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Table of Contents
1.0
Introduction
2.0
Joint Project Steering Committee (JPSC) and Managing
Body Meetings
3.0
ICEF Project Office
4.0
Draft Operating Rules of ICEF
5.0
Project Implementation
5.1
Review of the Constitution of Sub-Project Steering
and Technical Committee
5.2
Extension of Sub-Project Period
5.3
Mid-Term Evaluation
5.4
Final Evaluation
6.0
Financial Status
7.0
Manual of Financial Management System
8.0
Pipeline of New Proposals
9.0
10.0
Report on Micro-Credit and Revolving Funds
11.0
Corporate Work plan for October 2002-March 2003
Annexure B
B1 Indian Farm Forestry Development Cooperative (IFFDC):
Indian Farm Forestry Development Cooperative
B2 Nagaland Environmental
Protection and Economic Development, Implementing Organizations: Government of Nagaland and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
B3 Environmental Improvement in Rainfed
Areas: Indian Potash Limited (IPL)
B 4. Water Resources Development and Energy Conservation for
Sustainable Management of the Environment: BAIF Development Research Foundation
B5 Management of Environmental Resources by Communities: Aga Khan Foundation
B6 Integrated Watershed Management and Water Storage in
B7 Coastal Wetlands: Mangrove Conservation and Management: MS
Swaminathan Research Foundation
B8 Land Restoration through Waste Management, Implementing
Organization: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
and
B9 Education and
B10 Sustainable Development and Water Resources Management of
B 11 Diffusion of Efficient Bio-mass Utilization Technologies in
Non-formal Industries in Karnataka and Kerala:
Technology Informatics Design Endeavor
B 12 Project For
Environment Regeneration: MYRADA
B 13. Sustainable Drinking Water Supply in the Humid Tropics of Kerala, Implementing Organization: Malanadu
Development Society.Partner Organisation
- Kuttanadu Vikasana Samithy, Alappuzha
B 14.
B 15. Implementation of Renewable Energy Technology in Rural
B 16 Rehabilitation of Integrated Tank Management
Systems in the Kalivelli Watershed:
B 17. Community-based Project to Mitigate Arsenic Pollution in
B 18. Management of Fresh Water Resources in the
B 19. Community-based Water Resource Management with Emphasis on
Natural Water Quality Improvement and Resource Recovery: Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) & Central Institute of Fresh
Water Aquaculture (CIFA),
B 20. Bioenergy for Sustainable Rural
Development in Tumkur District, Kanartaka,
B 21. Nagaland Empowerment of People
through Economic Development (Phase II): Government of Nagaland
(GoN)
B 22. Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization of Small Scale
Industrial Units in Kolkata Metropolis Area:
B 24. Water Resources Conservation & Conjunctive Utilisation for Environmental Restoration in Tribal Area of
Patratu Block, Hazaribagh
District (
B 25. Environmental Restoration and Water Conservation in Hill
Villages of
This report provides an overview of the
activities, status and trends of the India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF)
project over the period April-Sept, 2002. The document presents a corporate
work plan of the ICEF Project Office for the next six months. Detailed progress
report, both in physical and financial terms in respect of each of the sub-projects,
has also been provided in the report.
2.0 Joint Project
Steering Committee (JPSC) and Managing Body Meetings
During
the period, Mr. Bill Gunn, Head of Aid, DEVCOS,
Canadian High Commission, was replaced by Mr. Bob Woodhouse. The rest of the membership remained
unaltered.
The
JPSC had its 32nd meeting on
During
this meeting of the Managing Body of the Society, in-depth discussion took
place on the nature of ICEF’s accountability to
CIDA. It was agreed that as a registered
society under the Registration of Societies Act of India, 1860, the
Co-Directors were accountable to its Managing Body, which has representation of
both the governments of
3.0 ICEF Project Office
Mr. Bernard Boudreau, the Canadian
Co-Director, successfully completed his tenure of three years in August,’02.
The Indian Co-Director, in position since October, 01, has since been operating
as the Director of ICEF. The Managing Body of the ICEF had decided during its
18th meeting that the organization could be managed with the one
Director alone after the conclusion of the tenure of the Canadian cooperant in July,’02. Representatives of the Canadian High
Commission also indicated that while the option to fill up the position through
another Canadian cooperant remained open,
The Indian Co-Director undertook a visit to
the CIDA headquarters in June-July,’02 to familiarize himself with the
reporting, management, financial and policy framework of CIDA funded
counterpart funds.
