Transcript Project Anantha

“Project Anantha”
A TECHNO DEVELOPMENTAL ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT
-
A bird’s eyeview
- To answer agricultural distress
- To arrest desertification
Country has various regions – well and
poorly endowed
Some of them are rain shadow,
Perennially drought prone,
Poor in natural resources,
Poor levels of ground water,
Low in green cover,
Mostly rain dependant agriculture,
Mono cropping traditions,
Distress sale of agriculture produce,
Devoid of local strategies to improve productivity,
Low or no credit worthiness among farmers, etc.
Anantapur is one among such districts.
GOI identified it as one of the 31 districts prone
for agriculture related suicides.
In Order to address the age long crisis
of debilitating agricultural conditions in
the district,
Dr.Ayyappan,Secretary, DARE and DG,
ICAR, New Delhi
has constituted a committee in Dec., 2011
under the
Chairpersonship of Dr.A.K. Singh, DDG,
NRMI, ICAR
The Committee visited the district
during 18 – 20 Jan., 2012
Studied, interacted with stake holders
And made several recommendations.
As a follow up, The Collector, Anantapur had
constituted a DLC
And got an Action Plan
Many departments / agencies had generated
the plan
Role players :
ANGRAU
Animal Husbandry / APDDC
Horticulture
APMIP
Sericulture
Ground water
DRDA
DWMA
Social Forestry
Minor Irrigation
TBPHLC
HNSS
Agriculture Marketing
Banking Sector
Project Anantha

Anantapur district has centuries of drought history
 Resulting in Agricultural crisis
 “During the period from 1870 to 1903, it recorded an
annual average rainfall of 23 inches, one of the
lowest in the presidency” – Gazetteer of Inida.
 Its vulnerability is also certified by Govt. of India by
including Anantapur as one of the 31 districts prone
to agriculture related suicides.
 Many committees suggested relief to drought
situations, but they were temporary succors of annual
phenomenon.
 But
a High Level Committee constituted
by Dr.Ayyappan, Director General,
ICAR, under the leadership of Dr.
A.K.Singh, DDG, NRMI, had visited
Anantapur district twice and brought out
an incredible report that suggested
effective measures and sustainable
solutions in order to mitigate the
agricultural distress conditions on a long
term basis.
 It is a now or never opportunity to set
Anantapur on the path of regeneration
and to reduce the impact of droughts.
 Project
Anantha is the first and the only
one of its kind experiment to “blend
technology with development” inorder
to make agriculture sustainable in a low
rain fall district like Anantapur.
 Its also a “techno – development
project” that involves certain subtle
researchable issues to develop working
linkages for meaningful implementation
of the programs of agri-horti and
livestock farmers.
 ICAR’s
High Level Committee examined
various issues like natural resource
base, crops, cropping patterns, allied
activities, livelihood opportunities, etc.
and made sub-regional / mandal
specific recommendations.
 “Project Anantha” is also a systems
approach towards permanent
institutional mechanisms for
convergence among line departments –
not a replacement of ongoing
mainstream activities.
 Its
also the logical extension of the
recommendations of the High Level
Committee.
 It contemplates an outlay of Rs.
6563.29 crores of which Rs.2993.50
crores comes from various ongoing
programs, subsidy, beneficiary
contribution, etc.
 Rs. 836.03 crores would be availed as
intuitional finance from Banks and
NABARD
 The
support “Project Anantha” seeks as
a special grant is only Rs.2753.04
crores over a period of 5 years towards
filling gaps in very crucial components.
It’s a 5 year plan during 2012-13 to 2016-17
Amounts required to execute the recommended tasks are :
ANGRAU
89.77
YSR Horticulture University
3.84
Sri Venkateswara Veternary University
8.12
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry
A.P.Dairy
Horticulture
APMIP
Ground Water
Sericulture
401.72
1080.31
90.73
1583.35
588.76
2.31
541.35
Agriculture Marketing
45.50
Social Forestry
82.82
Minor Irrigation
285.19
TBHLC
8.90
HNSS
933.68
Agro based industries
838.65
6563.29
Amounts tapped through convergence Rs. 2974.22
Amount through bank loans
Rs. 836.03
Net grant required through a
a special stream
Rs. 2753.04 crs.
-----------------------Rs. 6563.29 crs.
------------------------
Expected Outcomes in a nutshell :

