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Not AvailableA WATERSHED OF 570 HA WAS SELECTED IN PANCHMAHALS DISTRICT IN GUJARAT STATE AND THE SOIL CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES WERE INTRODUCED. THE PRIMITIVE SYSTEM OF FARMING IN THE AREA WAS IMPROVED UPON BY INTRODUCING CONSERVATION AGRONOMY AND OTHER PACKAGE OF PRACTICES FOLLOWING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT APPROACH. AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION , NOT ONLY THE LAND USE PATTERN CHANGED FAVOURABLY BUT THE LAND USE INTENSITY ALSO INCREASED BY 27% OVER THE PREVAILING ONE. THE MONOCROPPING SYSTEM CHANGED TO DOUBLE CROPPING AND AGAINST PURE CROPS, INTERCROPS WERE MAINLY BEING TAKEN ON THE FARM WHICH INCREASED THE CROPPING INTENSITY BY 18%. THE FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION INCREASED OVER THE YEARS AND , IN COMBINATION WITH IMPROVED SEEDS AND HIGHER MOISTURE AVAILABILITY , INCREASED LAND PRODUCTIVITY BY 52 TO 130% IN DIFFERENT CROPS. THE BENEFIT - COST RATIO OF CROP PRODUCTION WORKED OUT TO BE 2.65 INDICATING ITS ECONOMIC VIABILITY.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE PAPER DEALS WITH DEVELOPMENT OF A WATERSHED (313 HA) AT KHEDBRAHMA TALUKA IN SABARKANTHA DISTRICT ( GUJARAT STATE) THROUGH ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT , CROPPING AND FUEL- FODDER PRODUCTION PROGRAMMES WITH THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE. THE PARAMETERS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ARE SUGGESTIVE OF THE EXISTING POTENTIAL IN THE AREA AS REFLECTED IN THE OVERALL- BENEFIT - COST RATIO OF RS 2.00 IN THE WATERSHED.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE PAPER DISCUSSES ACHIEVEMENTS DUE TO ADOPTION OF CONSERVATION AGRONOMIC PRACTICES IN THE LAB TO LAND PROGRAMME UNDERTAKEN AT VASAD GUJARAT. SUCH PRACTICES NOT ONLY REDUCED SOIL EROSION IN MARGINAL LANDS OF MAHI RAVINES BUT ALSO INCREASED AND STABILISED THE PRODUCTIVITY AND NET RETURNS. THE NET RETURNS FROM DIFERENT CROPS INCREASED BY 52% IN SUMMER PEARLMILLET TO 182% IN CASTOR. AMONG DIFFERENT CROPPING SYSTEMS , CASTOR + SESAME (1:3) - SUMMER GROUNDNUT HAS GIVEN THE HIGHEST NET RETURN OF RS 9,765/ha/annum WITH B:C RATION OF 2.0Not Availabl

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Not AvailableNAVAMOTA WATERSHED (313 HA) IS LOCATED AT SABARKANTHA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT IN ARAVALI HILLS. CSWCRTI , RESEARCH CENTRE, VASAD PREPARED A COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN WHICH WAS EXECUTED BY GUJARAT STATE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (GSLDC) , FOREST AND AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENTS FROM 1985 TO 1987 . MAJOR ACTIVITIES WERE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO MASONRY DAMS WITH GUAGING STATIONS , 4 EARTHEN DAMS, 37 GULLY PLUGS, 17 LOOSE BOULDER CHECK DAMS, CONTOUR BUNDING AND LEVELLING OF 197 HA AND AFFORESTATION AND SILVIPASTURE ON ALL GOVERNMENT OR COMMUNITY WASTELANDS. ALL THESE TREATMENTS REDUCED WATER LOSS BY RUNOFF FROM THE WATERSHED FROM 25% OF RAINFALL TO JUST 3.7% . NOW ALL RAIN WATER IS EITHER SOAKED IN SOIL OR HELD BEHIND THE STORAGE STRUCTURES. AS A RESULT , LEVEL IN OPEN WELLS HAS RISEN AND WATER AVAILABLE FOR 3 ADDITIONAL MONTHS. IRRIGATED AREA HAS INCREASED BY 44 TO 197 %. PRE- PROJECT CROPPING INTENSITY OF 111% NOW STANDS AT 130% (1994-1995). THE INVESTMENTS ALSO WORKED OUT TO BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE ON LONG - TERM BASIS WITH A B:C RATIO OF 1.43. TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT CREATED , THE B:C RATIO ROSE TO 1.8.Not Availabl