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Transforming Landscapes: Watershed Management Success in Katangi

Learn how WOTR achieved remarkable results in Katangi through natural resource management along watershed lines, impacting water availability, agriculture, food security, income, and livelihoods. Witness the positive changes from 2005 to 2014 and understand the process of reducing migration and empowering village youth for replication.

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Transforming Landscapes: Watershed Management Success in Katangi

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  1. Presented By Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) 23rd -24th Sept 2015 From Problems to SolutionsThrough Natural Resource Management Along Watershed Lines

  2. Partala-Dungariya –Drainage Line

  3. LULC Map of Katangi of 2005-06

  4. LULC Map of Katangi of 2013-14

  5. Impacts on Water • Rise in Ground water level (Average 1.2 M) • Year round availability of potable drinking water • Increase in time of concentration • Water flow in drainages extended by 2 months • 13 new wells, 11 new pumps • 32 ha are brought under irrigation

  6. Impacts on Agriculture, Food Security • 30% fallow land (108 acre) brought under cultivation • 55 farmers first time took Rabi crop in around 48 acres • Increase in pulses & Oilseed sown area by 22% • Increase in per acre yield of paddy by 62%

  7. Impacts on Income & Livelihood • More than 60,000 person days generated • Increased environment friendly uses/habits • Distressed migration is reduced by 77% • School dropout rate is notably reduced Migration status

  8. Process • Linkage building • Empowering Village Youth

  9. How to Replicate

  10. Thank You!Do visit us at @ www.wotr.org

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