SFAC_DPR for Goa State_Final

SFAC PROJECT – Detailed Project Report for Goa State

Detailed Project Report

Farmer Producer Organization formation in Goa

Submitted to

Submitted by

Indian Grameen Services

CE-103, 1st Floor, Salt Lake City, Sector-1, Kolkata-64

CONTENTS

Indian GrameenServise BASIX Page 1


1. Key Information of the Organization......................................................................................3

2. Overview of Goa State..................................................................................................................3

3.Agriculture in Goa...........................................................................................................................4

4. Major Crops and Demand...........................................................................................................5

5. Potential of Vegetable cultivation in the state.....................................................................6

6. Marketing Infrastructure..............................................................................................................7

7. Problem Analysis............................................................................................................................7

8. Department Initiations..................................................................................................................8

9. Intervention required.....................................................................................................................8

10. Project Strategies..........................................................................................................................8

11. Human Resource Allocation Plan........................................................................................10

12. Project Timelines........................................................................................................................12

TIME LINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SFAC PROJECT IN GOA STATE..............................................................................................................................13

Annexure 1: List of vegetable growing potential villages...................................16



1. Key Information of the Organization

Name of organization Indian Grameen Services (IGS)

Contact Address CE 103, Salt Lake City, Sector 1, 700 064

West Bengal, India.

Contact Person Mihir Sahana, Managing Director

Mobile No. of Contact Person + 91 9771493321

E-mail Address of Contact Person

[email protected]

2. Overview of Goa StateGoa is a small state on the West Coast of India located between Sahyadri Mountain range on east and Arabian Sea on the west. Goa comprises of two districts:

North Goa South Goa

Being on the foothills of Sahyadri Mountains, the terrain is undulating, especially in the eastern sector which is covered with horticultural crops. The western sector is reasonably plain with sandy soils mainly cultivated under paddy, pulses or vegetables. Elevations of most of the parts of the state are from MSL to about 100 m. above MSL.

Fig 1: Map of Goa State



The total area of the state is 3700 sq. km (3,70,200 ha.) of which 34% of area is under forest covering about 1,25,473 ha. The gross cropped area is 1,71,356 ha. and net sown area is 1,40,000 ha. An area of 36,000 ha.in the state is irrigated. Out of the gross cropped area of 166258 ha, foodgrains occupy 60,029 ha (36.11%) horticultural crop 1,01,173 ha (60.85%) and others like sugarcane and oilseeds occupy 5056 ha. (3.04%).

3.Agriculture in Goa

The current cropping pattern in the state includes rice and rice based cropping system dominating the lowlands of the region while cashew and coconut based systems in the uplands. Rice-rice system although is practiced to a limited extent, rice-pulse, rice-groundnut and rice-vegetable dominates the scenario. Cashew is grown less intensively mostly as mono crop. Coconut

The declining interest towards agriculture may be attributed to small land holdings, high cost of wages and non-availability of agriculture labourers. In addition to this, increasing urbanization has exerted pressure on land making the agriculture activity economically less viable on relative terms.



On the other hand Goa being a major tourist destination, there is tremendous scope for taking up of crops like fruits, flowers, medicinal plants, vegetables, etc. Considering these weaknesses and strengths, a number of measures have been initiated to revitalize the agriculture sector.

The area coverage and production of major crops are given in Table 1.

Table: 1 The area coverage and production under major crops during last three years

Sl. No.

