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Table 7B1. Watermelon and vegetable development at Lucheba watershed, Guizhou province, China
2003 2004
Size
Total Price in
Total Price in
Total Size
yield wholesale
yield wholesale
Total
Cash crops
mu* T CNY t -1 CNY** mu T CNY CNY
Watermelon 300 500 600 300000 200 450 800 360000
Cabbage 170 850 560 476000 330 1750 540 945000
Tomato 110 440 440 193600 90 360 600 216000
Chili 50 112.5 1300 146250 70 210 1100 231000
Others*** 50 155 1400 217000 70 220 1100 242000
Vegetable 380 1557.5 1032850 560 2540 1634000
Total 680 2057.5 1332850 760 2990 1994000
Note: * I mu=1/15 ha; ** 1USD=8.2 CNY; *** Other vegetable are kidney bean, squash, cucumber etc.
ii. Vegetable cultivation at Ringnodia, Rajgarh, Bundi and Madhusudangarh watersheds, in India: During
2004–05 post rainy season, the farmers cultivated several vegetables and pulses to increase their income. Highest net
returns was recorded in hybrid tomato, followed by onion, Russian gram, potato, garlic, coriander and lentil (Table
7B2). Farmers are impressed with the advantages realized due to cultivation of these crops particularly during post
rainy season, and the potential to earn more income, which was not the case prior to this project.
Table 7B2. Economics of vegetables and pulses grown in Ringnodia watershed, Indore, India during
postrainy season, 2004–05.
Area
Economics (Rs ha -1 )
Crop and variety
covered
(ha)
Yield
(t ha -1 )
Cost of
cultivation
Gross
income
Net
income
Lentil (Sehore 34) 2.00 0.54 4630 9180 4550
Russian gram (Mexico bold) 4.25 1.36 12000 43147 31147
Potato (Jyoti) 8.25 17.5 41000 70133 29133
Onion (Agrifound light red) 1.00 25.2 21000 63000 42000
Garlic (G 41) 1.50 7.6 30000 45750 15750
Hybrid Tomato (Avinash 2) 1.50 66.8 150000 205000 55000
Coriander (Hybrid) * 2.90 6.13 18000 30700 12700
* Green leaves yield
7B.2: Assessment of institutional needs in watersheds for enhanced impacts
TK Sreedevi, TS Vamsidhar Reddy and SP Wani
Watershed development programs in India have evolved from a compartmental approach to an interdisciplinary
approach by involving many stakeholders. With changing priorities of policy makers, responsibilities of managing
such programs are being delegated to primary stakeholder institutions. In this context to achieve efficiency and
sustainability of programs initiatives, various models of institutional arrangements are being tried in different
programs with varied degrees of success. The current study was initiated to analyse different programs to identify
drivers of success in each of the models. One of the objectives of the study is to identify/ develop a procedure/
protocol for institutional analysis in watershed development programs. For the study, institutional arrangements are
captured by studying institutional structures of primary and secondary stakeholders that are evolved for the program,
their roles, and their mutual interaction mechanisms. The methodology includes adaptation of different stakeholder
analysis tools and participatory tools appropriately to capture formal and informal institutional arrangements.
Four programs were selected through literature review for their novelty in institutional arrangements. They are
Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Program (APRLP) in Andhra Pradesh, Sujala Watershed Program in Karnataka,
Indo-German Watershed Development Program (IGWP) in Maharastra and Drought Prone Area Program (DPAP)
watersheds following Hariyali guidelines in Rajasthan. The institutional arrangements formalized through the
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