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COMPENDIUM, IEEC-2023   ( ISBN : 978-81-967860-4-5 )
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Theme- 6: Community based Farming System for Nutrition - Achieving Nutritional Security for the Farm Families and Community

Feedback of SHG Beneficiaries on Integrated Watershed Management Programme of Amreli District of Gujarat

Jiju Vyas, Minaxi Bariya and Hansa Gami

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, JAU, Nana Kandhasar (Surendranagar)-363520
jijuvyas18@gmail.com

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Amreli district of Gujarat state. In Gujarat state, Integrated Watershed Development Programme was introduced in the year 2009. The principal objective of a Watershed Development Programme is to enhance sustainable livelihood options for the rural poor through integrated land and water management practices. The Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) aims at improving agricultural productivity, promote judicious use of water, and enhance agriculture based other livelihood options. Watershed management has emerged as an important intervention for supporting natural resource based livelihood mean in different agro-climatic regions in India and Gujarat. There is a high level of community participation in watershed management. A sample of 90 SHG members working under Integrated Watershed management Programme (IWMP) were purposively selected representing 10 villages of Amreli, Lilia, Lathi, Dhari and Kukavav taluka of Amreli district. To know the feedback of SHG members about IWMP only the SHGs which associated with IWMP from more than four years were selected. To know their degree of importance, respondents were asked to give their responses in three-point continuum i.e. strongly agree, agree and disagree. The frequency and percentage were calculated. Result revealed that cent per cent of the respondents were strongly agree that “The SHGs promoted under IWMP leads to all round development of the beneficiaries”, “SHG provides an opportunity to develop self-confidence to talk in meeting, public” etc. “meetings, discussions, educational tours etc. conducted in SHG helps the respondents to gain more knowledge” because in the meetings all the members were involved in exchanging information, discussing about innovations, current issues etc.

IEEC-2023 at RARI (SKNAU, Jobner), Jaipur, Rajasthan organised by Society of Extension Education, Agra, India