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Building resilience in dryland systems through water management interventions: Parasai-Sindh watershed, Jhansi

  1. About ICRISAT: www.icrisat.org ICRISAT’s scientific information: http://EXPLOREit.icrisat.org 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
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