A Consortium Approach for Sustainable Watershed Management for Increasing Productivity of Rainfed Systems: Potential and Challenges

    Wani, S P and Sreedevi, T K and Ramakrishna, Y S and Rego, T J and Ramakrishna, A and Rao, M S and Pande, A B (2004) A Consortium Approach for Sustainable Watershed Management for Increasing Productivity of Rainfed Systems: Potential and Challenges. In: National Seminar On Creativity in Water Management, 27-28 Feb. 2004, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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    Abstract

    Rain fed agriculture in India covers nearly 65% of net sown area and there is enormous potential for : enhancing productivity by one to two folds. An Innovative model with a consortium of institutions for watershed : Management for increasing productivity of rainfed systems holistically through technical backslapping is developed end evaluated al Adarsha watershed. Kothapally in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh. India. The approach of building new partnerships through consortium. Participatory and convergence mode has yielded successful Result at on-farm watersheds in India and Southeast Asia. The benefits reaped from this consortium approach model al Kothapally are being scaled up in three districts of Andhra Pradesh under the Andhra Pradesh Rural livelihoods Programme (APRLP). three districts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. and Northeastern Thailand. North Vietnam and Southern China with support from APRLP-DFID. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. India and Asian Development Bank (ADB), Philippines, This consortium approach provided 'win-win' solution for sustaining Productivity..............

    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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    Subjects: Others > Watershed Management
    Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
    Depositing User: Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
    Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2011 11:59
    Last Modified: 07 Nov 2011 11:59
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3797
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