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Watershed Activities
PIA: DWDU, Amreli
Watershed Management as a strategy has been adopted by Government of India especially in the rainfed area of semi-arid tropics. These
areas are characterized by low and undependable rain, low soil fertility, low literacy rate, migration, less knowledge about new technology
used in agriculture and many more. Several studies identified that there is a dire need of a systematic and scientific approach to deal with
watershed development. The common guidelines generate a fresh and flexible framework for the next generation watershed development.
Scientific Planning
(I) Cluster Approach
The new approach envisages a broader vision of geo-hydrological units normally of average size of 1,000 to 5,000 hectares comprising
of clusters of micro-watersheds.
(II) Baseline Survey
To access the impact if any watershed development programs
a detailed baseline survey has to be conducted. This acts a
benchmark for any intervention during and post
implementation of any development program. A detailed
baseline survey was conducted which involved household
census survey, Bio-physical survey and Village level data from
Talati cum Mantri. Household census survey includes a
detailed questionnaire which was been filled by visiting each
and every housed hold in the village. This gave in the details of
the demographic profile of the literacy percentage, SC/ST
population, number of BPL household, cattle population and
net consumption rate in the village, average milk production of the cattle and various schemes running and their benefits.
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