Exploration of project partners & sites

Uttarakhand, IndiaNils Teufel, MilkIT Pre-inception Meeting,

Nairobi 24th – 25th January 2012

IFAD background

• IFAD links– Country office– Project office Dehradun– Field offices (e.g. Almora)

• IFAD activities– Institutions (phase I – 10 years) –

now Rural Livelihood Mission is moving in– Technical support (phase II - ILSP)

• IFAD sites

Uttarakhand

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DUNDA

TIUNAHATAR

JADAR

POKHRI

KAPKOT

LAKSAR

PUROLA

BAIJRO

BHARKOT

THARALI

CHAMOLI

DIDIHAT

KHATIMA

CHHOLMI

TILWARA

ROORKEE

KOTDWARA

HALDWANI

SRINAGAR

OKHIMATH

PHURKIYA

MUNSYARI

KASHIPUR

RAMNAGAR

RANIKHET

GANGOTRI

BHATWARIRAJGARHI

HARKIDUN

BHATWARI

DHUMAKOT

CHAKRATA

SITARGANJ

THALISAIN

RISHIKESH

DHARCHULA

GHANSYALI

BADRINATH

JOSHIMATH

LANSDOWNE

GANGOLIHAT

VIKASNAGAR

DEVAPRAYAG

PRATAPNAGAR

BHIKIYASAIN

KARNAPRAYAG

NARENDRANAGAR

CHAURANGI KHAL

CHAMOLI

UTTARKASHI

GARHWAL

PITHORAGARH

NAINI TAL

ALMORA

DEHRA DUNTEHRI GARHWAL

HARIDWAR

BAGESHWAR

CHAMPAWAT

UDHAM SINGH NAGAR

RUDRAPRAYAG

BHATWARI

JOSHIMATH

LANSDOWNE

PAURI

MUNSYARI

PUROLA

DHARCHULA

NAINI TAL

RANIKHET

TEHRI

BAGESHWAR

CHAMOLIDEHRA DUN

KASHIPUR

ALMORA

HALDWANI

DEVAPRAYAG

CHAMPAWAT

KARNAPRAYAG

OKHIMATH

CHAKRATA

DIDIHAT

DUNDA

KICHHA

KHATIMA

PITHORAGARH

ROORKEE HARIDWAR

PRATAPNAGAR

RAJGARHI

SITARGANJ

Districts

IFAD

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IFAD_ILSP

Districts / sites

Dehradun

Dehradun – partners?

• Government– Department– Uttarakhand Livestock Dev. Board (breed impr.)– State Dairy Co-operative (Aanchal)

• Himmothan• Local NGO’s• IFAD / Ajeeveeka office

Almora

Almora - partners

• Ag Research Station (VPKAS)fodder crops

• NGO’s(strong institutions, no market experience)

• IFAD partners – SHGs / Federations

IFAD Almora

IFAD Almora – milk price

INHERE field visit

Quercus leucotrichophora Bauhinia variegata

Current situation

• Partner selection– INHERE– IFAD partners (moving from NGOs to Federations)

• Site selection– Kumaon– 2 districts (Almora, Bageshwar)– Block selection?– IFAD villages – really poor