Project Anantha would achieve :

Agriculture :


Seed self sufficiently among 7.00 lakh farmers
Promote castor, cluster bean, minor millets and add value
to them
Replace existing varieties of redgram, Bengal gram, etc.
IPM practices
Value addition to groundnut through SHGs
Promote 3 Guar gum industries
Intensive trainings
Strengthen ARS, Kadiri
Groundnut Research Directorate to the Southern Region

Promote annual fodder crops, etc.







 Animal
Husbandry :
 Enhance Dairy / Sheep livelihoods for 63,000
families
 Increased milk procurement to 5.74 lakh litres /
day
 Fodder production and conservation practices
 Horticulture
:
 Arid horticulture for 7000 farmers in 5000
Ha/annum
 Save 3,000 Ha of existing horticulture crops
 Increase pomegranate yield
 Sericulture
:
 High yielding varieties of mulberry in
4000Ha
 Enhanced productivity
 Drip irrigation in 5000Ha
 Transfer of Tech to 37,500 farmers
 Better marketing infra
 Region & Season specific races
 GW
Department :
 GW resource estimation
 Judicious / efficient use of ground water
 Improved Micro irrigation practices
 Social
Forestry :
 Treat 4764 Ha of forest / non forest and
develop fuel wood, fodder, small timber
and other NTFP
 Benefit 3.12 lakh farmers
 Desilt percolation tanks, construct 10000
Rmts of cattle proof walls and trenches
 Minor
Irrigation:
 Stabilise existing ayacut of 35,872 Ha
 Create 302 new Water Bodies
 Renovate 744 existing Water Bodies
 Benefit 48,376 farmers
 Major
Irrigation:
 Improve efficiency of existing canal systems
 Stabilise ayacut of 3,20,533 acres under
Tungabhadra project
 Improve Socio-economic standards of 69,000
farmers through making Krishna Waters walk
through the District under AVRHNSS
 Develop an ayacut of 3,45,800 acres
 Provide Drinking Water to a population of 10
lakhs
 Agriculture
Marketing:
 Strengthen Market yards
 Better marketing opportunities
 Better margins to farmers’ produce by
eliminating middle man
 Promote Cold Storages
 Credit & Banking:
 Delink crop loans from proposed Animal
Husbandry and allied activities Loaning
 Enhance scale of finance on groundnut crop
 Improved Farmers - Bankers interface
 Capacity building of the farmers and bankers
 Promote financial inclusion and literacy
 Agro
Based Industries:
 Study projects of Agro based activities
 Promote liberal lending for establishing
industries
 Establish manufacturing units of:Peanut Butter
 Soya Milk
 Tamarind Seed Powder
 Mango Pulp
 Tutti Frutti
 Jowar Flakes/Pasta/Biscuits/Vermicelli
 Ragi Pasta/Biscuits/Vermicelli, etc.

Task responsibility of Various COMMITTEES
I. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
•Capacity building.
•Suggestions and Technical Interventions.
II. IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
A. Village level Committee:
•Create awareness among the beneficiaries.
•Identification of Beneficiaries according to intervention of the concerned department.
•Physical verification.
•Collection of Documents.
•Forwarding for sanctions.
•Grounding of the Scheme.
B. Mandal level Committee:
•Identification of scrutiny of the beneficiaries.
•Technical Feasibility
•Recommending for sanctions.
•Issue of the Technical sanctions.
•Monitoring and Implementation of the Scheme.
•Conducting training programmers.
C. District level Committee:
•Issue of administrative sanctions
•Inspections and Monitoring of the Scheme.
•Assessment of the Target.
•Review of the Progress.
“He who grows two blades of grass
where one grew earlier, is the
greatest benefactor of society”
- Sir Arthur Cotton