SLM Database

WADI (small orchard) programme was introduced during 1980s in Vansda District in Gujarat by BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune as Comprehensive Tribal Development Programme. This provided to be one of the most successful among various initiatives taken by the Government and Non-Government Organization (NGOs) to improved the economic status of …

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• 08/27/2010 1:17 p.m.

High human and livestock population in the desert are leading to mismanagement of the sandy terrain causing reactivation and land degradation resulting of sand movement. This moving sand encroach productive agricultural fields, human habitation, canal, road and railway tracks. The most effective method was the control through a careful plantation …

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.

The project design is based on family approach and centred on the development of ORGANIC WADI (Orchard) enhancing livelihoods of the underpriveleged tribal community. The participating households spare a minimum of one acre land for wadi palntation.

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.

Wasundhara approach: implementation through Village Development Committee (VDC) -a subcommittee of Gram Panchayat; VDC -every section of the society is represented & women have 49% - 51% representation; village envisioning by villagers; wealth ranking for obtaining contribution in equitable manner.

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.

Rain water use and storage Eco friendly sustainable agriculture Develop waste land, sloppy land and forest land (control of erosion loss Kitchen gardens for nutritional security Testing of SRI and mixed cropping )Soil conservation, land shaping, pasture development, vegetative bunding

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.

In the case of desertification, there is a need for a permanent knowledge centre (RKC) which could provide training and demonstration, allow access to specialized knowledge and provide assistance to make contact with government agencies, voluntary bodies and individuals in the development field.|

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.

Silting up of nala/river used to be resulted in flooding and water logging of the fields situated near nala/river. This renders the land unfit for cultivation. KJBF has widened and desilted the nala/river ensuring water harvesting mechanism across the widened nala/river.

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.

Use of the Forest Rights Act to get the village their forest area’s tenure rights. Impart knowledge to the villager about Forest Rights Act and its provision. Hold capacity building and knowledge dissemination workshop with all stakeholders including forest department officials for operationalisation of the act. All these processes are …

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.

Villagers identified the land for work and set up management systems. Then they contacted the Forest Department to get their help for the plan. The villagers were involved with physical work, such as fencing, pit digging, trench, boundary wall and plantation work. plantation of local species raised.|

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.

SPWD has done a broad ecological characterization of the Jaisamand catchment area and identified the major ecological issues associated with each major livelihood system in the area. This along with the use of the Participatory resource mapping tool, formed the basis of optimisation of resources. |

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• 06/28/2010 11:23 a.m.