Hill Area Land and Water Development
SHELADIA provided technical assistance to strengthen state agencies’ capabilities in planning, design and construction of small (500 ha) irrigation schemes. The emphasis was on sociological, economic, watershed, agro and social forestry, soil and water conservation, institutional development and training. The project established guidelines for irrigation site selection, irrigation performance evaluation, and standards for sizing water storage tanks and water lifting pumps and water harvesting techniques. In addition the project developed an irrigation advisory service for extension staff and farmers to promote WUAs and improved OFWM, designed an integrated micro-watershed irrigation computer model, and developed training materials for improved agricultural extension and monitored key applied research activities.
- Institutional development
- Planning and design of small-scale irrigation schemes, including lift, storage tank, tube well and various water harvesting methods
- Design of model micro watershed sub-projects
- Development and introduction of agro and social forestry programs
- Design of model water storage tank sub-projects
- Development of handbooks and guidelines for above models, evaluation of potential productivity on proposed irrigation sites, soils monitoring and analysis, site selection, performance evaluation and farmer participation
- Assistance to improve research methodologies, develop research proposals and monitor on going research at local universities
- Training in computer use and applications
- Recommendations for computerized project monitoring
- Development of in-country and overseas training programs and study tours
- Irrigation Advisory Service for Agriculture Extension, field engineers and farmers on agronomic practices and water requirements for specific corps
- Development and implementation of organizational model and pilot WUA’s in support of increased beneficiary participation.