Convergence of Agricultural Interventions in Maharashtra-(CAIM) 2009-2017

1. Convergence of Agricultural Interventions in Maharashtra-(CAIM) 2009-2017 N. NawinSona, IAS Project Director and Additional Commissioner PMU, Amravati (M.S.) caim.pda@gmail.com

2. Project Area: 6 Districts

3. BACKGROUND Rain fed farming: Cotton, Soyabean, Tur Lack of In Situ water Conservation and WHS Over utilization of chemicals i.e. fertilizers, pesticides etc. Low Productivity: Poor Cultivation Practices Indebtedness & increase in production cost Low Crop Produce Holding Capacity: Distress Sale Lack of MarketInfrastructure & information Market vagaries & risks No Industrial Growth Higher proportion of distressed households & Farmer suicides

4. IS “TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE AND DIVERSIFIED, ON-FARM AND OFF-FARM LIVELIHOODS TO HOUSEHOLDS, ENABLE THEM TO FACE PRODUCTION AND MARKET RISKS WITHOUT FALLING INTO POVERTY AND DISTRESS.” GOAL AND OBJECTIVES • IMPROVE HOUSEHOLDD INCOMES FROM DIVERSIFIED FARMING AND OFF-FARM ACTIVITIES. • SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE THE INTRODUCTION OF ORGANIC AND LOW INPUT (LEISA) CONTRACT FARMING. • FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF FARMERS’ GROUPS IN PRIMARY PROCESSING, QUALITY ENHANCEMENT AND MARKETING. • EMPOWER WOMEN THROUGH MICRO-FINANCE AND MICRO-ENTERPRISES. • ACHIEVE CONVERGENCE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES AND RESOURCES.

5. THE PROGRAMME TARGET GROUPS ARE RURAL HOUSEHOLDS BELONGING TO……. • SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES. • LANDLESS LABOURERS. • THE RURAL WOMEN. • SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS AND • HOUSEHOLDS FACING AGRARIAN DISTRESS. TARGET GROUPS

6. SELECTION OF VILLAGES WITH PREDOMINANT BPL HOUSEHOLDS. • SELECTION OF TARGET GROUP HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THESE VILLAGES WEALTH RANKING. • LIST OF SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS VALIDATED BY GRAM SABHA. TARGETING IN LINE WITH IFAD MANDATE

7. THE PROJECT IS IN LINE WITH THE POLICIES OF IFAD, SRTT AND GOM: THAT IS • SUPPORT TO LOW EXTERNAL INPUT SUSTAINABLE RAINFED AGRICULTURE. • PRODUCTION OF ON-FARM BIO-INPUTS • TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH NGOs AND PRIVATE SECTOR. • RESPOND TO TECHNOLOGIES DEMANDED BY FARMERS. PROGRAMME RATIONALE

8. PROGRAMME OUTPUTS • 286,800 HOUSEHOLDS INCLUDING 196,800 LANDHOLDING HOUSEHOLDS ARE TARGETED. • 403,200 HA AREA ARE TREATED WITH INSITU WATER CONSERVATION. • 3600 WHS ARE CONSRUCTED; 3 IN EACH VILLAGE. • 1200 WATERSHED VOLUNTEERS WORK FOR THE PROGRAMME. • 1200 FFS ARE ORGANISED INVOLVING 4,800 JLG • 20,000 HOUSEHOLDS ENGAGE IN AGRI-BASED AND LIVESTOCK-BASED ENTERPRISES. • 120 AGRI-BUSINESS CLUSTERS ESTABLISHED. • 120 PRODUCER COMPANIES SET UP AND TRAINED. • 9,000 SHG ORGANISED AND STRENGTHENED AND LINKED TO BANKS • 158,400 DISTRESSED HOUSEHOLDS COUNSELLED WITH THE HELP OF 270 SAHAYOGINIS UNDER 45 CMRCs.

9. PROGRAMME IMPACTS… • HOUSEHOLD INCOMES INCREASE BY 50% • RAINFED CROP PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES BY 11%. • PRODUCTION COSTS DECREASE BY 25 TO 30%. • MORE TRANSPARENT CONTRACT DEEDS NEGOTIATED. • SIZEABLE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS STAY AWAY FROM EXPENSIVE INFORMAL SOURCES OF CREDIT. • VDCs AND WATERSHED VOLUNTEERS GET FAMILIAR WITH THE PREPARATION OF VILLAGE PLANS FOR DRAWING FUNDS FROM NREGA. • EQUITABLE AND NON-EXPLOITATIVE MARKETING FACILITATED. • MARKET-LINKED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED. • VALUE-CHAINS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR SELECTED, MARKET-DEMAND COMMODITIES. • CONVERGENCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENSURED.

