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  1. NewsletterHappenings In-house version 14 August 2020, No.1867 Plummeting groundwater levels and adverse rainfall patterns forced farmers in Buchinelli village in Telangana to abandon agriculture but a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative implemented by Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. adopting a climate-smart approach equipped farmers to return to farming. So far, more than 400 households in the watershed have benefited from increased profits and crop productivity. As part of the ongoing project work, 20 smallholder farmers were recently oriented on Best Agronomic Practices taking due precautions in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic for the current cropping season. Before the watershed program, declining groundwater levels (20cm/year) and an adverse rainfall pattern (33% of the annual rainfall is from 4-5 high rainfall events of >30 mm) forced farmers to migrate to Hyderabad, the nearest city, in search of livelihoods. The collaborative watershed initiative started in 2017 and a pool of climate-smart agricultural technologies developed by ICRISAT equipped farmers to take up farming, grow improved crop varieties, save water, restore soil heath and sustain farming. The project impact speaks for itself. Increased groundwater availability by 30-40% Fifty water-harvesting structures (check dams, gully plugs, sunken pits, mini pits, farm ponds, recharge units, etc.) were constructed. The interventions created a storage capacity of 25,000 cubic meters and more than 90,000 cubic meter of rainwater was harvested each Impact story Multinational company nurtures a Climate-Smart Village, facilitates return of migrant farmers Farmers attend a Field Day at Buchinelli village in Telangana. Photo: ICRISAT Check dam in the village. Photo: ICRISAT Storage capacity created and rainwater harvested in the watershed from 2017-20. 8280 26496 8280 26496 8280 223569550 30560 9550 25785 8280 22356 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 2017-18 Storage Capacity 2017-18 Rainwater harvested 2018-19 Cummulative Storage Capacity 2018-19 Cummulative Rainwater harvested 2019-20 Cummulative Storage Capacity 2019-20 Cummulative Rainwater harvested Volume(m3) Cummulative Storage Capacity Vs Rainwater harvested This work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals year, enhancing groundwater availability in surrounding farms (100-120) in the watershed. Crop yields increase by 10-15 % through land
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