On-farm  demonstrations would be established in a cluster of about 20-30 local tanks, with 80 tank clusters defined for the 2,000 tanks to be included in the project. A total of five demonstrations covering improved on-farm water management...

The fisheries emphasis the concept of community based fish culture, In community-based fish farming, TUGs work together by sharing equal responsibilities irrespective of sex and age. Such working groups are essential for tank fisheries operations, which involve:

The decline in physical status and also management of tank systems has not only affected the agriculture and economy, even the quality of environment has deteriorated with macro level adverse impact on ecology.

The project will cover only existing tanks and therefore new land acquisition and physical displacement are expected to be minimal. However, the main issue is encroachment in the tank system particularly in tank bed areas and therefore, due to project interventions,...

Given the nature of Social stratification in Karnataka there are several castes and tribes in the project area that are socially and economically backward as compared to the rest.

Karnataka Community Based Tank Management Project emphasis the main streaming of Gender in each activity of the project and at all levels of the institutional structure to ensure benefit sharing between women and men and to create opportunity for women to enhance their skills, knowledge and capacities.

The JSYS project is conceived with an idea to implement the project with community participation. In this regard the role of voluntary agencies is a key to the success of the project as they facilitate in building the capacity of the community to implement the project.

Monitoring and learning assume importance in the context of effective project implementation. It is important because monitoring provides scope for understanding the way the programme is implemented,