Crop 2006-07 2007-2008 2008-2009Area in Ha

ProductionIn tones

Area in Ha

Production in tonnes

Area in Ha

Production in tonnes

1 Paddy Kharif 35710 126830 34261 117208 34278 120206

2 Rabi 17275 66588 17930 65311 15688 56875

3 TOTAL 52985 193418 52191 182519 49966 177081

4 Pulses 12058 16250 11477 11261 9855 10141

5 Groundnut 2640 4600 3720 6998 3806 8208

6 Vegetables 8213 84290 5547 56027 5703 57603

7 Sugarcane 1120 58279 1034 56027 1021 49253

8 Cashew 55302 24380 55612 21942 55672 13165

9 Coconut 25468 126.68 Million nuts

25545 127.57Million nuts

25608 128.18Million nuts

The State produces about 40,000 tonnes of vegetables during Kharif season and 28,000-30,000 MT, of vegetables in Rabi season, as the rainfall during Kharif has been normal so far, the vegetable production has been secured. The average requirement of vegetables per month is about 13, 00 MT of which about 5,000 is locally produced and 8,000 MT are brought in from other States.

4. Major Crops and Demand

Horticulture is a major component in agriculture of Goa with two major plantation crops on large scale (cashew in 55672 ha and coconut in 25608 ha). At present about 45 units process cashew in Goa with a totalcapacity of 50,000 mt . Goa state being an internationally renowned tourist destination with huge influx of tourists from both domestic and international throughout the year, the requirement of fresh fruits and vegetables is always high. Assuming the recommended dietary requirements and predicted consumption patterns, Goa will require about 1 to 1.2 lakh t/yr. fruits and vegetables each by the year 2030. Kokum (Garciniaindica) is native to Goa and exhibits great variability owing to its cross-pollinating nature and seedling origin. This makes



kokum deserve a thorough study on genetic diversity. Though there is rich diversity, there are no commercial orchards of kokum.

In Goa, the area under vegetable crops during 2006-07 was 8,213 ha with the annual production of about 84,290 tonnes. But the production and productivity of vegetable crops over the year is stagnant in comparison to growing demand. The area under cultivable fallow land is also increasing year by year thus posing serious threat to availability of vegetable and other agricultural produces from Goa in the coming days. It is high time to devise a sustainable policy to improve the vegetable area and production to meet the requirement of local population and tourists.

5. Potential of Vegetable cultivation in the state

Being a tourist destination and a state with good living standards and purchasing power, horticulture products have a very good local market. The total population of the state is 13.47 lakhs as per 2001 census. Besides this, the state handles about 18 to 20 lakhs of tourist annually. The demand for fruits, vegetables, coconut and cashew-nuts by this large population of 32 lakhs annually is tremendous. At present about 60,000 tons of vegetable (200 tons per day), about 24,000 tons of fruits (80 tons per day) and 5 to 6 lakhs of tender coconuts are brought in annually from other states to meet the needs of the locals and tourists.

Table 2: Demand for Vegetables in Goa (lakh tons)

Sr. No Particulars Quantity1 Population in Lakhs 322 Demand @ current

consumption rate182500

3 Demand @ WHO nutritional norms

327040

4 Production 74725

5 Product inflow from other states

73000

6 Product outflow from the state Nil7 Exports from the state Nil

Deficit @ current consumption rate

34775

9 Deficit @ WHO norms 179315

Source: Rabobank Analysis, NSSO, NHM- Revised Action Plan for Goa

6. Marketing Infrastructure



1) PortsGoa has one port, located at Vasco, and the agricultural export from it is very small (150 Tons, which is less than one percent of the total exports). The primary export commodity is gherkins. There is no cold storage facility which may be utilized for horticultural exports from the port.

2) AirportsGoa has one airport, located at Vasco, and the agricultural exports from it are limited (600 MT, which is less than 15 percent of the total exports). The export commodities comprise of cashew, fruits and vegetables. There is one private cold storage facility (250 MT) existent which may be utilized for horticultural export purposes.

3) MandisNo large or dedicated mandi exists for any of the products. There are five medium-sized and four small-sized mandis in the state. The following is the product flow through them.

Fruits: mango, jackfruit, banana, pineapple Vegetables: cucumber, bhendi, long bean, brinjal, green chillies, root & tuber crops Others: kokum, coconut, cashew nut Cashew is the primary product in all the Mandis.

