Impact of Communication Behaviour of Farmers of Watershed areas in central India


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Authors

  • Om Prakash Central Soil and Water Conservation Research & Training Institute, Research Centre, Datia

Keywords:

Communication Behaviour, Watershed areas, Farmers, central India, dryland

Abstract

The degraded land is estimated to be about 178 million hectares in the country. The total arable dryland / rainfed land is under a constant degradation process, the degree of variation being from moderate to severe level of erosion. The reason for soil erosion in drylands is due to many, varied and complex factors, which include not only biophysical factors but also socio-economic factors. The socio-economic factors are totally neglected to improve degraded natural factors such as land, water and vegetation (Sastry et al. 2004). Hence, the Government of India initiated watershed development programme during 1983-84 to improve natural factors so as to improve the economic conditions of farmers and this programme has been continuing till date with sufficient allotment of funds in the budget. A research project was undertaken to know the impact of watershed on natural factors for the benefit of administrators, policy makers etc

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Submitted

23-08-2025

Published

03-09-2025

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2007)

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How to Cite

Om Prakash. (2025). Impact of Communication Behaviour of Farmers of Watershed areas in central India . Journal of Agricultural Extension Management, 8(1). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/170815