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Harvesting rains to grow fruit, vegetables and improved crops at watershed learning sites in India

  1. NewsletterHappenings In-house version 7 August 2020, No.1866 This cropping season, observing all safety measures amidst the COVID pandemic (see box), more than a 1,000 farmers will be participating in demonstrations on growing improved groundnut, pigeonpea and vegetables with balanced application of fertilizers and planting orchards at two learning sites of a successful watershed initiative in southern India. Simultaneously, more than 300 farmers will be participating in constructing new farm ponds. Increased water availability due to watershed interventions has enabled farmers in two states to grow new and better crops and increase production on drought-stricken lands that barely supported subsistence. Entering into Phase II this year, this Corporate Social Responsibility project of the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL), India, seeks to build on work that began in 2014 in Wanaparthy district in Telangana state and Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh state. The watersheds are now developing into exemplar sites to provide a proof of concept of scaling-out key on-farm solutions for climate-resilience and strengthening of livelihoods and mainstreaming of women farmers.These projects will show the way forward not only for uplifting drylands but also for leveraging social responsibility in uplifting the underprivileged, while contributing to food security and ecosystem services. During Phase II, the initiative will focus on the following: Harvesting rains to grow fruit, vegetables and improved crops at watershed learning sites in India Impact story ▪▪ Intensify on-farm water solutions for drought-proofing ▪▪ Extensive on-farm mechanization ▪▪ Infrastructure for improving operational & economic efficiency ▪▪ Mainstreaming of women farmers through select activities ▪▪ Building on rejuvenated soil and water resources for on-farm intensification and diversification Impact of Phase I of the watershed projects ▪▪ Harvesting rainwater: Net water storage capacity of more than 50000 m3 created at each site. (L) Groundnut demonstration plot interspersed with guava trees in Anantapur. (R) Pigeonpea demonstration plot in Wanaparthy. Photos: ICRISAT Check dam at Anantapur. Photo: ICRISAT This work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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