Book of Extended summaries ISDA

International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
of the 11 rejuvenated check dams is 11,210 Cu m and benefited 20 farmers. The total rainwater
storage capacity of the 3 rejuvenated community tanks is 5,500 Cu m and has benefited 12
farmers. The total water storage capacity of the renovation of community tanks is 3,68,040 Cu
m and benefited 63 farmers. The overall water storage capacity of water harvesting structures
is 4,28,890 Cu m. Seventeen out of 32 open wells and 11 out of 29 bore wells were recharged
due to water harvesting structures. The water storage capacity of the various water harvesting
structures is shown. Around 92.5 ha additional area was brought under protective irrigation by
utilizing harvested water from these structures. Efforts were made to provide access to water
for as many households as possible by way of convergence with the ongoing developmental
programmes being taken up in the villages. About 221 households got access to water, thus
farmers in the NICRA can now save the crops during the dry spells by way of critical irrigation
and can enhance area under cropping during good rainfall years during Rabi with harvested
water, thus stabilized productivity during drought years and enhanced income by way of
cropping intensification during normal years.
Details of rainwater harvesting structures and their capacity, constructed in NICRA
villages of Yelleramapura gram panchayat
Water conservation
structures
No. of
Units
No. of
farmers
Water Storage Capacity
(Cu m)
Protective
irrigation
(ha)
New farm ponds 108 119 30950 58
Percolation ponds 13 13 1750 -
New check dams 05 11 6750 1.5
Water storage structures 05 05 1960 03
Rejuvenation of farm
ponds
Rejuvenation of check
dams
Rejuvenation of
community tanks
18 23 8230 06
11 20 11210 7
05 63 368040 17
Total 428890 92.5
Check dam helps in ground water recharge of the area. Around five check dams were
constructed in the D. Nagenahalli village. The water storage capacity developed is 6,570 cu m
in total. Around 11 farmers benefited due to this intervention. In one of the success stories
considered for this study, farmer Sri Chandranna who benefitted from one check dam of size
40 m x 50 m x 3 m. He used to cultivate only Finger millet and Maize earlier in two acre farm
during monsoon. After the construction of check dam under the NICRA project, he took up
Ragi, Maize and Brinjal in the year 2021-22, in 0.5-acre land, supported by the check dam
Resilience through land and water management interventions, water management and governance
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