Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
three or four acres, divide the lands and grow trees and multiple crops. A
group of farmers grows flowers such as jasmine, roses and sweet lilies that
bring them daily income too.
In times of necessity, the farmers fell a tree and sell the timber or use it for
themselves. “When I built a house, I found out that a single door frame cost
Rs 50,000. I cut one jackfruit tree and made all the doors and windows with
the wood,” says Sampath. The farmers are unable to quantify the difference
agroforestry has made in monetary terms. But they show their new houses,
personal and farm vehicles and their ability to send their wards to professional
courses, as proof of their prosperity.
Source: `From subsistence farming to agroforestry and prosperity’, by Jency Samuel. May 5,
2017. https://www.villagesquare.in/2017/05/05/subsistence-farming-agroforestry-prosperity/
Accessed on 1 September 2017
Box 6: Wadi model: a livelihood programme
Wadi programme initiated by BAIF Development Research Foundation in
south Gujarat in the 1980s, further expanded to different tribal regions
of India. It is an agri-horti-silvi model spread over Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand. For example,
horticulture crops such as amla, mango (10 x 10 spacing), and cashew (7 x
7 spacing) with intercrops grown in these spaces and trees like glyricidia,
subabul planted in closer spacing in the border in an area of 0.4–
1.0 ha. So far, BAIF has assisted over 1.81 lakh families to establish 68,586
ha wadi. This concept is a comprehensive programme for natural resource
management; adoption of sustainable farming practices, and uplifts the rural
communities providing livelihood security.
Women’s self-help groups (SHGS) set up in BAIF-Wadi projects are engaged
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