In India, essentially on account of soil erosion from run-off, and the struggle to cope with a diverse range of agro-climatic, production and market risks, millions of poor and marginal farmers depend on degraded land in rain-fed areas. Under such a situation, the serious challenge is how to manage land and water sustainably to achieve higher productivity levels, husbanding resources for future generations and deriving livelihoods in the most equitable manner to the poor. Small holder farmers, livestock keepers, forest users, and others who derive livelihoods from land and water find that their interactions affect others in a watershed context. In the subsistence economy of the rural areas, women share a major responsibility for maintaining the family; their contribution ranges from earning as wage labourers, collection of fuel and fodder for consumption as well as for cash earning, taking care of cattle and helping in their own farmland.  In this backdrop, the present study has been carried out with the use of both primary and secondary sources of data and the participation of rural women in the watershed management of Mandhal village in Kuhi block of Nagpur district of Maharashtra in the Vidarbha region in the east, which has been purposively selected for this study. Mandhal village has been selected by the same technique for exploration of field data and analysis.

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Consequent upon loss of employment and income due to frequent incidence of droughts, the marginal farmers, land less agricultural labourers and the poverty-stricken weaker sections of population migrate to developed regions in search of employment as a survival strategy. Trickle Up, as a part of its commitment towards reduction of extreme poverty, has been implementing the ‘graduation model’ 1 in many countries in Asia. In Odisha, since the year 2015, TU, in collaboration with Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM), has been operating the graduation model at Bangomunda block in Balangir district (Odisha) to mitigate distress migration among the ultra-poor households. 2 An attempt has been made in this study to analyse the socio-economic impact of TU–OLM intervention of programmes on distress migrants in western Odisha.

Background: Soybean (Glysin max L.) is one of the most important oil seed cum pulse crop cultivated in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh. The present investigation was carried out at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ratlam during kharif 2021-22 and 2022-23, to demonstrate the improved variety JS-2029 and RVS 2001-4 with the scientific package and practices to improve the production of soybean. Methods: The present research of Cluster Front Line Demonstrations (CFLDs) was conduct during kharif season 2021-22 and 2022-23 by KVK Ratlam, under rained condition. An extensive survey was conducted to collect in sequence from preferred farmers to give them enhanced package of put into practice. Privileged position performance was utilized to categorize the constraint faced by the farmers in soybean crop growing. Based on the evils face by the farmers, the cluster frontline demonstrations were designed. Result: In conclusion, potential yield of variety can be achieved by imparting scientific knowledge to the farmers, providing need based quality inputs in due time and proper and timely application of inputs. The average yield of demonstrated technology (18.95 q/ha) was higher than of local check (15.87 q/ha).