Extent of Knowledge about Soil and Water Conservation Practices by the Farmers in Watershed Development Project Area

In India hardly 35 per cent of the total cultivated area is under irrigation. With all efforts we can bring only 50 per cent of the total cultivated area under irrigation and the rest of 50 per cent of the total cultivated area will be permanently under the mercy of rain. In order to increase the production, productivity in dry land area and to narrow down the economic status between irrigated farmer and rainfed farmer, watershed concept has been evolved. In order to achieve an overall improvement in dry land areas, all the aforesaid components were brought under one umbrella that itself is called as watershed management. So it is necessary to know about how many people have knowledge about soil and water conservation practices. With this the study entitled extent of knowledge about soil and water conservation practices by the farmers in watershed development project area was undertaken. The major result was that, majority of the farmers had medium level of knowledge of soil and water conservation practices.