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A project on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of 77
sub-watersheds (854 micro-watersheds) in 5 districts under World Bank aided
Karnataka Watershed Development Programme (KWDP) - known as Sujala Watershed
Development Programme, taken up on behalf of Watershed Development Department,
Govt. of Karnataka is making good progress. M&E of the project is carried out
by concurrent monitoring in the form of MIS/GIS development, deployment and
institutionalization and process monitoring through sample field verifications/
validations during project implementation. Impact assessment is a discrete
monitoring method that is adopted using satellite data and ground data to study
the impact on short term and long term basis. M&E units have been established
in all the five study districts. Many open source software packages have been
developed, installed and operationally being used for effective monitoring and
evaluation process. M&E activities pertaining to Phase I & II watershed have
been completed and taken up in Phase III watersheds. The detailed impact
assessment of the developmental activities carried out has indicated measurable
impacts in crop yield, crop diversity, house hold income, etc. This Project has
been widely acclaimed by World Bank which has suggested replication of such
Projects in various parts of the country and in other developing countries.
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