Participatory groundwater monitoring Questions for Discussion

Points for discussion  Should farmers be punished if they grow non recommended crops?

 How to involve dry land farmers in crop water budgeting?  What else can be suggested to farmers, apart from alternate crops? Eg. Irrigation methods? Points for discussion

 How can we promote good marketing strategies?  How to conduct crop water budgeting in large sub-basins? Points for discussion

 Can there be other common activities, apart from crop water budgeting?  How to address gender equity in CWB workshop?  How to delineate recharge-discharge areas, using results of crop water budgetting? Points for discussion

 Which is more effective? Alternative crops? Decreasing cultivable area?  How to deal with groundwater pollution in participatory monitoring? Points for discussion

 Are the discussions in groundwater management committees revolving more around agriculture, rather than water?  Should we promote replacement of food crops with commercial crops? Points for discussion

 Are we able to communicate with farmers effectively by using tables as on the display board?  How indigenous knowledge of farmer can be used in crop water budgeting? Points for discussion

Suggested Changes  What about considering soil types in addition to water and crops?  How to involve dry land farmers in CWB?  What else can be suggested to farmers, apart from alternate crops? Eg. Irrigation methods?

Presentation based on work of S Govardhan Das, Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems Project and contribution of Steve Merrett