4.0 Draft
Operating Rules of ICEF
The
draft Project Management Plan of ICEF, prepared in 1996, was never formally
approved. It was decided that a set of
Operating Rules needed to be in place for smooth functioning of the
organization. The draft Rules have been
prepared during the period
under review and would be placed before the Managing Body in its next
meeting, scheduled for Oct.8,’02, for consideration and approval.
5.0 Project
Implementation
As
of September, 2002, ICEF has a portfolio of five completed and twenty ongoing
sub-projects; besides four proposals are awaiting consideration by the Joint
Project Steering Committee (JPSC) for final approval. One proposal is in the
process of final review while two more are at the stage of concept review in
the ICEF Project Office.
Project
implementation activities have progressed evenly during the period. Regular meetings of the Technical / Advisory
Committees and the Steering Committees have taken place in as many as 11
sub-projects during the period. Close monitoring
and follow up of the decisions taken in these meetings is being ensured.
Eight
sub-projects in all are scheduled to come to an end during the current
financial year. Of these, two sub-projects concluded during the reporting
period, while the other six would conclude during the next six months period.
Against this backdrop, ICEF intends to put strong focus on dissemination
activities, including sharing of ideas, encouraging debates and discussions,
and to follow up on lessons for wider replication through networking.
5.1 Review
of the constitution of sub-project steering and technical committees
In
order to facilitate better ownership of the sub-project activities by the state
and central government agencies by way of enhanced communication and feedback,
constitution of Steering and Technical Committees of all the sub-projects has
been reviewed and modified during the reporting period. Care has been taken to
ensure participation of the representatives of the concerned central and state
levels ministries and departments in the project in the Steering Committees. Eminent technical experts have been inducted
in to the Technical Committees.
5.2 Extension
of sub-project period
Two
instances where the partner agencies are seeking extension of the project
period are the
In
the Loktak sub-project, the scientific data collected
hitherto has helped to clearly understand the lake system as an organic entity,
with a definite strategy for improvement. The strategy now needs to be put in
to operation with the help of the local people whose livelihood depends on the
health of the lake system. The Project Steering Committee of the sub-project
has also recommended extension for a period of two more years to complete these
activities. No additional budgetary support would be required during the extension
period. ICEFPO is presently considering the request and would take the matter
for consideration of the Managing Body of ICEF along with its recommendation.
The
TIDE sub-project, aimed at diffusion of efficient biomass utilization
technologies, on the other hand, has shown exceptional results so far with all
the targets having been achieved well within the project period. The successful
experiences, however, need to be taken beyond the immediate project boundaries
and disseminated widely for replication. With about 10% of the committed funds
remaining unutilized, ICEFPO is considering a one-year extension to the
sub-project to carry on the good work.
Status
of progress in respect of each of the sub-project is placed at Annexure A of
this document.
The
mid-term evaluation of the
5.4 Final
evaluation
Of
the eight sub-projects heading for conclusion during the financial year, two
sub-projects namely the IIT Kharagpur-Flyash and WWF
concluded during the six months under review. Final evaluation exercise with
specialist consultants has been gone through in both the projects. Executive
summaries of these reports are placed at Annexure C1 and C2 of the document.
6.0
Financial status
An
amount of Rs. 56.4 crore
was disbursed towards the five completed sub-projects while the outlay for the
twenty ongoing sub-projects has been planned at Rs.51.3 crore. The seven proposals, at various stages of the
pipeline, if approved, would be worth Rs.46.2 crore.
ICEF Project Office budget is projected at Rs.8.5 crore.
With overall fund availability, including interest on deposits and the last
installment of the monetised funds, estimated at
Rs.295 crore, the approved and completed projects
along with administrative expenses of the ICEFPO, account for 76.8% of total
funds. If the sub-projects in the
pipeline worth Rs.46.2 crore were also to be taken in to account, the
level of overall commitment would go up to Rs.272 crore
approximately, leaving Rs.22 crore as uncommitted
funds. New concepts to this end are
under examination in ICEFPO.
Disbursement
of Rs.11.00 crore was made to various sub-projects
during the six-monthly period. Total disbursement during the financial year is
expected to reach Rs.20 crore approximately.
