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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We express our gratitude to the Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural
Development (MoRD), Government of India, New Delhi; for assigning the study of impact
assessment of DPAP Batch-I watersheds in Mahabubnagar district.
We gratefully acknowledge the Commissioner, Department of Rural Development,
Government of Andhra Pradesh for providing co-ordination with Project Director, District
Water Management Agency (DWMA), Mahabubnagar; to guide us in selecting watersheds
well distributed across the district to capture complete representation of variability of
watersheds development for the impact assessment study of DPAP Batch I watersheds in
Mahabubnagar.
We are thankful for the support and guidance of Project Director, DWMA for providing all
support from their project staff for their active participation. We record our profound thanks
to Mr. Samuel, Assistant Project Director for his help arranging our tour schedules, contact
persons at different watershed every day during our field visits and to organize village
meetings in all watersheds, which was most crucial in our efforts.
Our team acknowledges the useful information shared by Chairmen, Secretaries and DPAP
project beneficiaries during focused group discussions (FGD) and field visits.
We profusely thank Dr. William D. Dar, Director General of ICRISAT for his approval to
undertake this study and encouragement for a good analysis of the study.
S P Wani
Principal Scientist (Watersheds)
Regional Theme Coordinator (Asia)
Global Theme – Agroecosystems
ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324
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