National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study to access the Impact of watershed on the level of economics with especial reference to the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries for the purpose two districts from the Nagaland state viz., Dimapur and Zunheboto were selected purposely due to the maximum number of area covered under watershed in the zone further two blocks from each district were randomly selected which was finally having 8 numbers of watersheds areas were selected. In the second stage of sampling a multi stage random sampling was used for the selection of beneficiary and non-beneficiary viz., 160 respondents (80 beneficiaries and 80 non-beneficiaries) were selected randomly from identified watershed areas. Study reveals that the net returns of overall net returns on the beneficiaries was Rs 18,31,370.00/- as compared to Rs 11,56,914.00/- the non-beneficiaries. While on the large farms was found to highest percent increase in net return over small, semi-medium and medium farmers, respectively. The main constraints faced by the farmers in the implementation of Integrated watershed management Programme is the infra-structural problem of lack of machines and equipment, lack of awareness about finance facilities, lack of transportation facilities etc.; will timely dissemination of the information to the farmers. Easy availability of market and knowledge on post-harvest management will help boost the economy of the rural areas in Nagaland.
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