7. Problem Analysis Presently in Goa state about 90 % vegetables are sold directly by each farmers on road side.

Only 5% of the vegetable produce is being sold to department and remaining 5 % sold for wholesalers. It is a common seen in Goa that each farmer bring their produce to sell it on road side. This practice clearly depicts the lack of group approach in the state and majority of farmers are wasting their time to sell their produce.

Average vegetable production in the state is 60500 tonnes per annum, which is far less than the demand in the state. The factors attributed to this deficit production are: Less penetration of high yielding / improved varities, limited irrigation facilities, declining interest among youths to carry through the farming activities etc. Department promoted the high yielding varities but acceptance level is very low among the farmers.

Lack of market infrastructure: Coupled with the low production of vegetables, the exisiting market infrastructure and market linkage mechanism in the state are weak. Though in recent years, department of Agricultueinitatited lot of schemes to support market linkages for vegetables in the state, the problems continue to persist. Still 80% of import of vegetables from neighbouring state are in the hands of private traders and are doing huge business.



8. Department InitiationsDepartment initiated through Goa State Horticulture Corporation for procuring the vegetables from Belgaum (neighboring district in Karnataka) and selling through their horticulture booths which are run and managed by the unemployed youths / sHG groups. They have to sell at pre fixed rates set by the department. Response for this scheme is good so far.

Another scheme called ‘Farmers Bazar’ started in Margao in 22 locations. Under this scheme space are providing to farmers to sell their produce on dat today basis and not on permanent terms. The required infrastructure and common facilities for storage, cold storage, grading, washing, weighing etc were made available by Goa State Horticulture Corporation Limited (GSHCL). The farmers desirous of selling their own produce in this market have to register with GSHCL for permits.

9. Intervention requiredThe priority area of improvement would be to introduce large scale cultivation of hybrid vegetables in major crops. The local vegetable types cultivated fetch premium price apart from its demand among the local population. But the productivity levels of these types of vegetables are low compared to national varieties and the yield gap from hybrid vegetables is wide. Hence introduction of improved varieties/hybrids in major vegetablecrops followed by large scale cultivation of vegetable crops with improved production technologies may increase the production and productivity of these high value crops. Thus, the immediate goal would be to raise the present productivity level of 10 tonnes / hectare to national average of 15 tonnes / hectare, which will add almost 50 per cent more production of vegetables per year.

Keeping this in view, it is imperative to do the following interventions to harness the potential of vegetable production in the state. They are:

Forming of groups Awareness on improved varieties. Capacity building on agronomic practices, grading, value addition etc Creating market linkages by establishing Farmers Producer Organization (FPO)

10. Project StrategiesThe overall aim of the strategies under SFAC is to collectivize farmers, especially small producers, at various levels, to foster technology penetration, improve productivity, enable improved access to inputs and services and increase farmer income.

In consultation of Directorate of Agriculture, Goa, potential villages were identified to take up the intervention under SFAC. The list of villages is given in Annexure 1. The identified vegetable growing farmers in these villages will be mobilized in groups of between 15-20 members at the village level and build their association (FPOs) at a district level to plan and



implement product specific cluster. In Goa state, it is planned to promote 2 FPS, on each in two districts.

The various activities and sub activities are given below with time line:

Table 1 : Timeline for the SFAC project implementation in Goa

Timeline ObjectiveOct-11 Finalization of clusters by State govt. & detailed work plan in

consultation with the Govt. Goa team of Indian Grameen Services to be readied and deployed for field surveys in project areas

November 2011 to April 2012

Farmer mobilization for group formation & registration of the same farmers in groups to the project. To be executed through village meetings with opinion leaders and the extant vegetable farmers and dissemination of the awareness about the potential benefits of aggregation. Training and facilitation of extension services to be provided to the formed farmer groups. Exposure visits of the interested farmers and demonstrations to be organized in collaboration with the state horticulture department.

