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Methodology
Project sites and Localisation
 atersheds
were selected based their theoretical carrying capacity or agro-ecological
potential (average rainfall, slope, soil type, erosion levels, vegetation,
and water availability); external linkages (physical distance and
access of different watersheds to markets, infrastructure, information
and communications and, services including credit, veterinary and
agricultural extension services, education).  This
characterization gave an indication of the state of the watershed,
in terms of natural resource endowment, socio-economic conditions
and the management of the watershed involved.
As a result 5 watersheds were chosen
to provide a representative sample of India’s water-scarce
watersheds, with a special focus on livestock-livelihood dependence
of poor and landless women and men: Kanakanala (13,000 ha - Koppal
district), Ladki Nadi (19,823 ha - Jhabua district), Vaijubabulgaon
(4,300 ha - Ahmednagar district), Kosgi (4,100 ha - Mahabubnagar
district) and Kalyanpur (3,000 ha - Udaipur district).
The selection of specific case studies (minimum 2 per watershed,
up to 3 or 4 per watershed) within each watershed will be performed
together with the organisation involved, as they will have an in-depth
knowledge about the specifics of the watersheds. At least four dimensions
of livestock-environment interactions in watersheds need to be considered
in selecting the case studies: biophysical, socio economic, livestock
production and management and institutional/socio-cultural.
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