Diversion Based Irrigation Project supported by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust,

Mumbai

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Annual Partners’ Meet,Konark, Odisha

19th & 20th March’2013

Sri Amiya Kr. Das

Overview _DBI projects implemented by Grameen Sahara

Phase-I Phase-II Phase-IIIYear 2009-2010 2011-2013 2013-2015

Type Canal Pipe Pipe

Fund (Lakh) 24.81 27.39 72.73

Village 9 4 10

Family 1750 398 1000

Area Covered(Acre) 500 135 335

Aim of the Project

The main aim of this project is to support agriculture based livelihood through provision of diversion based irrigation, community mobilization and organization, adoption of sustainable agriculture practices, facilitate technical assistance and linkage of market.

To enhance production of paddy as well as vegetable through required supply of water and thereby increase food security for the target farm families.

In addition to water the project also aims to facilitate technical support for enhancement of productivity.

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a) To provide irrigation facilities to the small and needy farmers who will adopt improved agriculture practices;

b) To increase production through use of lands available in multi-cropping practice, through dissemination of information, creating awareness and providing skill enhancement training.

c) To improve the food and nutritional security of the target families; d) To introduce System of Crop Intensification practices in various crops; e) To reduce drudgery for the women through provision of outlets in the homestead land; f) To organize farmers to water user and producers’ groups and finally organizing them into a vegetable producers’ entity; g) To facilitate marketing the surplus produces through market linkage

Objectives

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§ Lands were under-utilized and under single cropping practice § Agriculture was traditional § SRI was not in practice in the project locations due to lack of information

§ Small surplus production and marketing was rare in some of the locations, market information was poor and problem of aggregation exists.

§ Group conception was very poor and almost like non-existent if activities were taken into consideration.

Base line Indicators

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Locations selected

Streams with round the year water supply / discharge are selected for DBI which is determined in consultation with villagers and also based on technical calculation based on primary data collected.

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Community is always in shortage of water for agricultural and domesti c purposes. Women need to carry water from distant streams for their domesti c use.

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Community covered are disadvantaged and Socio-Economically weak in the remote vil lages.

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Awareness and Community Mobilization

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Base Line Survey

Social and technical Survey

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Village Mapping / land plotting / crop planning

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Group Formation / Water Users’ Group

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Community contribution

Trench digging and Pipes Laying works

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Capacity building training

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Status of phase - II

SL VILLAGE TOTAL LENGTH OF PIPELINE (Mtr)

OUTLET PROVIDED

BENEFICIARIES

1 BALIJURI 1130 26 105

2 ANDHERI 1000 8 56

3 MUDUKI 2225 15 72

4 BARMOHORA 2120 28 115

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Outcomes

• 135 acres of land of 360 small farmers of 4 different villages of Kamrup, Kamrup Metro and Goalpara districts of Assam has been brought under this project.

• 36 acres of land for Rabi and 28 acres for summer crops have been brought

under this Diversion Based Irrigation system in project areas. • 4 WUGs and 13 farmers’ groups have been formed and along with the technical

training they have been trained on proper maintenance of pipe system and they have been also given some tips on crop planning and punctuality for better distribution of water among the farmers and now they are functioning in a better way.

• SRI has been introduced with the farmers for better production of paddy in the

project areas.

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Community mobilization & linkages with Government scheme

At Satpakhalai village:

• Canal irrigation (Through clearance of silts and diverting water from an existing river)

• Length 3 Kms• Comparatively bigger village covering about 1,000 families.• To be linked with MGNREGA.• Only technical assistance like survey, design and community mobilization

will be taken care of by Grameen Sahara.• Financial support will come from Government Scheme. • After the canal becomes functional agricultural intervention will be done

Comparisons between the income before & after DBI

Name of location

No of household

Area of land and income Gross income (Rs)

Paddy (Acr) Non SRI

Yield (Kg) Income – A-(Rs)

Vegetable (Acr)

Yield (Kg) Income –B- (Rs.)

Paddy & Vegetable A+B

Balijuri 84 8 5760 44640 3.33 1130 13605 58245

Andheri 86 8 6720 53760 1.4 422 3010 56770

Muduki 72 11 9240 75075 3.13 694 5826 80901

Barmohora 115 22 15840 122760 2.13 463 4570 127330

Total (Rs) 323246

Before DBI

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After DBI

No of household

Area of land and income Gross income

Paddy (Acr) Yield in Kg Income –A- (Rs)

Vegetable (Acr)

Yield (Kg)

Income –B-(Rs.)

