Watershed and Water Resources Development
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Watershed and water resources development remains one of the core activities in ASA's strategy to develop rural livelihoods. Rural livelihoods in ASA's operational areas remain intrinsically linked to natural resources with livelihood insecurity commonly a result of degradation or improper management of these resources. ASA's multi-disciplinary and integrated approach therefore is based on the premise that the most significant opportunity for livelihood enhancement in these contexts exists in the restoration and management of the available natural resources – land, water and vegetation Through its watershed and water resources development interventions, ASA aims to tackle the issues of lack of irrigation, part failure of monsoon and low agricultural productivity as a result of poor land productivity. This is being done through regeneration of the ecological basis of the watershed, including activities to promote control of soil erosion, accelerated groundwater recharge, and in-situ conservation and harvesting of water
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Micro Irrigation
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This mainly comprises of group and individual dugwells activity. The aim is to optimize the use of water which has resulted from watershed and water resources development activities. Dugwells are instrumental in promoting livelihood security at the household level. They are also a definite catalyst to promote entrepreneurship among farmers in harnessing their agricultural land to increased productivity and thus their income from agriculture.
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Participatory Irrigation Management
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Participatory Irrigation Management is an effort to promote a partnership-based relationship between the government and the farmer. It is expected that such an approach will bring about greater involvement of farmers in canal irrigation management, which in turn will help ensure reliable and equitable distribution of water supply up to the tail end, while at the same time improving recovery of water charges, required for maintenance and upkeep of the system. The objective is: (a) Involvement of farmers in all aspects and levels of irrigation management, (b) Ensuring and improving water delivery to all farmers, (c) Increasing per unit productivity of available irrigation water (d) Building the capacity of the farmers' organization for system management (e) Improvement and modernization of the existing system to achieve full potential of the resources.
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Common Pool Resource Management
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ASA has identified common grassland development as a priority livelihoods issue, and has been taking action through organising community around barren common land and putting it into a management practice through social protection
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