Impact Analysis of Watershed Development Programmes on Allied Activities in Agriculture with Special Reference to Livestock
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
In India majority of population lives in rural area and its main source of income is agriculture and its allied activities. Out of allied activities, livestock sector is an important part of agriculture sector and there is strong inter-linkage between agriculture and livestock sector to improve the livelihood of rural population. So, this study assesses the impact of watershed development programmes on livestock’s population, milk production and feed & fodder. For this, two districts were selected from DDP watershed development programme on the basis of maximum completed projects and maximum covered area. Two Micro watersheds were randomly selected from each district. 30 beneficiary and 30 non-beneficiary households were selected through random sampling from each micro watershed. Average and percentage methods were used for analysing the results. The study found that DDP watershed development programme the positive impact on the population of livestock in WSA in Bhiwani district but weak impact in Hisar district. The impact of on total milk production was positive in both of Bhiwani and Hisar districts as population of milch animals was higher in WSA of both the districts. The impact on the availability of green fodder in WSA as compared to NonWSA has also been positive. The DDP programme had negligible impact on dry fodder in both districts.
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Reena and Manoj Siwach
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