“…Over the years huge financial resources were invested in the watershed development programs, but most of conventional watersheds not given expected level of output in India (Lalitha et al, 2016;Hegde et al, 2018). The reasons attributes, lack of sitespecific watershed planning and implementation (Lalitha et al, 2016), improper utilization of natural resources both at farm and watershed level (Hegde et al, 2018) and Inadequate management of conservation practices by the farmers due to poor knowledge and awareness (Oraon et al, 2020;Dupdal et al, 2021;Kumar et al, 2021) are some of them to be noted from various studies. Meanwhile, many suggested need for detailed site-specific land resources database to identify the inherent potentials, constraints and suitability for various land use options that suit to local conditions (Bandyopadhyay et al, 2009;Nain et al, 2012;Kumar et al, 2014;Ramamurthy et al, 2016;Bandyopadhyay et al, 2018;Hegde et al, 2018;Sharma et al, 2018;Oraon et al, 2020) and such interventions must easily understandable and manageable by farming community for decision-making at local level (Doubling Farmers' Income, 2018).…”