| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
In India more than 70 percent population are depending on major agricultural activities and Indian agriculture is dependent on monsoon which is not uniform. The productivity of any crop in India mainly depends on land and water as a two natural resources. Since the concept of watershed development is gaining importance over the years, projects have been taken up under different programmes by Government of India. Watershed Development or watershed and development concept which means a consist drainage basin or catchment area, all water flowing into it goes to a common outlet. Watershed Development is conservation, regeneration and the judicious use of all the natural resources, particularly land, water, vegetation and animals and human development within the watershed. John Wesley Powell explains “that area of Land, a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by their common water course and where as humans settled, simple logic demanded that they became part of a community”. Watershed development requires multidisciplinary skills, integration of technology and competences. The present paper concentrates on strategies and key interventions of watershed development programmes in India and in Karnataka Particularly which are congenial sustainable asset for the development of livelihoods focusing on management of water resources, transforming agriculture sector, climate change and management of water resources. Drought Prone Areas, Poor Soils, Lack of access to Information and Technology, Inadequate Infrastructure, Inability to get credit from formal channels keep the farmers trapped in poverty and other livelihood opportunities in the context of Watershed Development identifying the socio economic impact of the programmes on improving the productivity of crops and sustenance of the Watershed Development Programmes. |
