ASA's
strategy has been to identify the key environmental problems and
tackling it head on by adopting a multi-disciplinary and integrated
approach. Land and water conservation has been major thrust area in
ASA's community based natural resources management
program.
Operational
Area: 113 villages, nearly 46,963 ha. area under conservation
measures.
Major
Past and Ongoing Projects
|
|
Name
of Project |
Sponsor |
Duration |
|
1. |
Watershed
development under M.P. rural employment guarantee programme |
NREGP |
2007-2011 |
|
2. |
ASA-ITC
Sunherakal Project, Ujjain |
ITC Ltd. |
2006-2009 |
|
3. |
MPRLP
watershed development under the M.P rural employment guarantee
programme in Barwani district of M.P. |
MPRLP |
2006-2011 |
|
4. |
ASA-M.P.Rural
livelihoods project |
Government
of M.P. |
2005-09 |
|
5. |
ASA-ITC
Sunherakal Project |
ITC
Ltd. |
2005-08 |
|
6. |
Community based approach for water, sanitation and health
improvement in tribal areas of Jhabua, M.P. |
WaterAid India |
2005-07 |
|
7. |
National Food For Work Programme |
Government of India. |
2005 |
|
8. |
ASA-CCF
child centered CBNRM project |
CCF-India |
2004-09 |
|
9. |
Promotion
of slope area agriculture technology |
Canada
High Commission |
2005-06 |
|
10. |
Participatory
watershed development |
Sir
Ratan Tata Trust |
2001-05 |
|
11. |
Community
based natural resources management with special emphasis on
water resources development |
Aga
Khan Foundation |
1998-02 |
|
12. |
Comprehensive
Watershed development |
Government
of India |
1996-03 |
Key
Results
- About
52,175 ha. of land has been treated under various soil and moisture
conservation measures.
- About
259 water harvesting structures like checkdams, ponds and more
than 800 dug wells have been constructed.
- 600
ha. of barren common land, has been naturally
regenerated
- More
than 145 watershed development committees, User's groups at the
village level formed and developed.
Further
reading
-
Evaluation of ASA’s Watershed Development
work in selected villages in Jhabua district, M.P. (2006)
-
Status of
goatery activity under MPRLP project in Barwani district of M.P. -
A survey report (2006)
-
Small
river basin approach in natural resource management in Central
West India
-
Community
cost sharing in building common assets : Dotad check dam, Jhabua,
M.P.
-
People
as agents of change, Jhabua, M.P
-
Gramkosh:
People's contribution in watershed work, Jhabua, M.P
-
Empowering
people for community grassland development: Decakund
village,Jhabua, M.P
-
Vegetable
cultivation through dug well: Badi Sudi village, Jhabua, M.P
-
Restoration
of "Nads": A strategy for land
reclamation.
-
Sloping Agriculture Land
technology |
