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<strong>Project</strong> <strong>Document</strong><br />

Department <strong>for</strong> International Development (DFID; UK Government) is funding Government<br />

of Andhra Pradesh - the Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods <strong>Project</strong> (APRLP) assisting in the<br />

scaling-up of watershed activity by providing financial support <strong>for</strong> capacity building, livelihood<br />

support and convergence of other schemes and services.<br />

APRLP aims to reduce poverty through the strategy of building effective and sustainable<br />

rural livelihoods in 5 of the state’s drought prone districts (Anantapur, Kurnool,<br />

Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, and Prakasam), taking watersheds as an initial entry point. The<br />

project’s broader goal is that more effective and sustainable approaches are adopted by<br />

government agencies and other stakeholders to eliminate poverty in drought-prone areas<br />

of AP.<br />

The sustainable rural livelihood strategy (SRL) is based on an analysis of the capital assets<br />

(physical, social, human, natural and financial) from which the rural poor derive their<br />

livelihoods. The approach also takes into consideration the vulnerability context and the<br />

policy and institutional environment. The project will enable Government of Andhra Pradesh<br />

(GoAP) to carry out interventions which build on people’s strengths and will include activities<br />

which are off-farm and non-farm as well as those which are land-based.<br />

APRLP provides critical support to the on-going watershed movement in five drought prone<br />

districts in Andhra Pradesh. The mandate is to position livelihood concerns strategically in<br />

watersheds <strong>for</strong> the inclusion of women, the poor and the landless. The project advocates<br />

innovation, lesson learning, convergent actions and policy influence. APRLP will invest in<br />

a new stream of approaches and ideas <strong>for</strong> bringing about a positive change in the wellbeing<br />

of the rural populace.<br />

A 3e<br />

<strong>Water</strong> Vision<br />

The Netherlands Government supported the Government of Andhra Pradesh in positioning<br />

the water sector in Andhra Pradesh, its first ever kind of exercise by any state in India.<br />

Andhra Pradesh <strong>Water</strong> Vision is the result of these ef<strong>for</strong>ts <strong>for</strong> more than two years. This<br />

water vision is a shared vision and reflects the opinions and concerns of the various<br />

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