Uttarakhand - Department of Land Resources

d) Strengthening and developing institution – such as VDC, SHGs, UGs – linkage
through clusters, associations/federations to agencies that help improve marketing
and return as well as procurement of inputs for farming and IG activities.
e) Human resource development by capacity building in technical and management
skills, awareness, empowerment, etc.
f) Policy changes and strategic shifts and development – in cost sharing, reduced
subsidy, implementing through community, marketing logistics, maintenance and
repair, revolving fund, withdrawal, etc. and also on integration of activities at various
levels.
Revised Components: Broad and sub-component areas remained same. However,
within sub-component areas additional activities were introduced following Supervision
Mission report and also targets were revised upward in many cases. Amongst the
additional activities few important ones were as under:
Arable land: Top working of mehal/pear, poly-house and poly tunnel
demonstrations, bio-compost demonstration and community fruit plantations
Non-arable land: Bamboo and agave plantations
Livestock & Fodder: Plot border plantation of Napier on farm land, grass and fodder
plants in strips /row, patches in existing forest areas, backyard poultry
Social & Economic: Introduction of Social Funds
Institutions: Associations/Federations and Linkages with marketing bodies, NGOs,
etc.
Achievement of Objectives and Outputs
Outcome: Watershed Protection and Development
Regenerating natural resources base: Satisfactory: Overall key project objectives
have been achieved. Notwithstanding inherent severe risks due to altitude, slope,
soil, land use and rainfall, the degradation processes have been substantially
arrested on 16.5 percent of arable, 16.7 percent of non-arable land in drainage lines
through a combination of soil and water conservation structures, vegetative
treatments, planting by forest, forage and horticultural species and grasses.
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