Village Level Agriculture Contingency Plans for Climate Proofing of Watersheds in Akole Block, Ahmednagar Maharashtra

Drought

Natural Resources available at Village level including ground water	Protection of NRM	Income generation from the NRM without damaging	Convergence / Linkages	Remarks for implementation
-	Cultivation across the slope	-	State department of agriculture and NGOs	-
-	Opening of ridges and furrows across the slope	-	State department of agriculture and NGOs	-
CCT, Percolation tanks, CNB, Gabions, LBS, Plantation on CCT, Community wells	Capacity building of villagers	-	Organization of training to the farmers regarding importance of water conservation, repair and maintenance of SWC structures	Before each seasons and during the different crop growth stages
-	Desilting of percolation tanks, Cement Nala Bund, Loose Boulder Structures, Gabion structures	Recharge existing bore wells and open wells. Retain storage capacities of the structures, removed silt can be used for shallow soil, Use of harvested water for protective irrigation to adjoining fields, groundwater recharge	State department of agriculture, NGOs	Planning and execution of water conservation strategies should be done after Rabiseason
-	Repairing of leakages in Cement Nala Bund, Loose Boulder Structures, Gabion,Bench terracing, naturally filled farm ponds,	Use of harvested water for protective irrigation to adjoining fields, groundwater recharge	State department of agriculture, NGOs	Planning and execution of water conservation strategies should be done after Rabiseason
-	Repairing of Continuous Counter Trenches, plantation on CCT,	Groundwater recharge	State department of agriculture, NGOs, social forest, KVKs	Planning and execution of water conservation strategies should be done after Rabiseason
Stream	Drainage line treatment	Use of harvested water for protective irrigation to adjoining fields, groundwater recharge	State department of agriculture, NGOs	Planning and execution of water conservation strategies should be done after Rabiseason
Construction of storage tanks at field levelLining of pondsUse of Cetyl Alcohol for reducing evaporation (10 ml per sq. m)	Storage of excess water during Kharif season	Use of stored water for protective irrigation during flowering/grain filling stages of Kharif crop and initial growth stages of Rabi crops	State department of agriculture and NGOs	Stored water should be used for protective irrigation using sprinkler /drip irrigation methods
Pasture development on barren/fallow land (Stylo hemata), Palas, Bhendi etc.	Control of erosion and infiltration of runof	Fodder for animals, reduce erosivity of rainfall and soil erosion	State department of agriculture and Animal Husbandry and NGOs	-
Horticultural plantation on sloppy land	Semi-circular basins across the slope	Harvesting of runoff and reduction in erosion	State department of agriculture and NGOs	-

Extreme Event / Conditions	Suggested Contingency Measures	Before the event	During the event	After the event	Remarks for implementation
High rainfall with runoff	Diversion drains	Diversion of runoff through paddy fields	-	State department of agriculture and NGOs	State department of agriculture, NGOs
Dry spell	Harvesting excess runoff if available	Protective irrigation from the harvested water	-	State department of agriculture and NGOs	State department of agriculture, NGOs
Storage tanks	Plantation of bamboo/silver oak around the storage tanks as wind breaks	Use of Cetyl Alcohol for reducing evaporation (10 ml per sq. m)	-	State department of agriculture and NGOs	-