our interventions

Kanakanala Samudaya or Kanakanala Community comprises not just the Kanakanala Watershed Project but also numerous other activities that have been spawned by it. In fact, these activities are the foundation stones on which the community is built.

An orientation to watershed was held for the members of Management Committees (MC) of Advibhavi and Juelkunti Village Development Societies (VDS), on July 11, 2002 and July 24, 2002 at the respective VDS offices. Ravi Kumar, an inhouse resource person, facilitated the orientation. Find out more...

In our Dry Land Horticulture programme, the farmers have selected mango, sapota, lemon, and tamarind for plantation in their fields...Click here for more.

The results of the Munjavu programme have been overwhelming. Fifty percent of the women are now employed; another 50% of them have centralised bank loans while almost 50% have doubled their annual income. Eighty percent have become literate and...more

The Kanakanala Watershed Project area is situated in the northern dry agroclimatic region of Karnataka. Repeated droughts and long gaps between rain showers render the poor farmer completely dependent on the vagaries of nature. Moreover, there are no industrial activities or alternative employment options so agriculture remains the only occupation in the area. When crops fail, many families are forced to migrate to other villages to work as wage labourers. Others get trapped in the viscious clutches of moneylenders. What are the alternative sources of income?