Support for improved program integration under rainfed areas

Sujala-III project funded by the World Bank, to strengthen the science base watershed planning and management in IWMP through soil related constraints and potentials, hydrological and climatic dynamics. It is envisaged to converge innovations and decision support system to help address the needs of rainfed farmers and feed these into the watershed planning and implementation system.

The project would strengthen the bottom-up approach in engaging the rainfed farmers with extension delivery systems and agriculture schemes to increase opportunities to adopt new technologies on a novel scientific basis. UAS Raichur is allotted with 430 microwatersheds from Kalburgi, Yadgir and Raichur districts with total outlay of Rs 1681.21 Lakhs. To achieve the objectives Under Component-1 ‘Support for improved program integration under rain-fed areas’ of Sujala-III project, UAS Raichur project is being operated under Directorate of Research, and has established state-of-the-art RS&GIS lab, Soil Testing Laboratory (STL) and Data Centre at Agricultural college, Raichur, and Strengthened the STL at AC, B'gudi, established Socioeconomic lab and STL at AC, Kalaburagi, and also equipped Dept. of Soil Water Engineering at College of Agril.