1UPSLUB ACTION AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LAND RESOURCES J. S. Bali

UPSLUB2 GANGA VALLEY--MONUMENT TO LAND CARE GANGA VALLEY HAS LAND WHICH IS UNDER CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION FOR 5000 YEARS -----HERE IS A PLACE TO LEARN LANDCARE IT IS HERE THAT POET IQBAL SANG:-- AIE AABE RAUDE GANGA…….. PRESSURE OF POPULALTION AND POVERTY GANGA VALLEY---GRANARY OF INDIA: WE HAVE TO GO FROM 200 M TONNES TO 300 FOR 1500 M + PEOPLE. AGRICULTURE TO PRODUCE: FOOD, INCOME AND JOBS ( M.S. SWAMINATHAN).

UPSLUB3 ACTION AGENDA FOR FOOD,INCOME & JOBS I.JUDICIOUS USE OF GROUNDWATER THROUGH PRIVATE TUBEWELLS IN UP.  THE AMBEKAR METHOD  WATER MANAGEMENT  DRIPS  FERTIGATION

UPSLUB4 II. LAND LEVELLING FOR UNIFORM TILLAGE, SEEDING,WEEDING AND APPLICATION OF WATER AND MANURES. GENTLE GRADIENT TOWARDS A PROTECTED OUTLET. UNIFORM CROP STAND INCREASES OUTPUT AND FACILITATES ALL FARMING OPERATIONS. AND FOREMOST, IT CONSERVES SOIL, WATER AND FERTILITY.

UPSLUB5 III. UNDERGROUND PIPE SYSTEM--- FROM TUBEWELL TO EACH FIELD NON-REINFORCED 9” DIA PIPES WITH ALPHA VALVES. PIPES CAN BE CAST LOCALLY. PUSH -BUTTON WATER CONTROL. EXAMPLE OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA. SALE OF EXTRA WATER TO NEIGHBOURS. A MEDIUM TO LONG TERM CREDIT PROGRAMME OF SOIL CONSERVATION ORGANISATION. (BANKS, NABARD AND BUDGETARY PARTNERSHIP).

UPSLUB6 IV. A MUST:-- TRAINED SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION GOVT. ORGANISATION. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IS AN ACTION PROGRAMME, NOT AN EXTENSION ACTIVITY. AWARENESS AND PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION NOT ENOUGH FOR THE ACTION PROGRAMME. CONSERVATION CADRE DILUTION. MANDATORY TRAINING AT THE DEHRADUN SOIL CONSERVATION INSTITUTE.

UPSLUB7 V. SOIL & WATER CONS. PROGRAMME- BEST FOR EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE AND VILLLAGE TANK RENOVATION. Integrate Soil Cons. And Minor Irrigation Field Operations. Soil Cons.- The Traditional Rural Employment Programme ; e.g. Famine Codes of Deccan. Birth of SCS of USDA as Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) for Employment in Economic Depression Days. Each Village Tank to have Catchments Cons. And Water Management as Essential Features.

UPSLUB8 VI. LAND RECLAMATION One million hectares :5 yr. UP target. Ravine Reclamation : National Policy of 1972: Manual of the Home. Ministry: IRRIGATION A MUST. Alkali Lands--the Karnal Model. Saline Lands: Fresh Water +Drainage. Waterlogged land: Water Balance.

UPSLUB9 VII. SEED DEPOTS AND NURSERIES A MUST WITHIN A KILOMETRE OF EACH VILLAGE. PROCESSABLE VARIETIES ARE DIFFERENT. HORTICULTURE AND SMALL MILLETS TO ERADICATRE HIDDEN HUNGER. CREDIT FOR INPUTS

UPSLUB10 VIII. WHAT IS FOR THE LANDLESS ? “POOREST OF THE POOR”DEPEND UPON ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES. GRASSLAND DEVELOPMENT FORESTS FOR THE PEOPLE FOREST PROTECTION FORCE FORESTRY EXTENSION/TREE-FARMING

UPSLUB11 X. INTEGRATE ALL DEVELOPOMENT ACTIVITIES INTO A BIOINDUSTRIAL WATERSHED PROJECT Agriculture alone will keep the poor, poor. Add Rural Industry:-- bring Prosperity. Bioindustrial Watershed Components:- PROTECTION (ecology) : [ Govt.] PRODUCTION [sustainable] : [Pvt.] PROCESSING [competitive] : [Pvt./Coop] POLICY PACKAGE +INFRA-St: [Govt.]

UPSLUB12 CONCLUSION AGRI+INDUSTRY TO WAKE UP THE SLEEPING RURAL GIANT. THE BOOK: BIOINDUSTRIAL WATERSHED MANAGEMENT BY PROF. J.S. BALI, 2005; PUBLISHED BY THE SCSI, NEW DELHI. From PROF. M.S. SWAMINATHAN: “ THE BIOINDUSTRIAL WATERSHED MOVEMENT INVOLVES MOBILISING THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP AMONG LOCAL COMMUNITIES, GOVT. DEPARTMENTS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTS…..(CONTD.)

UPSLUB13 Prof. Swaminathan contd. “I hope the concept will be incorporated into the design of watersheds” “I am glad the Soil Conservation Society is taking the movement (of Bioindustrial Watersheds) forward. ” “I HOPE SOON EVERY WATERSHED IN OUR COUNTRY WILL BECOME A BIOINDUSTRIAL WATERSHED IN ORDER TO ENSURE WORK AND INCOME SECURITY TO RURAL FAMILIES.”

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