Drought Proofing technologies
and Water User Group Projects

Drought Proofing Technologies and Water User Group Projects

Natural Resources are severely stressed and losing their natural renewing characters owing to climate change. SEARCH is working towards fighting this through our sustained approach of watershed management and drought proofing which has led to bio diversity regeneration, recharge of groundwater levels which has led to increased crop productivity, fodder and water availability.

Our efforts have led to:

Increase in Soil Organic Carbon
Increase in Ground water Level
Reduction in Soil Erosion and increase in soil moisture
Increase in Crop Yields

Objectives:

Demand for water will be equal/lower than the supply to save the crop area during drought situation.
Improvement of groundwater in the region
Reduction of soil erosion and increase the soil moisture level in the region.
Improve Soil Organic Carbon so as to increase moisture retention.
Established support mechanism in all villages for access to micro irrigation through custom hiring mechanism

Operational Area:

Covered 18 Mandals in Prakasam and 16 Mandals in Nellore district of AP

Major Interventions:

Renovation of the Tanks like Bund Strengthen and formation of Mini percolation Tanks.
Tank Desiltation -Silt application in farmer fields
Create Farm ponds and sunken ponds- Farmer level
Trench cum bund- TCB