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Activities within
the grant and expected impact:
The project operates within select twenty
benchmark villages (4 nucleus and 16 satellite),
and is developing these as sites of learning
in the East Singhbhum and Gumla districts
in Jharkhand, and Jhabua and Mandla districts
in Madhya Pradesh. The selected benchmark
villages serve as training sites, and as
sites for undertaking action research.
In each village, during each season, 20-25
on-farm trials are being conducted on farmers’
fields to evaluate various improved management
practices for increasing agricultural productivity
and incomes. Within this project, the integrated
livelihood based interventions are being
undertaken with key focus on promoting better
agriculture practices in various Kharif
and Rabi crops to enhance productivity.
An Integrated Genetic and Natural Resource
Management (IGNRM) approach is adopted,
to promote sustainable utilisation of the
land and water resources.
The project provides regular technical
inputs to ongoing field projects on crop
and water management practices. Linkages
with the state agriculture universities,
research and academic institutions are being
developed for the long-term qualitative
extension support to the farmers.
Key components of the project include:
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Promotion
of IGNRM approach through field based
capacity building towards a holistic
farming system for the sustainable use
of available natural resources |
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Capacity building
through knowledge sharing and technical
backstopping for developing farmers’
skills and ensuring no crop failure
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Field demonstrations
on improved agricultural practices through
scientific technologies such as improved
seeds, micronutrients, Integrated Pest
Management, etc. |
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Multi-institutional
consortium approach along with Krishi
Vigyan Kendras, Farmers Training Centres,
Civil Society Organisations and research
organisations |
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Promotion of market
led diversification through systematic
studying of the market demand and supply
system |
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Policy advocacy
through organising policy workshops,
development of policy documents on enhancing
productivity of rain-fed agriculture,
and dissemination |
The intervention is expected
to enhance crop productivity of different
crops by 40 per cent, as against its baseline
status. The family incomes from agriculture
and from allied sector activities will be
enhanced by 40 per cent to the baseline
of about Rs15,000 per annum. The 20 villages
would act as models for promoting systematic
cropping technologies in the field, enhancing
crop productivity along with strengthening
the livelihood of the communities.
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