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Watersheds play a crucial role in sustaining the ecosystem, biodiversity, wildlife, agriculture, and human population by serving as the natural resource base for all forms of life. These natural boundaries
Watershed Development
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Watershed development programmes in India and institutional imperatives
India is endowed with annual average rainfall of nearly 1,200 mm but a very small proportion of it is managed effectively. The various estimates on potential for rainwater harvesting suggest vast opportunities for mitigating the shortages. However, the socio-administrative measures in vogue do not encourage participation by the beneficiaries. There are several success stories in rainwater harvesting but these initiatives are rarely institutionalised at national level.
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Shades of green
This book contains case studies of selected Natural Resource Management projects implemented by the partners of Caritas India. Promotion of natural resource management is a proactive and long-term strategy of Caritas India. Caritas India evolved an environment policy that focuses on protection, preservation and conservation of natural resources like land, water and biomass.
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Stricken
The idea seemed right for district Dungarpur. <font class="UCASE">nfwp</font> began with the preparation of a five-year district perspective plan (<font class="UCASE">dpp</font>) detailing work that could be taken up at every block level and <i>gram panchayat</i>.
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Impotent plan?
In August 2005, the Indian Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act <font class='UCASE'>nrega</font> . The latest avatar of state financed employment guarantee schemes <font class='UCASE'>egs</font> geared to alleviate rural povert
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From hariyali to neeranchal: report of the technical committee on watershed programmes in India
Parthasarathy Committee has attempted an exhaustive review of the experience of the watershed programme in India.
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Environment and agriculture
Agriculture plays a significant role in the Indian economy. Food production in India has increased from 51 MT in 1950-51 to 204.6 MT in 2004. While Green Revolution has been one of the greatest success stories of India with its dramatic impact on food security, environmental concerns have been growing rapidly all over the world.
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India's water resources: contemporary issues on irrigation
Based on extensive empirical and analytical research, this collection brings together A. Vaidyanathan's recent work on water resources management in India in a multidisciplinary perspective. The volume discusses the agro-climatic context, irrigation and agricultural technology, legal-institutional arrangements, and the economic environment.
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Can payments for environmental services help reduce poverty? An exploration of the issues and the evidence to date from Latin America
This paper examines the main ways in which Payments for Environmental Services (PES) might affect poverty. PES may reduce poverty mainly by making payments to poor natural resource managers in upper watersheds.
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Impact of soil and water conservation measures on hydrology of micro watersheds in Madhya Pradesh
Soil and water conservation measures are meant to reduce soil erosion and utilize rainwater. The measures include construction of contour bunds, contour trenches, graded terraces, check dams, dugout ponds, open wells, and similar other works. Some of the works done by the agencies of the Madhya Pradesh Govt. are analyzed and discussed in the paper.
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Soil, water and nutrient conservation in deferent landuse system in mid hill of Indian Central Himalaya
The paper describes the effect of rains on vegetal cover, different traditional practices and soil properties in the dry and monsoon period. Seven landuse systems i.e. open pine forests, tea plantation, rainfed agriculture, degraded land, grassland, recently restored site and a bare land were identified in the Bhetagad watershed of the Central Himalaya.