10. Major Components

11. Institutional Capacity Building & Partnerships Partnerships Building Establishment of PPP: for market opportunities and potential & end-to-end subprojects Capacity Building of Staff and Producer Groups SHG & CMRC Development Mobilizing poor HHs: Forming/strengthening 9,000 SHGs and45 CMRCs Economic Empowerment of HHs: Counselling to 158 Lakh HHs Initiating pilots: on Debt Swapping, Mutual Crop Insurance thru CMRCs; Resilience of distressed families enhanced: At least 75% of ultra poor HHs graduated to higher level

12. Marketing Linkages & Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture: Economic opportunities for small farmers: In situ water cons. 1200 villages Efficiency of Inputs and linking to markets: FFS(1200), JLGs (4800), Cattle Breeding Centres (60) Marketing Linkages & Value Chains: Equitable, non exploitative mkt: Pro-poor market linkages value chains: Contract Farming (Cotton, Horticulture) Vocational Training: 3600 Rural Youth to be Trained Micro-Enterprises & SMEs: HH Income Increased: Agri-based MEs (15,000), Livestock based MEs (5,000), Milk Collection Centers (45), Agro-processing SMEs (45)

13. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT State Programme Steering Committee (SPSC) at Mumbai Programme Steering Committee (PSC) at Amravati Programme Director PMU at Amravati & PM Unit District Programme Coordination Committee (DPCC) & DPMT NGOs, Private sector, Banks & MFI, CMRCs Gram Panchyats, VDC SHGs and Grassroots Coordination

14. PARTNERSHIPS AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

15. SHG & CMRC DEVELOPMENT

16. MARKET LINKAGES

17. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: IN SITU SWC

18. BREED IMPROVEMENT

19. MICRO-ENTERPRISES

20. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT UNIT AMRAVATI Divisional Commissioner, Amravati, Nagpur PSU- MSAMB Programme Director (CAIM) Addl. Programme Director Knowledge Management Specialist Accounts Officer Agri -Business Development Experts M&E Specialist Gender Expert Asst. Accounts Manager Computer Operator

21. PROGRAMME SUPPORT UNIT PUNE Principal Secretary (DCMT) Managing Director MSAMB CAIM Liaison Officer M&E Officer Accountant Convergence Specialist Computer Operator

22. DISTRICT PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT TEAMS Programme Director, Amravati Project Director ATMA Programme Director, Amravati District Programme Management Teams CAIM District Programme Managers (Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Washim Yavatmal & Wardha) Account Managers M&E Officers Agri. Business Experts Computer Operator

23. PROGRAMME COORDINATION

24. FUND FLOW ARRANGEMENTS IFAD LOAN & GRANT A/C SPECIAL ACCOUNT - GOI SRTT FUND STATE TREASURY (GoM) PROGRAMME A/C, AMRAVATI MAVIM DISTRICT PROGRAMME A/Cs NGOs CMRC IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS PRIVATE SECTOR SHGs/ JLGs BENEFICIARIES/ WATERSHED COMMITTEES

25. CONVERGENCE OF INTERVENTIONS

26. IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES Project Management Unit Staff/NGOs orientation Training Publicity Campaign NGOs selected Village clusters identified NGO Selection under quality-based bidding; Technical & professional experience; Permanent staff support; Proven track record; Regional experience; Satisfactory financial reports that are evaluated by independent auditors; Subprojects identification in the Village Clusters Village Clusters allotted to NGOs Subprojects validation VDCs organised • End-to-End Sub-projects: • Dryland horticulture • Organic farming • High value crops • Contract farming • Flouriculture/poly houses • Sericulture • Bio-fertilisers • Micro-enterprises • Cattle breeding • Dairy development • Venture capital • Private Sector Partnership CMRCs set up SHGs, JLGs organised Private Sector Partnership Training SHGs Village Selection Criteria Predominance of small farmers; Presence of CMRC-supported SHGs; Farmers’ willingness; Potential for project interventions; Market access; communication; Presence of Private sector initiatives. Convergence Plans developed Counselling of distressed HHs • Convergence Programmes • NREGA & EGS • Integrated Watershed Dev. • SGSY • RKVY • Women in Agriculture Dev. • National Horticulture Mission • National food Security Missn. • Technology Cotton Mission • National Pulses & Oilseeds • APMC Schemes • TSP Schemes • DIC Schemes • Dairy Development schemes • Agri Mechanisation Scheme • Banks Credit Plans • Private Sector SHGs bank linkage Convergence Plans & Subprojects ready for implementation Contract Farming Cotton Organic Cotton Soy bean Castor bean Vegetables (organic) Cereals and pulses (organic) Flowers, fruits (organic) Consultation with Farmers Implementation of Value chains interventions Implementation of End-to-End Subprojects Implementation of Contract Farming

27. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS… SELECTION OF VILLAGES, SUBPROJECT SELECTION ORGANISING VDCs SHGs DEVELOPMENT INSITU WATER CONSERVATION SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE BREED IMPROVEMENT MICRO-ENTERPRISES & SMEs MARKET LINKAGES & VALUE CHAINS SUBPROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PRODUCER COMPANIES

28. PROGRAMME FINANCING PLAN

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