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This reasonably short and frank report provides an excellent historical
overview of the ODA/IDA-assisted Karnataka Social Forestry Project
between December 1982 and March 1988. Concise summaries are provided
of all monitoring and evaluation missions during this period, including
major observations on progress, donor and recipient concerns, perceptions
of others and recommendations arising from the mission. The author
also evaluates the project’s impacts on poverty and women. It is acknowledged
that the project did not initially benefit the poor greatly because
of lack of adequate participation of target communities in microplanning,
heavy emphasis on eucalyptus, which was largely being sold to industry,
and the lack of effective systems of distribution for plantation products
from common lands. However, the proportion of small farmers cultivating
eucalyptus and thus increasing their incomes had risen greatly over
time. Evidence of the adverse impacts of social forestry on pasture
and fodder availability from common lands was mixed. The employment
of several hundred motivators is noted to have improved dialogue between
rural people and the Forest Department and extension services generally.
Women successfully participated in the project as motivators and in
nursery management. |
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