Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India
JOHAR is a pioneer in enabling tribal communities to be an integral stakeholder in development by ensuring availability, accessibility and utilization of water resources for agricultural development. JOHAR supports 200,000 small and marginal farmer...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/959881591190178667/Learnings-From-Community-Based-Small-Scale-Irrigation-in-Tribal-Areas-of-Jharkhand-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34717 |
| Summary: | JOHAR is a pioneer in enabling tribal
communities to be an integral stakeholder in development by
ensuring availability, accessibility and utilization of
water resources for agricultural development. JOHAR supports
200,000 small and marginal farmers in primarily rainfed,
backward, drought prone, upland and tribal areas of
Jharkhand. It facilitates a unique approach, that of
"community-led irrigation" which brings water
directly to the fields, and fosters community ownership from
the onset of project conception, to survey and
implementation, right through to operations and maintenance.
This note highlights JOHAR's focus on promoting such an
approach through engaging the community, particularly women
in planning, implementation, monitoring and overall
management of their irrigation infrastructure. |
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