IWMP-3 - Commissionerate of Rural Development Gujarat State ...

DWDU, Rajkot
b) Field to field Survey: Field to field survey was also carried out in the farms, community land, pasture land and land under Gram
Panchayat. It also includes the soil profiles, no of wells in the area, crop taken in the field, cropping pattern, fertilizer used and various
sources of irrigation in the field. The details of agriculture as well as pasture lands of the village where the existing condition and structures
to be proposed, were written down. Almost all the farmers of the village were there to support the survey team. The purpose of the survey
was also to understand water availability, patterns of water use and peoples’ understanding & perceptions about both surface and
groundwater resources in this area. Village agreements will be done on the basis of such detailed work. This also survey looked at the
pattern of surface and groundwater use and the basic understanding of farmers regarding groundwater recharge and discharge. This
understanding was expected to help in improved planning for any watershed programme and to develop longer-term protocols of
groundwater management in respective areas.
c) Demand survey: To know about the livelihood pattern of the village and the present status and practice capacities required are
discussed. Quantitative involved also on possible micro enterprise development for sustainable development of village extensively for
SC/ST and landless/migrated poor people.
iii) Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
In order to understand the social, economic and political aspect of all the villages of the cluster, we conducted Participatory Rural
Appraisal (PRA) exercise with the help of the villagers on 11 th February 2010 in Panchavda, 18 th August in Kharachiya, 23 rd in both
Jasapar and Jangvad . It was really a useful tool to appreciate the village in its totality. We had the opportunity to interact with more than
600 numbers of people in Panchavda village. To reach a concrete conclusion we requested a few villagers for focussed discussion and it
was entertained. As per their convenience we conducted focussed group discussion at the Community hall and Panchayat Bhavan ground.
In majority of the discussion, we listened to them carefully and tried to appreciate the discussion. Output generated through these exercise
is placed below.
(i) Resource Map: - Through resource map we came to know about all the residential pattern of village, community pasture land, farm
areas, about the river etc. It also gave us a fair idea about the pasture land, other land distribution pattern and different resources of the
village.
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