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the result of the success they have achieved under
participatory approach. The overall score of people
participatory index was 55% at Sanio.
5.5.6 Economic Benefits- Impact of water
harvesting on the economy of people.
Right from the start of the project the members have
been benefitted economicly as-
� Yield Increase-The results of demonstration
revealed that Av. Yield of 165.0 and 170.0 qtl/ha
was harvested in Potato demonstrations which was
22.2 & 25.9 % higher than control plots . Garlic
demonstrations harvested 105.0 and 103.0 qtl/ha and
was 21.1&23.5 % higher than control plots. Pea
demonstration also resulted in 20-26 % higher yield
than control plots. Maize demonstration registered
an increase of 35-50% grain yield under
demonstrations.
� Monetary gains-The highest incremental
gains (Rs/ha) were under Garlic Rs70,000 followed
by Potato Rs 61750 , Pea Rs 18900 and maize Rs
7000.
� Where as the B :C ratio was highest in Pea7.24
followed by Potato 5.63 , Garlic 3.56 and Maize 2.14.
The increase in the productivity of crops was mainly
attributed to higher availability of water for irrigation,
use of improved seed and balanced fertilizers and
agronomic practices.
� Employment Generation-More than 1100
man days were generated as employment from
project activities.
� The flow of funds have created confidence
among farmers and now they are having better risk
bearing capacity .They are now in a position to
decide the rates with the dealers where as earlier
the dealers had upper hand and they used to dictate
their terms and conditions.
� Assets Possessions and Consumer
durables-The farmers have also added assets to
the village viz-New houses (6), Radio sets(15),
Television(7), Dish TV(7), Gas connection (15),
Livestock (10), Agricultural equipment(8),
Latrines(3) which indicates the economic growth of
farmers.
� Sustainability and Replicabilty-The
enthusiastic participation of farmers across the
developmental stages of the project added to
sustainability dimension of the modules. Now the
farmers are trained and have capacity to replicate
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the work at other places.
6.2. Intervention.2. -”Rain water harvesting
from roofs through community managed system
at village Dedag, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh”.
6 .2.1 Execution of work and technical Details-
The roofs of three houses were selected as
catchments for the harvest of rain water at Dedag
in the absence of natural catchments. The discharge
from these roofs has been directed to a tank through
PVC pipes and water yield to a tune of 2.0-2.5 lac
liters is being harvested annually, which provides
irrigation to 2-3 ha of land. This module has benefitted
6-7 families. The results of demonstration revealed
that Av. Yield of 138.0 qtl/ha, 38.0 qtl/ha and 91.0
qtl/ha were recorded under Potato, Pea and garlic
which was higher than control by 15.0% in
Potato,13.0% in Peas and 21.0% in Garlic The
system has been developed under community
managed system under leadership of Mr Ashok
Kumar User Group Dedag with the main objective
to harvest rain water for irrigation purpose. Being
first year ,the data on the yield has been presented