Proceedings of National Workshop-cum-brainstorming on Rainwater Harvesting and Management

Not AvailableSharing of experiences on water harvesting and reuse through farm ponds and related issues, among scientific institutions, Govt. Departments, NGOs, civil society organizations and progressive farmers. • Understand the biophysical, technological and social constraints in adoption and upscaling of farm pond technology • Identify critical research gaps and policy initiatives for wider adoption of farm pond technology in the country. The brain storming was attended by about 80 participants representing various ICAR research institutes (CRIDA, CAZRI, NBSSLUP, CSWCRTI, CICR etc), Agricultural Universities (ANGRAU, UAS Bangalore, UAS,Dharwad, GBPUAT, YS Parmar University etc), NGOs (MPRLP,WASSAN, AKRSP, Aravali, Foundation for Ecological Security etc), officials from central (Ministry of Agriculture) and state government ministries of Agriculture (AP, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh) and Rural development and NABARD. The list of participants is given in Annexure I. Instead of regular academic seminar, it was organized mainly to share experiences, lessons learnt and identify critical issues needing future attention.Not Availabl