| Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems (APFAMGS) Project's key premise is behavioral change leading to voluntary self regulation. In seven drought prone districts of Andhra Pradesh, India, thousands of farmers residing in 638 habitations spread over several hundred kilometers have voluntarily taken number of steps to reduce groundwater pumping, for tiding over problem of groundwater depletion.
Launched in July 2003, the APFAMGS project is a partnership with farmers for implementing Demand Side Groundwater Management concept.This project demonstrates an alternative model to the Supply Side approach which calls for spending billions for creating new structures. more..... |
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Training programme on
Demand Side Groundwater Management (DSGM)
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| | APFAMGS conducted a 3 day training to the Officers of Andhra Pradesh State Groundwater Department from 10th to 12th Dec 2008 at Muthyalapadu International Training Campus in Kurnool District. The training was attended by 27 officers. Detailed report on the training with list of participants, session wise notes, field visits and the participants feed back is prepared for use by the Department.
List of Participants Completion Report Photo Gallery Government of Maharashtra- Water Supply & Sanitation Department, Jalswarajya Project, has approached APFAMGS for training of its officers and community on the concept of Demand Side Groundwater Management. Details are being worked out for conduct of training in 2009. Government of Tamil Nadu-Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water Resources Management Project (IAMWARM) has approached APFAMGS for training of its officers and community on the concept of Demand Side Groundwater Management. Details are being worked out for conduct of training in 2009. | |
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Crop Water Budgeting Workshop (2008-09)
Annual Crop Water Budgeting (CWB) is scheduled for November 2008. The time table for the workshop | |
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Stakeholders Workshop | |
| |  | Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) in India commissioned a mission to evolve a Medium Sized Project (MSP) proposal for Global Environment Facility (GEF) funding. The Mission has put together initial few thoughts and framework of the project. more..... |
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World Food Day 2008 Celebrations | |
| |  | Achievement of local Food Security and nutritional health has been a target that APFAMGS project has been focusing while improving water use efficiency. As part of this objective all the Hydrological Unit Networks (HUN’s) have been observing World food Day on 16th October year after year. more..... |
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APFAMGS participates in Exhibition organized by CRIDA | |
| |  | APFAMGS project represented by SAID participated in the exhibition conducted by CRIDA on 30 September 2008 at Gungal. A stall was put up with models, charts and field samples. Farmers from the project explained to the visiting farmers drawn from Ranga Reddy, Mahaboobnagar and Nalgonda district. |
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FAO-Evaluation of APFAMGS Project
APFAMGS project was evaluated by a multi-disciplinary team from 1-12th September 2008. The team comprised of
Tullia Aiazzi -FAO Evluation Officer, Rome
Arnoud Braun - FFS specialist
Dr.Mihir Maitra- Water resources Specialist
Franco Franchini -Administrative and Finance specialist.
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| | The team visited the TST office, BIRDS Nodal Farm and select field areas to interact with the farmers and see the various interventions in the farmers fields.
The team interacted with the Groundwater Management Committee (GMC), Hydrological Unit Network (HUN) and Farmer Water School Representatives.
The team witnessed a presentation on Crop Water Budget Workshop (CWB) and took a gallery walk to see the results of various CWB as well as the demonstration of Farmer Water School Session Models.
The team interacted with the Government Officials at the state and Districts, international agencies working in water related issues as well as attended steering Committee Meeting as Special Invitees.
The Evaluation team was impressed with the overall achievement by the project especially with the participation and overall leadership shown by the women. The team made a draft presentation on their visit at the debriefing session 0n 12th September 2008. The main findings is expected to be finalized by October 2008. Debriefing PPT Final Evaluation Report
Doc.& Rep. Requirements of Evaluation Team | |
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