Impact of Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) on Farmer's Land Use Pattern and Productivity in Haryana

India has achieved self-sufficiency in the production of food grains, but still we are not in a position to meet the standard dietary requirement of the increasing population. The study was conducted in two purposively selected districts of Haryana Bhiwani and Yamunanagar representing South and North Haryana. Bhiwani and Yamunanagar Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) were selected purposively. Bhaganwala, Sawad villages were selected randomly from Bhiwani and Dhanaura, Salapur villages were selected randomly from Yamunanagar as the watershed villages. Kharkhadisohan, Missri, villages were selected randomly from Bhiwani and Bhita, Sabhapur villages were selected randomly from Yamunanagar as the non-watershed villages. Regarding land use pattern of respondents, the results showed that respondents from watershed villages had higher per cent of net cropped area and gross cropped area, higher cropping intensity and irrigation intensity than the respondents from non-watershed villages. It was found that average yield for almost all crops in watershed villages was markedly higher than the nonwatershed villages. This clearly indicated that integrated watershed management programme had positive and significant impact on crop yield.