@article{Arya:118230,
      recid = {118230},
      author = {Arya, Swarn Lata and Panwar, Pankaj and Yadav, R.P},
      title = {Role of Watershed Management in Bridging Demand – Supply  Gap of Fodder for Enhancing Livestock Production in  Shivaliks, Haryana},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics Research Review},
      address = {2011-12},
      number = {347-2016-16956},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Watershed programme is an important intervention in  dryland areas to improve livestock productivity
through  increased feed and fodder supply. The present study has  focused on the impact of watershed
interventions on  crop-livestock linkages with particular emphasis on how the  interventions have affected
the quantity of stovers/straws  as livestock feeding materials in bridging the  demand-supply gap. The
study has been carried out in three  typical Shivalik foothill watersheds (two treated and one  untreated) in
the Panchkula district of Haryana state. The  impact of watershed development programme has  been
estimated by adopting both with and without approach  and before and after approach. The untreated
watershed has  derived 65 per cent of its total income from animal  husbandry. On the contrary, this sector
has contributed 42  per cent and 20 per cent in two treated watersheds. The  availability of supplemental
irrigation enabled the  villagers to step up cropping intensity. The number of  goats has reduced considerably
in both treated watersheds  and the number of stall-fed buffaloes has increased. Adult  cattle units per
household and per hectatre of cultivated  area have been found to be highest in the untreated  watershed.
Green and dry fodder availability, both from  cultivated lands and forest area, has increased as a result  of
implementation of watershed programme. Although the gap  between requirement and availability has
narrowed down in  both the treated watersheds, significant gains could be  realized in Sambhalwa watershed
due to sufficient water  availability to all the households. Bunga watershed has  also shown effectiveness
of watershed development programme  in reducing demand –supply gap of fodder. This gap,  however,
widened after reaching the saturation point of  watershed programme, i.e. after 22 years of its  implementation.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/118230},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.118230},
}