Sustainable Development Using Small Dams An Approach to Avert Social Conflict and Relive Poverty in India's Semi-arid Regions

Abstract

This paper presents data on how water-based social work involving check dams and lift irrigation in villages could enhance rural development activities that will benefit poor farmers in western India. The irrigation water provided to farmers through check dams and lift irrigation systems have ultimately transformed infertile drylands into productive agricultural lands, revived rivers during the dry season, recharged groundwater, sustained natural ecosystems, and alleviated poverty among...