Watershed Development in India : An Approach Evolving through Experience

Symle, Jim ; Lobo, Crispino ; Milne, Grant ; Williams, Melissa

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO RESOURCES;    ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY;    AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;    AQUIFER;   

RP-ID  :  88056

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report analyses the experiences andlessons from three World Bank-Supported watersheddevelopment projects in the Indian states of Karnataka,Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.5 The primary reason forthe analysis was to guide the development and execution ofnew watershed programs in India, including newBank-supported state-level operations in Uttarakhand andKarnataka, and a proposed national project now underpreparation. Accordingly, it was important to deepen theknowledge base about large-scale, community-led watersheddevelopment in order to share that knowledge with keystakeholders both inside and outside of the World Bank.Another important reason was the immediate and growingconcern over water resources and their management in Indiaand the question of how well watershed development programsinternalize these concerns. A third impetus was the nexusbetween rural poverty and rainfed agriculture and theimportant role that watershed development programs are tofulfill in the development of sustainable rural livelihoods.