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Answer the following question:
Why is watershed management important?
Solution
Watershed management is a very important means to conserve water resources which helps to increase agricultural production and stop ecological degradation. The scheme also helps the rural people to conserve water for drinking, irrigation, fisheries, and afforestation, and allied activities like horticultural, agroforestry, and silviculture.
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