Gopal K Kadekodi Wasteland and watershed development programmes, while creating some employment and assets for local population are designed basically to take advantage of the natural capacity for regeneration inherent in a biomass system. The paper makes an assessment of the implications of IRDP/NREP versus the land and water-related programmes for employment generation and natural capital regeneration, asset creation and environmental conservation.
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