?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F9268%2F&rft.title=Bhoochetana+%3A+A+Compendium+of+Success+Stories%2C+Research+Report+IDC-3&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Anantha%2C+K+H&rft.creator=Sudi%2C+R&rft.creator=Krishnappa%2C+K&rft.creator=Dharmarajan%2C+B+K&rft.subject=Agriculture&rft.subject=Bhoochetana&rft.subject=Karnataka&rft.description=The+Government+of+Karnataka+has+upscaled+the+learnings+from+the+Sujala-ICRISAT+initiative+to%0D%0Aenhance+agricultural+productivity+in+the+dryland+areas+of+the+state+by+bridging+the+yield+gap+between%0D%0Afarmers%E2%80%99+fields+and+achievable+yields+with+the+help+of+science-based+productivity+enhancement%0D%0Ainterventions.+The+mission+project+on+rainfed+agriculture+called+%E2%80%9CBhoochetana%E2%80%9D+was+launched%0D%0Aby+the+Government+of+Karnataka+during+2009-10+to+benefit+dryland+farmers+in+30+districts.+The%0D%0Aprinciple+of+consortium%2C+convergence%2C+capacity+building+and+collective+action+as+proposed+by%0D%0AICRISAT+to+address+the+issues+of+efficiency%2C+economics%2C+equity+and+environmental+protection+was%0D%0Aadopted.+The+consortium+partners+involved+in+Bhoochetana+are+three+State+Agricultural+Universities%0D%0A(UAS%2C+Bangalore%3B+Dharwad%3B+and+Raichur%3B)%2C+the+Watershed+Development+Department+(WDD)%2C+the%0D%0ADepartment+of+Economics+and+Statistics+(DES)%2C+and+other+line+departments+of+the+Government+of%0D%0AKarnataka%2C+ICRISAT+and+the+Department+of+Agriculture+which+is+the+nodal+agency+for+the+mission%0D%0Aproject.+Farm+facilitators+and+Lead+farmers+have+assumed+the+role+of+trainers+to+train+large+numbers%0D%0Aof+farmers+on+collective+action+and+capacity+building.+During+the+second+and+third+year%2C+project%0D%0Aactivities+were+expanded+to+all+30+districts+in+addition+to+the+six+districts+of+the+Sujala+watershed%0D%0Aprogram+where+soil+health+mapping+had+already+been+completed%2C+along+with+participatory+selection%0D%0Aof+appropriate+cultivars+of+the+major+crops.+In+all+30+districts+efforts+have+been+made+to+collect+soil%0D%0Asamples+by+adopting+a+stratified+soil+sampling+method+and+covering+a+large+number+of+villages...&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2015&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F9268%2F1%2FRes%2520Rep%2520IDC3%2520Bhoochetana.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wani%2C+S+P+and+Anantha%2C+K+H+and+Sudi%2C+R+and+Krishnappa%2C+K+and+Dharmarajan%2C+B+K++(2015)+Bhoochetana+%3A+A+Compendium+of+Success+Stories%2C+Research+Report+IDC-3.++Monograph.+ICRISAT%2C+Patancheru%2C+Telangana%2C+India.+++++