RECOMMENDATIONS:

1.         Desilting, renovation, repairs of tanks, check dams, deepening   and recharging of about 2.8 lakh dug-wells may be taken up. Crop residue provides 67% of fodder and its shortage in drought year is inevitable. Creation of fodder and feed block banks should be immediate priority.

2.        Deworming, vaccination and other health measures are being recommended.

6.              Rainwater conservation in trenches, planting of indigenous fruits, fodder trees, shrubs, grasses, pasture legumes (Stylosanthes hamata) and promoting cut and carry system of grasses in place of grazing can improve functions and  community services of the forest land.

7.              Waving of interest, a part or whole of principal or deferred re-payment should be inbuilt into the loaning process to maintain credit eligibility of the farmers.

11.         Completion of ongoing Rajghat canal project and Bariyarpur barrage  should be the immediate priority both of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

12.          Extra short duration crops and varieties given in the text can reduce vulnerability to drought and arrangement of their seed bank is  suggested.

13.        Normal, medium, short and extra short duration crops and varieties  are listed to match with the length of growing period and amount of  rainfall while preparing crop contingency plans.

14.            Regarding the four tehsils of Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh, the  issues in these tehsils are again very unique, do not resemble to that  of Bundelkhand region and can be taken up separately