Summary

“Land is Livelihood” is the concept that drives SAFAL’s Land and Water Resource Development programme. It remains a core activity in SAFAL's strategy to develop rural livelihoods. SAFAL's multi-disciplinary and integrated approach, therefore, is based on the premise that significant opportunities for livelihood enhancement exist through the restoration and management of the available natural resources in the rural areas.Agriculture based livelihood cannot go beyond a point if development of two fundamental resources such as land and water are unaddressed. There is enough experience today to know that a family with one to two acres of land requires a one-time investment of average Rs.30000-40000 to improve the land and water condition so that cropping intensity can be doubled. Such amount of investment in a phased manner with support of institutional credit from their own institutions like SHG, Farmer Producer Organisations, etc., the livelihood of the family can be stabilized. It is n

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