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Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture

Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture. Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty. Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture. Makes best use of the natural resources (biological and physical) By using local knowledge, skills and labor Community managed support systems . Main objective.

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Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture

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  1. Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty

  2. Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture • Makes best use of the natural resources (biological and physical) • By using local knowledge, skills and labor • Community managed support systems

  3. Main objective • To sustain agriculture based livelihoods • Special focus on small and marginal farmers, Women, tenants, agriculture workers • Technology • Local natural resource based • Knowledge centric than product centric, hence support only in the form of knowledge • Community Resource Persons • Management • Community managed (SHGs)-financial and personnel

  4. Program strategies • Reducing cost of cultivation by adopting practices which involve low or no expenditure • Resource persons to provide regular technical support in the village • Best practicing farmer in the village identified as village activist • Weekly group meetings in the fields for reviewing, researching, trouble shooting and capacity building • Paid cluster activist for 5 villages • Technical support by experienced NGOs • Variety of resource material • Program anchored and regularly reviewed by the Federation of SHGs at village, mandal and district level

  5. Components Non Pesticidal Management as stepping stone • Integrating management practices to prevent insects from reaching damaging stage and damaging proportion • a natural ecological balance will ensure that pests do not reach a critical number in the field that endangers the yield • nature can restore such a balance if it is not meddled with too much, hence no chemical pesticides at all. • understanding the insect biology and crop ecology is important to manage pests – it is not enough if reactive sprays are taken up during outbreak. • Prevention rather than control/reaction is the key element to NPM • crop diversity and soil health play an important role in pest and disease management • that pest and disease management is possible with local, natural material

  6. NPM for Ecological, Economic and social benefits • Ecological • Healthy crop, healthy food, and healthy environment • Safe to farmers, workers, consumers and animals • Economical • Increased net incomes • Reduction in health costs • Getting out of debt trap and marketing bondage • Farmers getting back the mortgaged lands • Social capital: Enormous confidence on ecological agriculture, farmers showing great interest

  7. The reach… 2005-06 • 10 districts • 450 villages • 25 thousand acres • 15 thousand farmers 2006-07 • 17 districts • 1050 villages • 2.0 lakh acres • 80 thousand farmers 2007-08 • 18 districts …aiming to reach 25 lakh acres across crops in all districts of AP in five years

  8. SAVINGS 2006-07

  9. Moving forward… • Seed bank networks: • Focus on local production and sharing • Maintaining crop and Varietal diversity • Last year 10 villages on pilot -groundnut • 2007-08 seventy villages-30 % seed requirement will be met locally • Warangal-28 villages • Ananthpur-11 villages • Khammam-10 villages • Kurnool, Mahboobnagar, Guntur, Nalgonda-20 villages

  10. Special focus on improving soil health and productivity • Improving biomass for composting and fodder • Building natural base to move towards organic production • Special focus on efficient management and use of groundwater, effective rainwater harvesting, social regulation

  11. Convergence • MoU with Spices Board to produce pesticide free chillies • APEDA came forward to support the program • Convergence EGS to enhance natural resource base and provide employment to agriculture workers, improving the lands of SC/ST, women, small and marginal farmers • Overlaying with star procurement centres, dairying and food security

  12. Moving Forward • Consolidation & Gains (April – May 2007) • 3 pilot village immersion and to fine tune strategy, modules. • Immersion program in all villages. ( 18 districts) • Resource inventory • Technical / Management components • C.D – Film show – success stories • C.B. program to all Cluster Activists, Orientation to partner NGOs, Self Help Groups. • Resource material / crop wise manuals up to village level. • Program guidelines prepared in Telugu after extensive discussions with partners / stakeholders up to village level.

  13. Capacity Building Program, Marketing CRPs for NPM over lay with “Star Procurement Centres”. • Kharif Plan 2007 • Rabi 2007-08 • Extensive Field Visits, interaction with Stakeholders, to strengthen program • Extensive Field Visits interaction with Stakeholders, to strengthen program • SERP visited 91 out of 92 NGOs and other MMS Managed villages/ Fields, in 18 districts • Interacted with Farmers / samakhya Members. • Categorization of NGOs/Mandal/Districts - on

  14. Institutional Strengthening • SHG/Farmers • NPM sub-committee at Village, Mandal, Zilla formed. • Meetings / Discussions every month. • Performance of CA/VA (NGO) reviewed. • Payment of salaries of VA/CA and facilitation fees of NGOs by Samakhyas. • Field inspection by members & SHGs • Further Capacity Building for members planned December/January.