May-12 Completion of farmer group formation and mobilization of 1750 farmers as per target & review of status of groups formed and plugging in training gaps and preparation for the next phase. Package of best practices (POP) to be finalized and shared with the registered farmers in consultation with the Horticulture department which would be used in the next stage.

June 2012 to October 2012

Implementation of Surplus Farm Production Plan. To be initiated in collaboration with the Horticultural Department of Manipur. This would include hand-holding support to the farmer groups and the aggregation systems including cold storage facilities would be put in place. Market linkages for produce to be worked out. Byelaws for the intended FPOs as well as farmer groups that could constitute these FPOs to be constituted.

Nov-12 FPOs to be formed for market access in accordance with the byelaws framed

December 2012 to May 2013

Consolidation of FPOs and the constituent farmer groups. Interface with buyers/marketers and helping these FPOs sell their produce through the identified market linkages that ensure the best returns

June 2013 to Aug 2013 Review of the project through the relevant indicators and systems for post-project sustainability put in place



11. Human Resource Allocation PlanThe human resource deployment for Goa would be aligned with the proposed organizational model for farmer institutions. There would be 4 Livelihood Resource Providers or LSPs who would look after the day-to-day affairs of the two proposed FPOs which are North Goa and South Goa. In addition, there would be two Field Executives or FXs, who would be responsible for monitoring the group formation and dissemination of training (both technical & managerial) to the farmer groups as well as the LSPs who would be reporting to them. These FXs would be directly reporting to the Project Manager for Goa. The proposed HR structure for Manipur is illustrated below:

Figure 2 : HR Structure for Manipur SFAC project implementation by IGS


Project Manager

Field Executive (North Goa)

LSP (Bardez) LSP (Bicholim)

Field Executive (South Goa)

LSP (Ponda) LSP (Quepem)


Fig 3: Livelihood Support Provider (LSP) Locations


LSP 1

LSP 2

LSP 3

LSP 4


12. Project Timelines

The group formation will be carried out simultaneously in the 2 identified districts of Goa with guidance from the Agriculture department. The timeline for the entire project duration of 24 months from the period effective from 1st October 2011 is shown in the table below:



TIME LINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SFAC PROJECT IN GOA STATE Activities Sep1

1Oct11

Nov11

Dec11

Jan12

Feb12

Mar12

Apr12

May12

Jul12

Jul12

Aug12

Sep12

Oct12

Nov12

Dec12

Jan13

Feb13

Mar13

Apr13

May13

Jun13

Jul13

Aug13

Stage I

Pre-project Implementation

1.1 Identification of Product specific clusters

1.2 Preparation of Detail Project implementation plan

Stage II

Enhancing Capacity for surplus Farm Production

2.1 Village meetings, identify potential farmers , identify opinion leaders

2.2 Mobilization of farmers

and formation of Farmers 'groups(FGs) at village level

2.3 Exposure visit of Farmers'

group/opinion leaders

2.4 Capacity building of

Farmers' Group in group norms, group functioning and system

2.5 Identification of training

needs of FGs

2.6 Training of farmers

grouped into FGs

Stage III

Implementation for Surplus Farm Production Plan

3.1 Facilitation and

Demonstration of Extension services

3.2 Exposure visit of selected

men and women to villages/farms practicing modern farming methods

3.3 Identification and training

of Livelihood Resource



Persons(LRPs) to function as community based extension agents

3.4 On-field handholding support by LRPs to ensure appropriate usage of quality inputs

3.5 Demonstration of usage

of and effectiveness of relevant farm mechanization practices

3.6 Helping families access

working capital from SHG/MFI, banking sector and other sources

3.7 Link/develop supply

channels for inputs and services

3.8 Identifying and building

aggregation and disaggregation centers in production cluster where ever required

3.9 Developing production

clusters for producing significant volume of marketable surplus

Stage IV

Pre-formation stage of FPO/Collective and Stabilize New surplus Production system

