Participatory research using coir geotextiles in watershed management – A case study in south India

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• 作者：Subha Vishnudas ; Hubert H.G. Savenije ; Pieter van der Zaag ; Kunnathu R. Anil ; Krishnan Balan
• 关键词：Participatory research ; Coir geotextiles ; Watershed ; India
• 刊名：Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：33
• 期：1-2
• 页码：41-47
• 全文大小：985 K

文摘

This paper deals with participatory research on the introduction and use of coir geotextiles for soil and water conservation in a small community pond in a watershed in south India. The results demonstrate that a participatory approach enables the community to visualize and evaluate the impact of innovative technologies. As a result, farmers readily adapt a technology when they have experienced the positive research outcome. This reduces the adoption time, and can bring significant increase in yield, or decrease in labour costs, helping to enhance productivity, sustainability and improvement of livelihood.