%80%9CImproving+Management+of+Natural+Resources+with+Sustainable+Rainfed%0D%0AAgriculture%E2%80%9D+during+2003-2006.+Both+the+watersheds+in+China+had+vast+untapped+potential+for%0D%0Aenhancing+agricultural+productivity%2C+however+due+to+low+adoption+of+improved+management%0D%0Apractices+and+lack+of+knowledge+to+the+farmers%2C+the+yields+till+2002+were+low+and+natural%0D%0Aresources+like+soil+and+water+were+prone+to+severe+degradation.+Through+participatory%0D%0Amanagement%2C+the+consortium+embarked+on+implementing+integrated+watershed+management%0D%0Aprogram+(IWMP)+through+improved+rainwater+management+and+harvesting%2C+improved+soil%2C%0D%0Acrop+and+pest+management+options+as+well+as+income-generating+microenterprises+for+the%0D%0Acommunity+members.+The+Lucheba+benchmark+watershed+with+1284+mm+amount+of+rainfall%0D%0Aannually+undertook+two+drinking+water+schemes+for+the+villagers+as+an+entry+point+activity%0D%0Aby+bringing+spring+water+from+hills+by+pipe+to+the+village.+Construction+of+151+rainwater%0D%0Aharvesting+structures+cum+irrigation+water+storage+tanks%2C+plantation+of+133%2C600+trees+on%0D%0A100+ha+wasteland%2C+construction+of+approach+road+and+crop+diversification+with+high-value%0D%0Avegetable+crops+in+the+watershed+were+undertaken+by+the+community+through+IWMP.+As+a%0D%0Aresult%2C+the+family+income+in+Lucheba+watershed+increased+to+US%24+2582+in+2007+against+the%0D%0Abaseline+of+US%24+973+per+annum+in+2002.+In+both+the+watersheds%2C+empowerment+of+women%0D%0Awas+evident+with+improved+livelihoods+and+incomes+which+they+could+spend.+The+IWMP%0D%0Ainterventions+resulted+in+enhancing+rainwater+use+efficiency+along+with+the+net+incomes+in%0D%0AXiaoxincun+watershed+also.+The+vegetable+growers+association+and+the+farmers+groups+in+both%0D%0Athe+watersheds+effectively+implemented+the+watershed+activities+and+successfully+protected%0D%0Athe+natural+resources+by+reducing+the+erosion+using+the+biogas+production+from+the+pig%0D%0Aexcreta%2C+avoiding+cutting+the+trees+for+cooking%2C+controlling+soil+erosion%2C+enhancing+water+use%0D%0Aefficiency+and+diversifying+the+crops+and+livelihood+options.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7234%2F1%2FICRISAT-RDS_RP_61_IMproved_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wani%2C+S+P+and+Sreedevi%2C+T+K+and+Sudi%2C+R+and+Reddy%2C+V+and+Dixin%2C+Y+and+Li%2C+Z++(2013)+Improved+Livelihoods+and+Water+Productivity+through+Integrated+Watershed+Management+%E2%80%93+A+Case+Study+from+China.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++&rft.relation=Resilient+Dryland+Systems+Report+No.+61