How Long to Read Watershed Development Projects in India

How Long Does it Take to Read Watershed Development Projects in India?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Watershed Development Projects in India by J. M. Kerr

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The Green Revolution that transformed irrigated agriculture elsewhere in India had little effect in the rainfed, semi-arid regions. Agricultural productivity remained low, natural resources were degrading, and the people were poor. In the 1980s and 1990s, planners turned to watershed management to develop rainfed agriculture while conserving natural resources. By the late 1990s, India was spending US$500 million a year on watershed development projects. Strategies ranged from the purely technical to those that emphasized social organization. Little systematic analysis exists, however, on the success of the different approaches. This study, based on a survey of 86 villages in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states, attempts to fill that information gap by evaluating the projects' relative success in raising agricultural productivity, improving natural resource management, and reducing poverty. In looking at the question of what approaches enable a project to succeed, it uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis to compare project and nonproject villages before and after the projects were implemented. The authors find that projects involving the villagers in planning and decisionmaking performed better than their technocratic, top-down counterparts, but projects that combined participation with sound technical input performed best of all. All projects faced difficulties in ensuring that poor people shared the benefits of watershed development.

How long is Watershed Development Projects in India?

Watershed Development Projects in India by J. M. Kerr is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Watershed Development Projects in India Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Watershed Development Projects in India aloud.

What Reading Level is Watershed Development Projects in India?

Watershed Development Projects in India is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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