Relationship of Extent of Participation and Impact of National Watershed Development programme by the Beneficiaries

Relationship of Extent of Participation and Impact of National Watershed Development programme by the Beneficiaries



 Miss K.U. Deshmukh, Dr. R. P. Kadam, Dr. G.S. Pawar



The present investigation was conducted in Beed and
Nanded district of Marathwada region in Maharashtra State. The main
objective of the study was to assess the relationship between profile of
beneficiaries with their extent of participation and impact of NWDP.
The data were collected with the help of pre-designed interview schedule
by contacting 200 respondents i.e. 100 beneficiaries from watershed
villages and 100 non-beneficiaries from non-watershed villages. The
result revealed that majority (70.00%) of the beneficiaries having
middle aged, followed by 38.00 per cent of the beneficiaries were
educated up to secondary school level, while 52.00 per cent of the
beneficiaries were having medium family size. Further it was observed
that 53.00 per cent of the beneficiaries were from higher caste i.e.
major castes – Maratha, Brahmin, while 49.00 per cent of the
beneficiaries having semi medium land holding, whereas 60.00 per cent of
the beneficiaries having medium area under irrigation. It was also
found that 66.00 per cent of the beneficiaries having medium annual
income, while 46.00 per cent of the beneficiaries having medium social
participation, whereas 61.00 per cent of the beneficiaries having medium
level of extension contact, and 52.00 per cent of the beneficiaries
having medium level of economic motivation. Also the result showed that
education, family size, land holding, area under irrigation, annual
income, social participation, extension contact and economic motivation
were found to be positively and significantly related with extent of
participation and impact of NWDP. 



10.22161/ijeab/1.3.11



http://ijeab.com/upload_document/issue_files/11%20IJEAB-JUL-2016-33-Relationship%20of%20Extent%20of%20Participation%20and%20Impact%20of%20National%20Watershed%20Development%20program%20by%20the%20Beneficiaries.pdf



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