Transcript BAIF SRLS NAIP 3 - BAIF Development Research Foundation

Partners
BAIF Development Research
Foundation, Pune
Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh
Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola
Mahatma Phule Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Rahuri
Bharati Vidyapeeth
University, Pune
Dr. Hedgewar Sewa Samiti,
Nandurbar
Lead
Centre
Partner
Partner
Partner
Partner
S USTAINABLE R URAL LIVELIHOOD
SECURITY IN BACKWARD DISTRICTS OF
M AHARASHTRA
S UBPROJECT
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Target Districts: Gadchiroli, Chandrapur,
Yeotmal, Ahmednagar and Nandurbar
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Budget: Rs. 2275.12 Lakh
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Date of start: July 1, 2007
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Date of Completion: June 30, 2014
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DETAILS
Major Objective: To develop a replicable and holistic
approach for promoting sustainable livelihood in tribal
and remote regions of Maharashtra through
integration and blend of tested technologies and
strategies of household-focused and area-based
programmes.
B ASELINE VALUES
( SAMPLE
13%
9%
45%
23%
57%
FAMILIES )
SC
Literacy level:
ST
Male 66%
NT
Females 55%
Not
Reported
Up to 20000
19% 4%
2500
Open
OBC
10%
3%
5%
10%
SIZE
2000025000
2500030000
3000035000
57% household - annual
income below Rs. 20,000/-
26%
74%
0.94% 1.50%
8.77%
21.23%
32.34%
35.19%
Landholding Categories
Non
Irrigated
Area
Irrigated
Area
Landless
Marginal
Small
Semi
medium
Medium
Large
Constraints identified during baseline analysis
Problem
Causes
Inadequate
nutrients
Strategy Adopted
use
of
FYM
and
Lack of assured irrigation
Low Agriculture Yield
No
awareness
protection
about
Water Resource Development
plant
Lack of agriculture input supply
Low Livestock Yield
Promotion of IPM
Seed and seedling production
Genetically inferior stock from Establishment of service
delivery system advance
productivity point of view
technology to the participants
Poor awareness about livestock through breeding and
management services at the
management
doorstep.
Fodder scarcity
Lack of Forest Based
Enterprises
Promotion of INM
No awareness
potential
Promotion of fodder cultivation
about
forest
Introduction of tasar sericulture
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Poor awareness on
development and
Poor access to information on
improved practices for livelihood
optimum utilization
of livelihood resources
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Field days, farmers’ exposure
visits, TOTs
Development of Community
resource center as training,
demonstration and technology
transfer centers
S UBPROJECT COVERAGE
Deliverables
Improved package of agriculture
practices
Wadi/Orchard based livelihood
Plan HH
Achievement
5000
6946 HH
1200
1200 HH
4000
4561 HH
12500
20990 HH
200
254 HH
200 acres
330 acres
Processing technologies
Linseed processing plant
1
1
Value added products of finger millet
2
2
Fruit processing plant
1
1
Water Resource Development
Breed improvement – large and small
ruminants
Forest based livelihood – Tasar
Sericulture
Seed Production
A PPROACH AND MAJOR INTERVENTIONS
Integrated cluster development approach: encompassing improved
agriculture, Wadi (Tree based farming), livestock development and water
resource development.
Agriculture and Horticulture based
livelihood
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Introduction of improved seed varieties
and improved package of practices
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Wadi or tree based farming as a farming
system approach demonstrated where
farmer plant fruit trees along with
seasonal crops.
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Water resource development was linked
with these interventions.
Outputs: Agriculture based
livelihood
Increase in Crop Yield
Crop
Baseline
Production
%
production after improved increase
Tons/Ha
Practices
Tons/Ha
Paddy
1.95
3.17
62.78
Maize
1.48
2.71
83.33
Cotton
1.38
1.88
36.25
Soybean
1.34
1.83
36.26
Gram
0.82
1.32
60
Wheat
1.77
2.32
31.24
Rabi
0.74
1.85
150
Sorghum
Finger
0.51
0.86
66
Millet
Linseed
0.58
2.30
296
Overall Benefits
Additional area
brought under
irrigation
1247 ha
Average increase in
productivity
65%
Average Increase in
cropping intensity
49%
Area brought under
improved seed
varieties
1122 ha
L IVESTOCK
DEVELOPMENT
–
CATTLE AND GOATS
Cattle development: provision of breed improvement and preventive
health services through TTCs along with fodder demonstrations and
capacity building of farmers for improved livestock rearing
Table 2: Improved Animals born through Breed Improvement
Programme and Asset Worth
No. Animals Number of Worth Number Worth Total (Rs
calves-M
(Rs)
calves F
(Rs)
in lakh)
Crossbred
3788 10000
3600 30000
1458.8
1.
cattle
Graded up
954 15000
768 17000
273.66
2.
animals
Buffalo
408 15000
368 24000
149.52
3.
