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more to the groundwater resource than the watershed activities such as check-dams,
percolation ponds, etc.
Crop Water Budgeting (CWB) would pave way for identification of aquifer systems that
have a negative groundwater balance. Augmentation of groundwater recharge through
artificial recharge techniques would be taken up to improve the groundwater situation in
those aquifer systems.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is proving to be a handy tool for storage and
analysis of data ranging from scientific applications to corporate use. However, fruits of
this wonderful tool are yet to reach the farming community who could benefit a lot from it.
Some efforts are being made in the states like Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka to bring the
benefits to the general public in the domain of land records and agriculture markets.
Kiosks of Madhya Pradesh model are very successful and today a farmer can access to
global market information by simply paying small amount.
The farming community in the project area can benefit a lot if GIS technology is simplified
and tailor made for the purpose of sustainable groundwater management. The technology
has an edge over the present methodology of CWB in the sense that it brings in visuals in
place of spread sheet, which can be better appreciated by even an illiterate farmer. A
special effort is being made to setup GIS data bases and ultimately scope will be explored
for setting up simple kiosks for farmers use.
B 4b
Activities and Outputs required reaching specific objectives
Following up from the problem addressed and the chosen strategy spelt out in detail in the
earlier section the project has consciously designed the technical and institutional activities
and outputs required to reach the specific project activities.
These are detailed out in Section-D and as well in the appendix V – Logical Framework.
B 5
B 5a
Institutional framework and counterpart support capacity
Institutional arrangements and responsibilities for project
implementation
Keeping up the spirit and enthusiasm of the civil society belief in networking, the project
will be implemented through a network of NGOs, each one implementing the project activities
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