Here are the Storylines of watersheds implemented by the NGOs as documented by Dr Sai Bhaskar Reddy in 2005

1. Degraded soil
Bunding
Vegetative cover
Milch animals
fodder
Bio-feed
Soil
-FYM
-Vermicompost
-Tank silt application
No Chemical pesticides
Integrated organic agriculture
PEACE
Fertile soil
Vegetative fencing Rainfed paddy
Custard apple
Pulses

2. Cattle feed
Cattle feed
Domestic animals water needs
+ MineralsSun flower heads
+ MineralsBiomass
Dead storage protectionTanks
MARI
SDDPA

3. Azolla
Biomass
Pigeon Pea
REEDS
Fuel wood
Bio waste
Cow dung
Vermicompost Fodder
Tops cutting
Pest control
KVK, Nalgonda
Chopping
Vermicompost
1 Ac – 800 kg/day
Vermicompost
Earthworms multiply very well
As feed
- Small ruminants
- cattle
A
B

4. Pre independence
Rainfed cropsClimate change
JD Agri (retd)
AGRICULTURE way of life
Sustainable
Impact
Technology
Green revolution
Soil degradation
Organic farming Mixed farming
Vermicompost
Bio village
Micro nutrients (gypsum, zinc)
Seed village
bio-fertilizers
Remunerative price
Network and marketing

5. OUTREACH
Money lender
farmer
Crops (eg. Red gram)
fertilizers
SHGs
Food processing
Transportation (tractors)
Village 1
Village 2Women
Livestock / small ruminants
Self reliant
Learning transferred
migration
No livestock
Goat rearing
Homo Sapiens

6. Water tanksagriculture
Poorly maintained / destroyed
Management
Mr. Balram reddy, Farmer
Farmers suicides
Traditional Knowledge
Practices
Farmers knowledge
Vermicompost
Organic farming
No chemical fertilizers
Minimum support price
Marketing
MARI
Cotton seed + Chick pea sowing
Germination
Dry spell (june / july)

7. Farmers suicides > 90% borewells failure
Women trafficking
Counseling to farmers
Discussion with money lenders
Watershed prog. + Natural regeneration
in ridge areas
Seed dribbling
Supplier channels renovation
Cattle ponds
NRM committee to
stop sand mining
REDS

8. WCUSS
Water bodies
silt
Water bodies filled easily
Water capacity reduced
Assigned lands
Bushes / plants in tank bed
Water harvesting structures
Surface and groundwater increased
Horticulture / Mango plantation
Cutting down mango plants because of drought
Change in cropping pattern
poverty