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Kisan Samridh – Shramjeevi Vikas Manch

Project: Kishan Samridh
Region: Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh
Focus Area: Five Villages for Pithora Block (Devtarai, Khairjhudi, Kotgarh, Jhanpimahua, Karidongar)
SIF Partner: Shramjeevi Vikas Manch (SVM)

Project Goal

Developing a demonstrable model of farming with 25 selected, marginal or poor farmers in five villages of Pithora Block which can catch the attention of other farmers so that they will adopt the methods with the potential to improve their lives from economic and social front.

 

Situation Of Farmers at Mahasamund

  • Land holdings are very marginal and landless farmers are more prone to migration.
  • Increased migration to bigger cities (official figure around 2 lakhs, but estimated more than 10 lakhs in reality)
  • Limited irrigation facility despite great river Mahanadi and annual rainfall more than 800 mm
  • High livestock but not effectively used for dairy development, organic manures productions
  • Poor percolation of governmental programmes to the farmer families on account of political, vested interest, illiteracy.

Strategy

There have been many schemes in the past and they were not effective because of the mindset and inhibition towards modern methods. Strategy for training needs to include systematic behavioural interventions amongst the farmers to realize their potential. Training also needs to be supported by in-field methods for improving their productivity and to develop demonstrable models. The approach is multi-dimensional and simultaneous in nature. The strategies planned for the project are broadly listed as follows.

  • Behavioural change amongst the farmers through demonstrations, linkages and counseling
  • Capacity building of the farmers in cultivation and farming along with the related trades that are considered as by-products
  • To introduce the Systematic Rice Intensification for Rice and line seeding method of other crops
  • To foster home gardens for vegetable cultivation at individual households

Objectives

  • To improve the income of the farmers by 40% in two years through a composite method of cultivation.
  • To develop a demonstrable mode of farming for other farmers.
  • To ensure linkages with related agencies for leveraging resources and marketing of their products.
  • To introduce customized trades within agriculture purview with feasibility for supporting the income level of the farmers.

Activities Planned

Preparatory activities

  • Identification of around 25 farmers as model group in five villages of Pithora and ensuring their legal documentations on land holdings
  • Preliminary orientation on the roadmap of farming for improved income
  • Mapping the possible agencies and stakeholders who can be linked with the farmers for leveraging resources

Capacity building of farmers including in-field support on improved methods

  • Training to farmers on SRI method of rice cultivation ( Seed treatment, Nursery development, transplantation, weeding, NPK management and watering etc)
  • Training to farmers on home garden development for vegetable cultivation for earning supportive income
  • Training to farmers on Pest control management, NPK management, Marketing of produces, exploring semi-agricultural activities such as mushroom cultivation, organic compost making, usage of trading of vegetables etc

Support to farmers for second crops or alternative related vocations

  • Support to farmers as model in seed, small scale Agri equipments , land leveling etc in a need based manner
  • Fostering group farming in second crop and women groups of farmers families to take up livelihood activities

Developing linkages with various agencies to leverage resources

  • Establishing linkage with credit cooperation, mandi linkage, storage facilities, financial institutions etc

Concurrent supportive supervision and validation of the activities along with evidence generation

  • Farmers are concurrently supported in the farming and other ventures
  • Exploring resources and additional supports from the existing systems
  • Systematic documentation of the process

 

 

Activities done so far

  • 25 farmers from 5 villages are identified, who are a mix of poor, marginal and very poor families with certain volume of land holding
  • All the farmers are oriented individually on the project objectives through individual counseling and interactions.Orientation sessions focussed on the SRI methods, proper utilization of home gardens for vegetable cultivation, linkage of women members of the farmers to SHGs and promotion of vocational trades related to agriculture.
  • Farmers were also told about leveraging various government schemes that are aimed at improving the cultivation. 
  • They were also motivated to make the necessary preparation of developing their home gardens and they were also supported by the organization
  • The organization has started mapping of the resources of the villages along with the social mapping, resource mapping, distance mapping, seasonal mapping, livelihood mapping and the process is being continued . The aim is to assess the potential areas where necessary resources can be leveraged. 
  • .All related government schemes and programmes are also being compiled that can be sensitized to the beneficiaries for availing.

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