Back to the Field!

Greetings from the way back seat of a SUV as we head back to Bisnal village on the final day of our week long field visit in north Karnataka (writing on iPhone... Gotta love modern technology). The purpose of these visits have been to conduct monitoring and evaluation of the Government of India funded community watershed development program. This involves traveling for hours on windy and bumpy roads to relatively remote areas and then doing some surveys and group discussions with local farmers and then walking all over the village and fields to verify that the government claimed projects were actually implemented. The trip has had some successes and we have witnessed several structures that are supposed to prevent soil and water runoff, but it is also apparent that more can be done.

The roads are too bumpy to write more now, so stay tuned for additional info and pictures. -A