Communities empowered to take decisions

Landless, marginal farmers and women with enhanced capacity to work in groups and with more equitable access to livelihood opportunities

Improved agricultural incomes for small farmers, and more wage-labour opportunities for the landless

Technology applied to reduce drudgery, especially for women

More effective use of water, including for drinking, and reduced vulnerability to drought

Greater food security for poor families

More access by communities to government schemes

Improved capacity of institutions to implement rural development projects and to converge different schemes

Policy changes affecting livelihoods of poor groups

Project approaches, which help improve impact of GoI and GoAP

The project will have direct impact on about 300,000 poor and vulnerable people, particularly women, landless and small holders in the 500 new "livelihood" watersheds and indirectly another 1.2 million people in the 2,000 on-going watersheds