Prasari west bengal

1. Extension MECHANISM ( AGRI-ALLIED ACTIVITIES): ACCESSING RESOURCES … PRASARI

2. Mission & vision… 2 Mission Working with and for the poor towards secured and sustainable livelihoods. Vision Ensured access to the services for secured and sustainable livelihoods for the poor, especially the women, to lead dignified life.

3. FOCUS… 3

4. STRATEGIC PARTNERS… 4 GOVT & PRIVATE

5. Implementation Approach… 5 MAPPING IS A TOOL HELPS SHGs TO PLAN

6. OPERATIONAL AREA (Hill & Delta) TWO DISTS. FIVE BLOCKS

7. Extension Agriculture… At present Agriculture support has been extended from SDTT in both Delta & Hill area. Carried on SRI-Promotion with villagers through SHGs and beyond in Gosaba (S24), Mal & Nagrakata (Jalpaiguri) Reached out 6213 farmers (4205 in Sunderban & 2008 in Dooars ) with an amount scaling i.e. Govt. leverage Rs.3,86,934 & farmers Rs. 38,69,567 in Dooars . Following this in Gosaba Govt. leverage Rs. 3,05,804 & farmers Rs. 44,27,930. Kept on updating the Agri -Dept. 90% of the vegetable mini-kit for Nagrakata and Gosaba handed over to PRASARI for SHGs; covered 1463 families on 1369 decimal. 7

8. On own initiative of farmers SRI carried out in Sunderban is 1033 bigha with engagement of 887 farmers & in Dooars it goes 259 bigha with 307 farmers. Implementation of vermi compost in Sunderban is 606 beds & for Dooars its 812 beds. Own contribution by farmers is Rs. 17,01,600. In Sunderban , PRI has given 50 vermi -compost beds whose monetary value is approx Rs. 10 lakhs .

9. Vermi -compost Two different types of vermicompost beds- Ready made bed Kutcha bed Size: Length X Width X Depth= 4f X 4f X 2f Size: Length X Width X Depth= 6f X 3f X 1.5-2f

10. Ag-Dept. extended more support…. Common meeting between PRASARI-ADA-PRI on SRI up-scaling Dept. deputed two of its staffs for disease-pest management training for PRASARI farmers ( SRI+Veg ) ADA transferred BGREI entire kit of the Block to PRASARI for 1000 farmers along with phases of trainings by Dept. to farmers on field Jointly organized kissan mela for 14 GPs of Gosaba . 10

11. Extension Animal Husbandries… Livestock Dept. supported vaccines for all goats in 6 GPs of Gosaba , Sunderban. Community paid the vaccine costs and carrying costs (which are not free) NO PPR this year for goat Chickens, pigs and cows are vaccinated completely 11

12. Extension Fishery… 510 families following proper package of practice All practicing families are linked to quality suppliers of fry and purchased collectively Feeding fish is now a habit Demand generated for supply of feed and fry to a scale Fishery Extension Officer trained 148 families and wishes to work together 12

13. Extension five square model; MGNREGS Standardized the design Lots of Arguments between PRASARI Engineers and Block Engineers on stability of slopes: finally could convince technically (Courtesy WRDD-GoWB) Model justifying the hypothesis-salinity & water logging prevention Leveraged 13 structures in 2 GPs amounting 12.9 lakhs & 220 are under process with value in Rs. 1crore for 3years. Appreciated by FAO of UN-World Bank intends to study the model. 13

14. To Summarize… SRI LEVERAGE FROM BGREI FROM GoWB: for 1000 farmers (Courtesy Dept. of Ag) LIVESTOCK VACCINATIONS FOR ALL IN 6 GPS: (Courtesy Dept. of Livestock) 510 FAMILIES UNDER CARP-PRAWN CULTURE WITH PROPER POP (Courtesy SDTT-PALLI demo) 13 FIVE SQUARE MODELS (Courtesy : PRI) 1418 VERMI BEDS 7506 SRI FAMILIES 14 IN NRM THERE ARE MANY MORE ..

