Land-water-community nexus – a case study of Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh
Student name: Mr Ashray Tyagi
Guide: Ms Fawzia Tarannum
Year of completion: 2017
Host Organisation: TERI University
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Ms Ranjana Ray Chaudhuri
Abstract: India is an agrarian economy and still after 70 years of independence, many
agricultural practices are done by traditional irrigation methods like furrow
irrigation. Farmers still focus on economic gains and increasing the crop yield
and often overlook the water productivity. But we cannot blame the farmers for
following these practices; the shortcomings are at multiple levels of policies as
well as local stakeholders. Landscape approach is an approach which seeks to
address the complex interlinking in economic, political and social challenges
that are faced in traditional management practices. However, different societies
have applied this approach in different manners, some concerned about only
biophysical components of landscape whereas some concerned only with spatial
planning. This study in four villages in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh aims at
understanding the land-water-community interactions and how this study can be
incorporated into landscape approach towards resource management. By
calculating water productivity and water budget in irrigation in this area, we try
to understand how the community is affected. Water quality testing and soil
testing were also performed for covering the biophysical component of
landscape management.
Key Words: Landscape approach, Water budget, biophysical component.
