Abstract

 ABSTRACT Livelihood security is the adequate and sustainable access to control over resources, both material and social, to enable households to achieve their rights without undermining the natural resource base. The livelihood security approach aims for holistic analysis and understanding of the root cause of food insecurity. Self help groups are also one among the sources to provide food security. Hence the study was conducted to see Effect of Watershed in terms of Increasing Socio- Economic Status, promotion of self help groups and creation of economic opportunities in six villages of three mandals of Prakasam district. Results revealed that promotion of self help groups were more compared to earlier where there were no watershed activities. Also, it is striking to note down that there was not even a single group in three villages namely Ganeswarapuram, East Venkatapuram and Nancharapuram, before installation of watershed. But after watershed construction there was group formations as well as economic opportunities. Keywords: Self help groups, Three mandals of Prakasam district.

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