RECOMMENDATIONS:
Committee after detailed deliberations made many recommendations to address the issues as detailed above. Recommendations can be summarized in Medium term and Long term solutions as per following details:
A. Medium term
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.
3. Mineral mixture should supplement the feed to prevent loss in fertility during droughts.
4. There is a scope to improve efficiency of artificial insemination (AI) services.
5. Naturally growing Traditional drought hardy land races of Ber, Amla, Karounda and custard apple can be top worked with improved varieties detailed in the text to enhance their value.
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.
8. Integrated participatory management of inputs, natural resources, social capital and innovative institutions is recommended.
9. Digging of farm ponds and new open wells can also yield quick results and provide employment.
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
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