4.1 Farmers in 2nd Crop cycle 4.2 Market Linkage for

Produce

4.3 Systems of Single

commodity market

4.4 Exposure visit,

consultation with FGs for FPO formation, scoping, vision and structure

Stage V

Formation of FPO/Collective



aggregation for market access

5.1 Finalizing list of FGs for FPO constitution

5.2 Membership, and Governance and framing of Bylaws

5.3 Capacity building need

assessment and inputs

5.4 Capacity building of

FPOs(Operating system, MIS, HR)

5.5 Business Planning Exercise 5.6 Interface with

Buyers/Marketers

Stage VI

Phase-out

6.1 Systems for Post -project sustainability



Annexure 1: List of vegetable growing potential villages

S.No

State Name

District Name

Block Name

Village Name

1 Goa North Goa Bardez Assagao2 Aldona3 Bastora4 Calvim5 Corjuem6 Guirim7 Moira8 Moitem9 Nachinola

10 Nadora11 Nagoa12 Olaulim13 Parra14 Pomburpa15 Saligao16 Salavador do Mundo17 Sangolda18 Siolim19 Verla20 Pernem Alorna21 Chandel22 Corgao23 Dargalim24 Ibrampur25 Mandrem26 Mopa27 Torxem28 Tuem29 Uguem30 Varconda31 Virnora32 Satari Advoi33 Anjunem34 Birondem35 Choraundem36 Compordem



37 Codiem38 Morlem39 Mauzi40 Maloli41 Melauli42 Malpona43 Nanus44 Nagargao45 Naneli46 Nanorem47 Onda48 Poriem49 Podocem50 Ponsuil51 Pissurlem52 Pale53 Querim54 Rivem55 Siroli56 Satorm57 Sanvorcem58 Sirsodem59 Veluz60 Velguem61 Vanteum62 Tiswadi Batim63 Chimbel64 Chorao65 Calapor66 Carambolim67 Cumbarjua68 Cujira69 Curca70 Ella71 Gandaulim72 Goa-Velha73 Malar74 Taleigao75 Bicholim Adwalpale76 Amone77 Arvalem78 Bordem79 Maulinguem



80 Mencurem81 Mulgao82 Naroa83 Navelim84 Velgeum85 Virdi86 Ponda Betora87 Boma88 Candepar89 Codar90 Cuncoliem91 Cundiam92 Curti93 Durbhat94 Marcaim95 Priol96 Querim97 Savoi-Verem98 Siroda99 Tivrem

100 Usgao101 Vagurbem102 Velinga103 Volvoi104 South Goa Sanguem Boma105 Bati106 Calem107 Colem108 Caranzol109 Camarconda110 Colomba111 Curdi112 Molem113 Moissal114 Maulinguem115 Muguli116 Oxel117 Salauli118 Vichundrem119 Verlem120 Xelpem121 Salcete Benaulim122 Betalbatim



123 Chandor124 Chinchinim125 Calata126 Camurlim127 Cavelossim128 Curtorim129 Cuncolim130 Davorlim131 Deussua132 Dicarpale133 Drampur134 Guirdolim135 Loutulim136 Macasana137 Majorda138 Margao139 Nagoa140 Navelim141 Nuvem142 Paroda143 Raia144 Rachol145 Sarzora146 Sao Jose de Areal147 Utorda148 Verna149 Varoda150 Quepem Avedem151 Adnem152 Ambaulim153 Bali154 Bendordem155 Barcem156 Cotombi157 Cazur158 Morpila159 Molcarnem160 Maina161 Mangal162 Naquerim163 Pirla164 Quepem165 Sulcorna



166 Xeldem167 Canacona Canacona168 Cola169 Cotigao170 Gaodongrem171 Loliem172 NagorcemPalolem173 Poinguinim174 Marmugao Arossim175 Chicalim176 Cortalim177 Cuelim178 Cansaulim179 Issorcim180 Pale181 Quelossim182 Sancoale183 Velsao


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