People’s participation in watershed management programmes is an important strategy of government of India for making watershed programmes successful.Participation of local beneficiary farmers is mandatory in planning...People’s participation in watershed management programmes is an important strategy of government of India for making watershed programmes successful.Participation of local beneficiary farmers is mandatory in planning,implementation and maintenance of watershed development projects as per common guidelines issued by Ministry of Agriculture,Government of India.National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD)has launched holistic watershed development programmes on 2nd October,2006 to help farmers in the six distressed districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in India.Therefore,there is a need to know the level of participation by the local people in government sponsored watershed management programmes.The study was conducted during 2011-2012 in this Vidarbha region of Maharashtra to measure the extent of people’s participation in NABARD Supported Holistic Watershed Development Programme(NSHWDP).In this paper a detailed structured three-point-continuum schedule was developed by the investigators regarding various aspects of participation by local people in soil and water conservation for watershed management programme.People’s Participation Index(PPI)was also designed to compute the extent of people’s participation.Data for this study was gathered through personal interviews from farmers of six selected districts in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.Findings of this study indicated that the extent of people’s participation in planning was 63.7 per cent,in implementation was 57.7 per cent and in maintenance was 75.1 per cent.It shows that the extent of people’s participation in NSHWDP in the six distressed districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra was moderate during watershed programme planning and implementation phases,whereas,high level of participation was exhibited during maintenance phase.展开更多
A potential global power transition characterized by emerging economies of BRICS where China is the likely leading contender against the United States as the only global hegemon seems inevitable.The increasingly multi...A potential global power transition characterized by emerging economies of BRICS where China is the likely leading contender against the United States as the only global hegemon seems inevitable.The increasingly multipolar world is evidenced by the attention given to right-wing populism in Europe and USA attributed to China’s aggressive approach to international trade through its stealth entry and subsequent investments in global political-economy.China’s presence in Africa and Trump’s America first policy’s attempt to open“new business frontiers”in emerging economies of Asia and Africa in order to contain Chinese influence and threat in global hegemony are interesting happenstances that require closer scrutiny.Kenya,the biggest economy in East Africa,which is among the fastest growing regions globally,is the gateway to the East African Common Market.Historically,Kenya has a policy of non-alignment in international relations making it possible to receive FDI from both China and the US but with highly contested elections.Therefore,Kenya presents a perfect laboratory for examining the emerging power-shift in global political-economy as the country grapples with traditionally chaotic electoral power transitions and the two biggest economies in the world compete for business in Nairobi.The 2017 elections not only betrayed the international community’s commitment to Western values of human rights and democracy,but also revealed the challenges of governance in post-World War II global liberalism characterized by sophisticated media institutional spaces.展开更多
文摘People’s participation in watershed management programmes is an important strategy of government of India for making watershed programmes successful.Participation of local beneficiary farmers is mandatory in planning,implementation and maintenance of watershed development projects as per common guidelines issued by Ministry of Agriculture,Government of India.National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD)has launched holistic watershed development programmes on 2nd October,2006 to help farmers in the six distressed districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in India.Therefore,there is a need to know the level of participation by the local people in government sponsored watershed management programmes.The study was conducted during 2011-2012 in this Vidarbha region of Maharashtra to measure the extent of people’s participation in NABARD Supported Holistic Watershed Development Programme(NSHWDP).In this paper a detailed structured three-point-continuum schedule was developed by the investigators regarding various aspects of participation by local people in soil and water conservation for watershed management programme.People’s Participation Index(PPI)was also designed to compute the extent of people’s participation.Data for this study was gathered through personal interviews from farmers of six selected districts in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.Findings of this study indicated that the extent of people’s participation in planning was 63.7 per cent,in implementation was 57.7 per cent and in maintenance was 75.1 per cent.It shows that the extent of people’s participation in NSHWDP in the six distressed districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra was moderate during watershed programme planning and implementation phases,whereas,high level of participation was exhibited during maintenance phase.
文摘A potential global power transition characterized by emerging economies of BRICS where China is the likely leading contender against the United States as the only global hegemon seems inevitable.The increasingly multipolar world is evidenced by the attention given to right-wing populism in Europe and USA attributed to China’s aggressive approach to international trade through its stealth entry and subsequent investments in global political-economy.China’s presence in Africa and Trump’s America first policy’s attempt to open“new business frontiers”in emerging economies of Asia and Africa in order to contain Chinese influence and threat in global hegemony are interesting happenstances that require closer scrutiny.Kenya,the biggest economy in East Africa,which is among the fastest growing regions globally,is the gateway to the East African Common Market.Historically,Kenya has a policy of non-alignment in international relations making it possible to receive FDI from both China and the US but with highly contested elections.Therefore,Kenya presents a perfect laboratory for examining the emerging power-shift in global political-economy as the country grapples with traditionally chaotic electoral power transitions and the two biggest economies in the world compete for business in Nairobi.The 2017 elections not only betrayed the international community’s commitment to Western values of human rights and democracy,but also revealed the challenges of governance in post-World War II global liberalism characterized by sophisticated media institutional spaces.
