Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method

Watershed programmes in India are contributing to water resources development, agricultural production and ecological balance. Conventional methods to value them using financial measures attempt to quantify the impacts of watershed development in an isolated manner. In order to evaluate the impacts...

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Autores principales: Kuppannan, Palanisami, Kumar, D.S., Wani, S.P., Giordano, Mark
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40621
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author Kuppannan, Palanisami
Kumar, D.S.
Wani, S.P.
Giordano, Mark
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Kumar, D.S.
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description Watershed programmes in India are contributing to water resources development, agricultural production and ecological balance. Conventional methods to value them using financial measures attempt to quantify the impacts of watershed development in an isolated manner. In order to evaluate the impacts of watershed programmes in a holistic manner, the Economic Surplus (ES) approach has been applied using the data from a cluster of 10 watersheds in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu.The distributional effects of watershed programmes are also captured through the ES method. Hence, possibilities of using this methodology in the future watershed evaluation programmes could be examined. The study has suggested that people's participation, involvement of Panchayati Raj Institutions, local user groups and NGOs alongside institutional support from different levels, viz. the central and state government, district and block levels should be ensured to make the programme more participatory, interactive and cost effective.
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spelling CGSpace406212025-03-11T09:50:20Z Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method Kuppannan, Palanisami Kumar, D.S. Wani, S.P. Giordano, Mark watersheds impact assessment economic evaluation mathematical models water resources development development projects benefits households villages agricultural production policy Watershed programmes in India are contributing to water resources development, agricultural production and ecological balance. Conventional methods to value them using financial measures attempt to quantify the impacts of watershed development in an isolated manner. In order to evaluate the impacts of watershed programmes in a holistic manner, the Economic Surplus (ES) approach has been applied using the data from a cluster of 10 watersheds in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu.The distributional effects of watershed programmes are also captured through the ES method. Hence, possibilities of using this methodology in the future watershed evaluation programmes could be examined. The study has suggested that people's participation, involvement of Panchayati Raj Institutions, local user groups and NGOs alongside institutional support from different levels, viz. the central and state government, district and block levels should be ensured to make the programme more participatory, interactive and cost effective. 2009 2014-06-13T14:48:03Z 2014-06-13T14:48:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40621 en Limited Access Kuppannan, Palanisami; Kumar, D. S.; Wani, S. P.; Giordano, Mark. 2009. Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 22(2):197-207.
spellingShingle watersheds
impact assessment
economic evaluation
mathematical models
water resources development
development projects
benefits
households
villages
agricultural production
policy
Kuppannan, Palanisami
Kumar, D.S.
Wani, S.P.
Giordano, Mark
Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method
title Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method
title_full Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method
title_fullStr Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method
title_short Evaluation of watershed development programmes in India using economic surplus method
title_sort evaluation of watershed development programmes in india using economic surplus method
topic watersheds
impact assessment
economic evaluation
mathematical models
water resources development
development projects
benefits
households
villages
agricultural production
policy
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