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District Watershed Development Unit - Jamnagar
Watershed Activities
Watershed management as a strategy has been adapted by Government of India especially in the rainfed regions of semi-arid tropics. These
regions are characterized by low and undependable rain, low soil fertility, poor infrastructure development, low literacy and high incidence of
migration. The inheriting low fertility of crops results in high productivity of crops which have a very low biological efficiency.
Several studies have identified that there is a dire need of a systematic and scientific approach to deal with watershed development. The common
guidelines generate a fresh and flexible framework for the next generation watershed development.
4.1 Scientific Planning:
1. Cluster Approach
This envisages a broader vision of Geo-hydrological unit which involves treating a cluster of micro-watershed. The Patan Project consists of three
micro- watersheds namely 5G1A8b2h, 5G1A8b2i, 5G1A8b2g, 5G1A8b2j, 5G1A8b2k, 5G1A8b2f, 5G1A5a2e 5G1A5c2j 5G1A5a2f as their
respective codes. Further Patan watershed project is in continuation with other watershed project namely Vansjaliya Project this gives an element
of continuation of the programme.
2. Base line Survey
To access the impact of any watershed development programme a detailed baseline survey has to be conducted. This acts a benchmark for any
intervention during and post implementation of any development programme. A detailed baseline survey has been undertaken which involved
household census survey, Bio-physical survey and Village level data collection from Talati -cum mantri. Household census survey includes a
detailed questionnaire which has been filled by visiting each and every house-hold in the village. This provide the details of the demographic
profile of the village, the literacy percentage, SC/ST population, number of BPL household, cattle population, net consumption rate in the village,
average milk production of the cattle, social and economic condition of villagers and various schemes running and their benefits.
Bio-physical survey has been undertaken to identify various natural resources available in the village. It included the soil typology, well in the area,
crop taken in the field, Cropping pattern, fertilizer used and various sources of irrigation in the field.
3. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
Detailed Project Report – IWMP-1 (Patan )