15. RESEARCH… 15 WHEN FARMERS ARE RESEARCHERS..

16. ASPECTS (ON STATION &FARM… YEAR SEASON ASPECT NO OF FARMERS CONSISTENCY 2011 KHARIF BASE LINE-SRI 14+14 2011-12 RAVI WEED NUTRIENT WATER 4+4 4+4 6+6 2012 KHARIF WEED 14+14 2 FARMERS REPLACED 2012-13 RAVI WEED NUTRIENT WATER 4+4 4+4 6+6 2013 KHARIF WEED 14+14 TOTAL 5 5 70+70=140

17. SINGLE CROP-RICE+ 1 acre av. land HIGH RAINFALL IN JULY (753mm) WATER SCARCITY +HIGH SALINITY IN SUMMER (50% MORE) FOOD INSECURITY+60% DISTRESSED MIGRATION RESEARCH ON SALINITY-WATERLOGGING… 18 FARMER’S LACK OF FAITH ON NRM-AGRIL. DISTRESSED MIGRATION BACKGROUND

18. WHS AS A SOLUTION FOR WEST BENGAL (FAO of UN) … 19 WHS IN WESTERN ZONE HARVESTING RUNOFF RECHARGING GROUNDWATER WHS IN COASTAL ZONE HARVESTING RUNOFF RECHARGING GROUNDWATER? REDUCING SALINITY REDUCING WATER LOGGING

19. WHS & LANDSHAPING TREATMENTS……. 20 SCHEMATIC IDEA…

20. Addressing (submergence) Water logging ….. 22 Water Depth,(15 Days interval )-2013 Date Pond Field Outside 30th,july 2012 3ft. * * 15th,August 4.5 ft. * * 31st, August 7ft 2 inch * 4 inch 15th, September 11ft. 4 inch 8 inch 2 ft. 30th, September 10.5 ft. 6 inch 1 ft 2 inch 15th, October 9ft.8 inch 4 inch 8 inch 30th, October 9 ft 2 inch 3 inch 7 inch 16th,November 8 ft.8 inch 1 inch 2 inch 30th, November 8ft, 2inch * * 17th, December 8ft * * 31st, December 7ft, 11 inch * * 15th, January 2013 7ft, 8 inch * * 29th January 7ft, 6 inch * * 14th February 7ft, 4 inch * * WHAT DOES THE TREATMENT DO……

21. Addressing Soil Salinity….. 23 Soil Salinity and pH-2013   Bund Field Outside Date Salinity PH Level Salinity PH Level Salinity PH Level (%) (%) (%) July 4 7.5 7.5 7 7.5 6.5 August 3.5 7.6 6 7.5 7.5 6 September 3 7.8 6 8 6.5 4.5 October 2 8 4.5 4.5 5 4.5 November 5 2 5 4 4 December 5 3 5 5 5 January 1 5 3 5 6 5 14 th February 2 5 4 6 6 5 WHAT DOES THE TREATMENT DO……

22. 24 Investment and expected return from the 'five square model' for 33 decimal 1 RAIN-SEASON AREA(SQ.FT) WATER REQD. Investment (Rs.) RETURN(RS.) AVAILABLE WATER A RICE -SRI(SQ.FT) 10890 1000 8437.5 16639 B BUND-VEG (OKHRA) 1452 2400 9600 16639 C HIGH-LAND VEG (OKHRA) 2800   16639 2 FISH (MIX CULTURE) 3025 5043 2268.75 5000 11596 3 POST-KHARIF         11596 A MUSTARD-SRI 5724 5724 2000 6181.92 5872 B BUND-VEG (bitter gourd) 1452 1452 1000 5120 4420 C HIGH-LAND VEG (cue-cumber) 2800 2800 1500 4977.778 1620 4 SUMMER         1620 A BUND-VEG (RIDGE GOURD) 1452 1452 750 3840 168 TOTAL 16471 10918.75 43157.2   RETURN FROM WHS..

23. What PRASARI is doing at jalpaiguri … Cost minimization Increasing productivity SRI and Vermicompost Diversion Based Irrigation project at Angrabhasa -I Promoting Self Help Groups (SHGs) Proper knowledge through training and exposure Irrigation water for 430 Ha. of land for cultivating throughout the year Livelihood planning and exercise (Yearly) Strengthening Agriculture and promoting livelihood

24. Diversion Based Irrigation Brief about the project: Using gravity diversion (Pipe Based) of river ( Daina ) water for irrigating 430 ha. of land in two mouzas , Uppar Kalabari and Hridaypur , of Angrabhasa -I Gram Panchayat . Total 3.3 Km Parallel pipeline with many outlets and a inspection chamber Renovation of inlet at the river embankment Three concrete water diversion structures and a siltation chamber Total Project cost: Rs 1.3 crore (funded by SDTT) 1160 beneficiary families Post infrastructural implementation livelihood promotion through SHG

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