Tag: experience of Ralegan Siddhi

Reflections on The Experience and Insights Gained The insights gained from the experience of Ralegan Siddhi may be identified as below: Approaches/methods Used for People's Participation - Community Participatory in Watershed Management [3] Involvement and participation of the people is possible provided there is a committed and sincere leadership to educate, organize and motivate the people for the attainment of a common goal. Voluntary action either by an individual or people is an extremely vital factor to promote, facilitate and catalyze people's participation in sustainable village development. A mix of commitment with flexibility, sensitivity, innovativeness and autonomy are essential for success. Holistic approaches to people's participation in sustainable development are necessary for involving people whole heartedly. The approach being employed must have the potential to generate the spirit of cooperation, caring and sharing, adjustment, harmony, self-help, self-reliance and special emphasis on the resource poor farmers particularly women. Need-based planned initiatives and their proper priorization by the people themselves through democratic decisions with focus on...