Impact of Watershed Development Projects on Seasonal Livestock Migration — A Study on Shivalik Foothill Villages in Haryana
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Seasonal migration of pastoral nomads, which constitutes a major proportion of human population in the
Shivalik foothill villages in the Haryana state, is being practised since long in the region. To a large extent,
these movements are associated with the absence of water resources development in the water-scarce
regions. The present paper has examined the impact of watershed development programmes on seasonal
livestock migration and has investigated the determinants of likelihood of such types of migration. The
results have revealed that though the watershed development projects have helped in improving the
productivity of agricultural land, the same gains are still to be realized on common lands because small and
landless families entirely depend on common lands for livestock rearing. Evidence has shown that market
access defines the degree of livestock exploitation and there is enormous scope for improving the
effectiveness through focused interventions