Paddy & Vegetable A+BNon SRI SRI Non SRI SRI

Balijuri 84 11 1 7920 1800 80190 2.1 5303 70005 150195

Andheri 86 8 0.5 6240 840 57525 2.13 1222 15715 73240

Muduki 72 10 1 8400 1680 81900 4.73 2685 40215 122115

Barmohora

115 19 1 14820 1860 135255 3.07 1485 22830 158085

Total (Rs)

503635

Income increased = 55.8%

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Impact• Increased availability of water encouraged the farmers to expand their

areas of cultivable land. • From, mere 10 - 15% of seasonal use of land it increased to 60-70% as a

result of DBI • intervention. Homestead agriculture has been done by some farmers.• During winter, when water used to be not available farmers were not in

a position to do crops; but after DBI it has been possible. • This assured irrigation facility has increased the involvement of the

farmers (male and female) in farming activities and it has increased their households’ income and their nutritional status has also been improved due to this DBIS.

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Impact on women• women drudgery has drastically reduced. • Kitchen gardening is also taking place.

• They have now been able to participate in decision making in spending money as they have been able to contribute to the household income through kitchen garden etc.

• In terms of health also this project has contributed through reduction of drudgery, increase in food crops that has contributed to the improvement of their nutritional status.

• Similarly, there has been some impact / effect in the government

departments also.

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Next Planning : Phase - III

Name of village Development block District No. of farmers to be covered

Bargarang Chayani Barduar Kamrup 100

Tulsibari Chayani Barduar Kamrup 100

Jupangbari Chayani Barduar Kamrup 100

Sanyashipara Chhaygaon Kamrup 100

Bargaonpara Chhaygaon Kamrup 100

Badakha Kochdhuwa Goalpara 100

Sengmari Krishnai Goalpara 100

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Base line indicators in Proposed areas

• Lands are under-utilized and under single cropping practice

• Agriculture is traditional • SRI is not in practice in the project locations due to lack

of information • Small surplus production and marketing is rare in some

of the locations, market information is poor and problem of aggregation exists.

• Group conception is very poor and almost like non-existent if activities are taken into consideration.

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Proposed Strategies under the Project

• Complete access to information relating to the project and dissemination of the same especially at the beneficiary level

• Participatory approach to be used while implementation of all components of the project

• Accountability at all level through regular monitoring and reporting

• Enhancement of capacities of grass-root level community institutions like producers groups.

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Expected outcomes• More than 1000 marginal farmers will be benefited directly or

indirectly by increased production various crops and will have increased food security as water will be available in their farm land.

• These farmers will earn extra income from the Rabi crops cultivation such as potato, tomato, brinjal, mustard, chili etc.

• Nutritious food will be available in their kitchen garden. • Adoption of scientific practice in management of water.

• Pure drinking water will be available in these villages (The villagers will be trained to low cost water filtration technique).

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• Water will be available for Cattle and other domestic purposes also.

• Supporting agriculture based livelihood

• SRI principle and practices will be adopted by the farmers. • Conservation of natural resources will be taken care of by the

community. • Woman drudgery will be minimized since water will be available at

their position

• The community will be financially literate, since they will be a part of the producers’ group

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Images from our DBI fields

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Exposure to our DBI fields by a group of Govt. employees of Assam & Other North Eastern States

Interaction with the Beneficiaries at Balijuri DBI site

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Visit of MKSP Appraisal Team to Balijuri DBI Village

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Farmers’ Exposure Visit to the best practices at the bank of Brahmaputra

Farmers Annual Meet

Impact On Social Media

Delivering the information of DBIS to the reporters of Electronic Media

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DBIS Report in local News Paper

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Thank You

Sri Amiya Kr. Das

Grameen Sahara(In support of sustainable Livelihood)

Kulsi Road, Chhaygaon, KamrupAssam – 781124

E-mail: grameensahara@gmail.comWebsite: www.grameensahara.org

Tel: +91-3623 261927, 261954Mobile: +91-98540 24229

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