Constraints Faced by Participating Farmers about Sustainability of Natural Resource Management under IWMP

The sustainability of dry land area is widely endangered due to over exploitation of natural resources beyond their carrying capacity. Integrated management of natural resources namely land, water, vegetation, animal and environment on watershed basis has emerged as a logical and the most effective holistic approach for sustainable production and overall development of such areas. Watershed development provides an opportunity for optimum utilization of land and water resources and increasing the crop productivity. The present investigation was carried out in Rewa district of M.P. The Participating farmers of integrated watershed management programme running since the year 2009-10 were selected for the purpose of present research work through proportionate random sampling method to make a sample of 120 respondents. The major constraints experienced by the respondents on the basis of rank order as, difficult to mobilize people, uneven distribution of activities, demand for big bunds, lack of awareness about IWMP, low participation of people, low knowledge about natural resources and its management, people lack interest in committee, by laws and acts not acceptable to all, lack of flexibility, cast and political involvement and more lengthy procedure.