Water and watershed management in India: Policy issues and priority areas for future research

Satish Chandra; K. K. S. Bhatia

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Water and watershed management in India: Policy issues and priority areas for future research

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Authors:

Satish Chandra, K. K. S. Bhatia

Year:

2000

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker Jr., Malchus B.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Dillon, Madelyn C.; Mora, Karen L., tech. coords. Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 158-165.

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Abstract

India's present food requirements of 220 million tonnes will likely increase to 340 million tonnes in 20 years. Expansion in the agriculture sector to meet these demands can be achieved only by devoting greater attention to restoring watershed lands previously degraded by excessive soil erosion to higher productivity and more efficiently utilizing the country's water resources. This challenge is intimately related to the proper management of land, water, and vegetation resources. Management of water and, more comprehensively, watershed resources is paramount to meeting this challenge. Water and watershed management in India are reviewed in this paper within the context of relevant policy issues and priority areas for future research endeavors.

Parent Publication

Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ

Keywords

land stewardship, watershed management, ecosystem-based management, natural resources, conservation, sustainable development, sustainable use

Citation

Chandra, Satish; Bhatia, K. K. S. 2000. Water and watershed management in India: Policy issues and priority areas for future research. In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker Jr., Malchus B.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Dillon, Madelyn C.; Mora, Karen L., tech. coords. Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 158-165.