Title: FEEDBACK OF SHG BENEFICIARIES ON INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME OF AMRELI DISTRICT OF GUJARAT

Authors: Minaxi Bariya, Hansa Gami and Kiran Chandravadia

Publisher: Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: IWMP; self help group members; opinion, community participation

Special Issue: 2022

Published on: November 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2022.si.0023

Abstract: The present study was conducted in Amreli district of Gujarat state. The Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) aims at improving agricultural productivity, promote judicious use of water, and enhance agriculture based other livelihood options.Watershed management has emerged as an important intervention for supporting natural resource based livelihood mean in different agro-climatic regions in India and Gujarat. There is a high level of community participation in watershed management.A sample of 90 SHG members working under Integrated Watershed management Programme (IWMP) were purposively selected representing 10 villages of Amreli, Lilia, Lathi, Dhari and Kukavav taluka of Amreli district. To know the feedback of SHG members about IWMP only the SHGs which associated with IWMP from more than four years were selected. To know their degree of importance, respondents were asked to give their responses in three point continuum i.e. strongly agree, agree and disagree. The frequency and percentage were calculated. Result revealed that cent per cent of the respondents were strongly agree that