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Building resilience in dryland systems through water management interventions: Parasai-Sindh watershed, Jhansi
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Aug 2019
Building resilience in dryland systems through water
management interventions: Parasai-Sindh watershed, Jhansi
Site description
Location: Babina Block, Jhansi, UP
Geographical area = 1246 ha
Number of households (HHs)= 417
Major crops:
▪▪ Kharif: Black gram and groundnut
▪▪ Rabi: Wheat, chickpea and mustard
Project period: 2012 - 2016
Interventions
Water harvesting
Rejuvenation of traditional water body
Rainwater harvesting structures
Agroforestry interventions
Productivity enhancing interventions
Capacity building
Kaushal K Garg1
*, Ramesh Singh2
, KH Anantha1
, Inder Dev2
, Anand K Singh1
, RK Tewari2
,
Venkata Radha Akuraju1
, Suhas P Wani3
, SK Dhyani2
and Sreenath Dixit1
1
ICRISAT Development Center, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics,
Patancheru, 502 324, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2
ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
3
Former Research Program Director-Asia, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
* Corresponding author email: K.Garg@cigar.org
Rainfall = Surface runoff + Groundwater
recharge + ET + Change in soil moisture
Details
Before
interventions
After
interventions Difference
Kharif area under cultivation (ha) 968 1057 89
Net income generated in kharif (in ₹ Lakh) 138 203 65
Rabi area under cultivation (ha) 797 1083 286
Net income generated in rabi (in ₹ Lakh) -26 185 211
Net income from agriculture (in ₹ Lakh) 112 388 276
Buffalo population 950 1300 350
Milk yield (L/day/animal) 6 8.5 2.5
Net income from livestock (in ₹ Lakh) 102 212 110
Total net income (in ₹ Lakh/year) 214 600 386
Number of HHs 417 417 -
Average increase in income (in ₹ Lakh/HH/year) 0.51 1.43 0.92
Impact on household income
Impact on crop
intensification
Crop intensification with increased water resources
Impact on water balance
components