Total 1881.98
Milk Yield
Bulk-Milk Cooler,
a part of milkvalue chain
Annual gross income@ Rs. Work days
18/lit
7920
40 days/year
Local cow: 440
liters/lactation
28800
Improved cow:
90-100
1600 lit/lactation
days/year
L IVESTOCK
DEVELOPMENT
–
CATTLE AND
GOATS
Goat Development
Number of
HH benefited
1353
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Provision of quality breeding
buck and goats
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Preventive health services and
monitoring
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Goat Bank Approach
Total Number of kids of Average Nu
improved breed born
mber /HH
3284
Income /unit
(Rs/per anum)
3
7200/-
F OREST
BASED LIVELIHOOD
–
TASAR
SERICULTURE
Workdays created
Average income
120/year
Rs. 8000/-
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Utilization of
forest potential
and conservation
of trees
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Tasar intervention
includes activties
from rearing of
worms to reeling
of thread at local
level
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Fabric marketed
through BAIF
I NNOVATIVE INTERVENTION – VALUE
CHAIN ON LINSEED
• Introduction of improved seed Varieties of
Linseed
• Seed Production
• Productivity Enhancement
• Omega 3 Oil Extraction
• Development of Omega 3 Products
• Marketing of Products – Cross cutting with
component 2 subproject
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND
SUSTAINABILITY
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Planning with participants
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Technical capacity building and formation and
strengthening of people’s institutions
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Strategy of tapering support
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Community resource centers work for training,
demonstrations and technology transfer
managed through local committees
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The facilities such as Urea DAP briquetting
machines, feed mix units, bulk milk coolers and
shed nets are managed through these centers.
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND
SUSTAINABILITY
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Technical capacity building and drudgery
reduction was the strategy adopted for
effective integration of women in the
process;.
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Women’s participation ensured in all the
people’s institutions.
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Sustainability fund of about Rs One Crore
established through people’s contribution
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Fund Management Committee for post
project management
IMPACT
Findings of Impact assessment of 10% participants
Average increase in crop
Production (KG/HA)
Before
After
% Increase
1556
2287
69%
Average Annual Income per
family (Rs) (all interventions)
%
Before
After
Increase
49,252
1,00,786
104.6
Migration reduced by
70%
No. of Families migrate
Before
257
After
76
Sustainability Approach – Scope beyond Project
TTC
10-20villages
5000 farmers
Activities
• Quality input supply
for agriculture
• breed improvement
and livestock
management services
• Custom Hiring facility
• Seed and Seedling
production
• Collective marketing of
produce
• Convergence of
different schemes
I MPORTANT
DIMENSIONS OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
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Central team of BAIF led by CPI closely worked
with partner institutes and field functionaries
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CIC meetings helpful in planning and discussing
operational modalities
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A focused group including CPI created for to
plan, review and follow up the project on
monthly basis; helped project to expedite the
matters very efficiently and timely.
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CMU: developed overall M & E framework of
the project and periodic monitoring
I MPORTANT
DIMENSIONS OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
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Field level functionaries in addition to RAs and
SRFs; project operations facilitated by the scientists,
implemented by the field functionaries
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Field functionaries stationed at project locations;
system of quarterly workshops for review and
planning
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Effective communication material in local language
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Sustainability strategy
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Management Information System: matrix of
participants for recording inputs; helpful in
tracking the extent of inputs, helpful in limiting
support as decided
LEARNINGS
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In-built flexibility in the project design – space for timely revisions of
project activities and need-based packaging of technologies.
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The project design was made more intensive and inclusive rather
than in the form of scattered demonstrations.
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The integrated approach of development: instrumental in
addressing livelihood needs with agriculture, livestock, water and
hence achieving higher results for the participant families.
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Value chain based approach provided end to end solution to the
issues
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Consortium mode brought in synergy of expertise of SAUs, ICAR
institutes and NGOs. However the performance was person specific
rather than involvement of the institutions, especially in case of
SAUs.
LEARNINGS
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Multi – disciplinary Team: technical teams were backed up
by the social scientists which achieved people’s involvement
in project activities.
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Annual review workshops organized by NAIP helped all
the consortia learn from each other.
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Accounting and Finance: The World Bank guidelines not
only build the capacity of project team but also helped
improve the organizational capacity. Instrumental in
keeping project control. The external audits improved the
project accounting over the years.
The success of this integrated approach of development has
shown that the approach can be replicated in the other distressed
areas with similar setting.
R ECOMMENDATIONS
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Field Functionaries: important link for project
implementation, necessary for effective delivery of
the project activities
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Practical finance and accounting systems required
for livelihood projects especially for the remote
areas.
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Guidelines and systems required for the project
activities executed by the farmers themselves.
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Intensive M&E through central PIU level across all
the sub-projects would help improve the results.
The CPIs to be involved in cross-monitoring would help through cross-learning.
R ECOMMENDATIONS
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Timely fund releases by NAIP and better
coordination and communication of NAIPfinance
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Such projects give scope to SAUs for better
interface with farmers and hence a learning
opportunity
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NGOs like BAIF certainly have capacity to
contribute for national programmes on
livelihood, develop innovative approaches should be involved by ICAR for implementation
and applied research in the national projects.
AWARDS AND APPRECIATION
Times of India – Social Impact Award to
BAIF, New Delhi, October 2011
Appreciation Certificate to BAIF led consortium for
contribution to rural livelihood - November 2012
Dr. Narayan Lambat;
progressive linseed
farmer honored by
‘Krishibhushan’
award of
Maharashtra
government
BVU received Gold medal of
DST-Lockheed Martin at India
Innovation Growth Programme
for the innovation ‘Omega-3
EGG’ - May 2013