A comparative analysis of two contrasting strategies in the implementation of Community Natural Resource Management (CNRM) programmes in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

This book examines whether the introduction of CNRM schemes in rural India made an impact on poverty alleviation. These programmes were implemented in various phases and manners in different states over the last two decades and their comparative performance as well as successes and failures are analysed. Inspired by the Millennial Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000, the book focuses on participatory irrigation management, watershed development, joint forest management, and inland fishing cooperatives.

This book is indispensable to scholars of development studies, environmental studies, community resource management, and sociology.

Contents: Preface. 1. CNRM in India: The Problem and the Context/John R Wood. 2. Comparative CNRM: From Concepts to Field Research/John R Wood, Shashidharan Enarth and Amita Shah. 3. Participatory Irrigation Management in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh: When and How Can It Benefit the Poor?/Shashidharan Enarth. 4. Resource Management and Poverty in Gujarat’s and Madhya Pradesh’s Inland Fisheries: Hopeful Opportunities and Hard Realities/Jharna Pathak. 5. Participatory Watershed Development Projects in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh: Do They Impact Poverty?/Amita Shah. 6. Poverty Reduction and the Community Management of Forests: The Experience of Joint Forest Management Institutions/Madhu Verma. 7. Conclusion: Comparing CNRM Institutions and Their Impact on Poverty in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh/John R. Wood. 8. CNRM and Poverty in India: The Way Forward/John R. Wood. Glossary. References and Select Bibliography. Index.