  15. Farmer Field Schools Stabilized • Fixed day every week • Sub group for ever 20 – 25 farmers • Convener, Co-convener for every sub-group • Best practicing farmers • Out of 2, one woman farmer • Field Based activity • Study of beneficial Insects • Preparation of Life Cycle of Harmful Insects • Sharing of learnings in the village • Further Capacity Building of Convener, Co-convener planned at district level in January – February • Farmer CRPs – • Identification Placement – December – January. • Identification Placement – December - January • Exposure Visits / Field Days in progress. • Farmer Registration fee – collected 21 lakhs / 53 lakhs • Lead NGO and DPM NPMs (for each district) • Vehicle for extensive tours • Joint Field visits • Attending Z.S/MMS, review meetings • Hand holding support to Samakhyas • Special focus on MMS (by DPM NPM) with out support of NGOs

  16. Communication Network • Access E-Mails through SANET by all NGOs/DPM (NPM) • Data – base, cell nos of NGO, DPM, CA, VA SHG members important SMS through Way2sms site • Video Conference on NPM/Marketing every fortnight with NGOs – CAs – Samakhyas – DPM – Farmers • Sharing learnings • Monitoring of program • Plan – Next Fortnight / Month • Further Action On • Establishing Call centres • Establishing Cluster resource centres • Evaluation grading mandal NGO / CA / VA.

  17. Convergence • Spices Board – Commerce Ministry, GOI, Interested in Pesticide Free chillies for expor • Promised delivery 2000 MT • Tie up with Dr MV Rao for quality check • Quality Control Inspectors at Village Level • APEDA - Examining our proposals to strengthen • NPM extension support structure • Post harvest Infrastructure • Convergence with EGS • Enhance natural resource base • Improving lands of SC/ST/SF/MF/POP/Poor • Providing employment to agricultural workers • Overlay with Star Procurement Centres, dairying and Food Security • M.O.U with GOI for 182 crores over 5 years – organizing farming in rainfed areas • Benefits - Rs.5400/ha • Total Benefit 1485 crores / 5 years • 25 lakh acres, 5000 villages, 10 lakh farmers.

  18. Moving Forward • Enhancing Managing Natural Resources • Bio Mass plantation Improvement Soil health and productivity • Providing enabling microbial activity through applications of • Panchagavya • Jeevamrutham • Soil Mukha (leaves) • Rainfed composting • Tanksilt application • Azolla in paddy fields • ICRISAT Field trials – proposed on Farmer Field (pilot) scaling up • Focus on Vegetables • NPM – vegetables around Hyderabad – Marketing the HACA outlet – pilot run • Tie up with Rythu Bazars in Hyderabad, Efforts on

  19. Reclaimed the Land from mortage • SF / MF taken additional lands on lease for NPM cultivation • Big farmers are preferring NPM SF / MF for share cropping to save their investment on in puts

  20. VO CORPUS fund / Revolving Fund • Purpose: • Establishing custom hiring centres • Plan Bullocks, tillage equipments • Neem pulversers • Spray equipments • NPM shops to supply • panchagavya • Registration fee collected from NPM farmers – Average Rs.4000/VO • V.O. seeking linkage with Financial Institutions and SERP • Under GOI funding of Rs.182 crores – rainfed Organic Farming • Provision made for 1.2 lakhs/ village • Exploring other funding agencies like • APEDA • Species Board etc.,

  21. Consortium on Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture Executive committee SERP PMU State Level Secretariat CSA State level Implementation and financial management Technical Support District committee of NGOs District level Zilla Samakhya (District Federation of women’s SHGs) District Rural Development Agency (Coordination) NGOs, KVKs Mandal level Mandal Mahila Samakya (Federation of Women SHGs) Cluster coordinator (for 5 villages) Village level Grama Sangham (Village Organisation of women SHGs) Farmer Field Schools Village Resource Centres Village activist

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