Duration: 2014 – 2022
Location: Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India & Wanaparthy, Telangana, India
Partners:
- REC Limited
- Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Government of Telangana
Summary:
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL) supported ICRISAT-led consortium to establish two watershed learning sites in Penukonda mandal (4 villages viz. viz. Kondampalle, Gonipeta, Settipalle and Cherlopalle; 3150 ha cultivated land; and home to 8700 people) of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh, India and Wanaparthy mandal (4 villages viz. Rajapet, Kadukuntla, Peddagudem and Mentapalle; 3968 ha cultivated land; and home to 11726 people) of Wanaparthy district in Telangana, India.
The RECL-ICRISAT watershed sites have provided a proof of concept and a good learning site for holistic and integrated solutions to harness the system productivity and strengthening of livelihood. This has provided the way forward not only for uplifting drylands but also to corporates to leverage social responsibility in mainstreaming the underprivileged, while contributing to food security and ecosystem services as such.
The specific objectives of the project are:
- To establish “Model Sites of Learning” in Wanaparthy (erstwhile Mahboobnagar) district of Telangana state (India) and Anantapur districts of Andhra Pradesh (India) for harnessing the potential of rainfed areas by adopting integrated water resource management approach;
- To enhance water availability and its (green and blue water) use efficiency for diversifying the livelihood systems in the target villages by adopting integrated water resource management approach; and
- To build capacity of the farmers in the region for improving rural livelihoods through knowledge sharing and dissemination strategy
Recent Posts
- Minister Lauds Watershed Project for Women Empowerment, Farm Mechanization and Water Augmentation
- Machine Hiring Centers Create Jobs for Youth While Saving Time, Cost and Labor for Farmers
- Watershed Interventions Provide Groundwater Access all Year Through
- Women Strengthen Household Nutrition and Turn Entrepreneurs with Nutri-Gardens
- Water Management and Allied Activities Deliver Multiple Benefits for Farmers in Rural South India
- Harvesting Rains to Grow Fruit, Vegetables and Improved Crops at Watershed Learning Sites in India
- Water Conservation Structures Brighten Farmers’ Hopes in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
- CSR initiative to improve rural wastewater management – RECL sets up wastewater treatment plant in Wanaparthy
- When wastewater ceased to be ‘waste’
Videos
Minister of Roads & Buildings, GoAP lauds RECL-ICRISAT project activities
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