Impact on Sustainable Rural Livelihood of Integrated Watershed Management Program of Beneficiary Farmers in Khandwa District of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

This study concentrates on the Integrated Watershed Development program and impact
of the program in terms of crop production, water consumption in farming system, as well as
income and employment generation. Again it is found to use to the maximum extent water
resources and provide betterment in farmer’s livelihood. Evaluation studies on Integrated
Watershed Development Programme have shown that the impact of the programme in terms of
production, consumption, income and employment generation was found to be satisfactory to a
minimum extent. Hence it is worthwhile to study the changes occurred in livelihood activities of
beneficiaries farmer of Integrated Watershed Development Programme (IWMP) in Khandwa
district of Madhya Pradesh with 80 beneficiaries farmers. The major finding of study was that the
impact of agricultural activities on rural livelihoods of watershed project beneficiaries on different
attributes like improvement of water resources, land use change, socio economic status, health
services improvement, employment generation in family, capacity building, agriculture livelihood
favourability, capital and food security