Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India

JOHAR is a pioneer in enabling tribal communities to be an integral stakeholder in development by ensuring availability, accessibility and utilization of water resources for agricultural development. JOHAR supports 200,000 small and marginal farmer...

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Main Authors: Singh, Pratyush, Sharma, Stuti, Bihari, Bipin
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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spelling okr-10986-347172021-09-10T09:01:39Z Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India Singh, Pratyush Sharma, Stuti Bihari, Bipin IRRIGATION COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR PUMP JOHAR is a pioneer in enabling tribal communities to be an integral stakeholder in development by ensuring availability, accessibility and utilization of water resources for agricultural development. JOHAR supports 200,000 small and marginal farmers in primarily rainfed, backward, drought prone, upland and tribal areas of Jharkhand. It facilitates a unique approach, that of "community-led irrigation" which brings water directly to the fields, and fosters community ownership from the onset of project conception, to survey and implementation, right through to operations and maintenance. This note highlights JOHAR's focus on promoting such an approach through engaging the community, particularly women in planning, implementation, monitoring and overall management of their irrigation infrastructure. 2020-11-02T21:10:49Z 2020-11-02T21:10:49Z 2020-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/959881591190178667/Learnings-From-Community-Based-Small-Scale-Irrigation-in-Tribal-Areas-of-Jharkhand-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34717 English South Asia Agriculture and Rural Growth Discussion Note Series;No. 11 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic IRRIGATION
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR PUMP
spellingShingle IRRIGATION
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR PUMP
Singh, Pratyush
Sharma, Stuti
Bihari, Bipin
Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India
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description JOHAR is a pioneer in enabling tribal communities to be an integral stakeholder in development by ensuring availability, accessibility and utilization of water resources for agricultural development. JOHAR supports 200,000 small and marginal farmers in primarily rainfed, backward, drought prone, upland and tribal areas of Jharkhand. It facilitates a unique approach, that of "community-led irrigation" which brings water directly to the fields, and fosters community ownership from the onset of project conception, to survey and implementation, right through to operations and maintenance. This note highlights JOHAR's focus on promoting such an approach through engaging the community, particularly women in planning, implementation, monitoring and overall management of their irrigation infrastructure.
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author Singh, Pratyush
Sharma, Stuti
Bihari, Bipin
author_facet Singh, Pratyush
Sharma, Stuti
Bihari, Bipin
author_sort Singh, Pratyush
title Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India
title_short Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India
title_full Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India
title_fullStr Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India
title_full_unstemmed Learnings From Community-Based Small-Scale Irrigation in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand, India
title_sort learnings from community-based small-scale irrigation in tribal areas of jharkhand, india
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/959881591190178667/Learnings-From-Community-Based-Small-Scale-Irrigation-in-Tribal-Areas-of-Jharkhand-India
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