Farmers' awareness of the extent and seriousness of the problems of land degradation lags far behind the magnitude of the actual problem. Some government organizations seem to work at cross-purposes. Rural Roads people do all they can to direct all the water right back into them from their bridges. Water reservoirs, such as dams, are silting up fast. At the same time new ones are being constructed without taking the necessary precautions.
Catchment conservation is only an afterthought in most dam work.
In future we hope to see that public discourses such as workshops are taken seriously. They shouldn't continue to be considered as forums for mere mental gymnastics. People expect then to be result oriented to the extent possible. The Daily Monitor .