The
last tranche of the monetised
counterpart fund of approximately C$ 10 million out of the C$ 72.00 million
committed by the Govt. of Canada under the MoU with
the Govt. of India, remains to be received by ICEF. Considering the current availability of funds
and the projected cash flow, the tranche of C$ 10
million would only be needed around Oct.-Nov. 2004. The stage
at which the monetisation process may be initiated,
however, would have to be carefully timed as the current cash flow and the pace
of utilization of the available funds would depend on several factors including
approval of new projects. The objective would be to ensure that balance funds
when received, did not remain idle with ICEF. Anticipating a time lag of one
and a half years in the process, the request for funds could be made around
June’03.
Statements
indicating the status of funds, disbursements and investments are placed at
Annexure D.
7.0 Manual of Financial Management System
The
Manual prepared by ICEF in February 02, lays down the Financial Management
System to be followed by Implementing Organisations.
The Manual lays down formats for reporting on financial progress in terms of
physical achievements as well. The document has been shared with the partner
organizations.
The
Finance Officer in the ICEFPO has been asked to interact closely with the
partner agencies in an effort to ensure that the issues were clarified, and
that the system was followed uniformly.
The officer has undertaken short monitoring visits to Chennai for the
Coastal Mangrove sub-project being implemented by the Swaminathan
Foundation, and to Kolkata in connection with the Sagar Wind Turbine and the Arsenic sub-projects. The
practice has yielded encouraging results by way of helping the partners
agencies understand the reporting and book keeping practices better, and would
be continued in future as well.
For
ICEF, more or less midway in its project span, it would be important to look
for proposals that go beyond activities merely at the local level. The
successful solutions and strategies, based on hands-on experience gained from
implementing such a large number of projects in the past years, ought to be
internalized into the policy and practices adopted and promoted by the
government ministries and departments at all levels, including the central,
state, district, block and village levels. This would be an effective way to
replicate the approaches and models adopted by ICEF’s
partners in other parts of the country. Policy advocacy, therefore, would
become an important corner stone of future intervention by ICEF. The current
pipeline of sub-projects is being developed with an eye to this important
issue.
The
current pipeline of sub-projects could be categorized in to the “hard” and
“soft” pipelines. Four proposals namely, the Ladakh
Renewable Energy, M.P. Irrigation, Ranchi Solid Waste
Management and the Networking Project, awaiting final consideration by the
JPSC, could be put in the hard pipeline category. Three more proposals namely,
the Mizoram Forest Conservation, Chhattisgarh
Environment Management and the Uttaranchal
Biodiversity Conservation are at the review stage in the ICEFPO, and could be
categorized as the soft pipeline.
In
addition, a large number of proposals have also been received in the past six
months and are being subjected to the screening process in the ICEFPO.
9.0
With
a view to disseminate the ICEF experience, Project Officers in ICEFPO have been
encouraged to share their insights, gained from hands-on implementation of
sub-projects, with wider audience at the national level. Such interactions, approved carefully and
selectively, at important workshops and seminars organized by other NGOs as
well as government organizations, would help in raising the level of ICEF’s own perception of the environmental challenges being
encountered in specific projects, as also provide a feedback on the quality of
ICEF achievements.
A
list of such seminars and workshops attended by ICEF Project Managers in the
last six months, is placed at Annexure E.
10.
0 Report on micro-credit and revolving funds
A
large number of sub-projects and NGO partners, funded by ICEF, have taken recourse
to setting up revolving funds for village level Self Help Groups. These SHGs, mostly formed and operated by women, have proved to
be an effective and financially viable alternative to the existing methods of
addressing rural poverty through the provision of micro-credit. Looking to the relevance of the subject
across the board for ICEF, a short term consultancy was offered to study the
viability of a particular proposal under an on-going sub-project.
An
executive summary of the findings is placed at Annexure F of this report.
11. 0 Corporate
work plan for Oct.’02-Mar.’03
Salient
features of the corporate work plan of ICEF/ activities for the period
Oct.’02-March,’03 are as below:
i)
Mid-term evaluation of five sub-projects, namely,
Sustainable drinking water supply in Kerala, Sagar wind energy, Renewable energy technologies in rural
India, Rehabilitation of tank irrigation system and Mitigating Arsenic
pollution.
ii)
Final evaluation of three sub-projects, namely,
Environmental improvement in rainfed areas,
Sustainable management of resources (BAIF) and Management of environmental
resources by communities (AKF)
iii)
Final approval of the current pipeline/ approval of
new concepts
iv)
Further development and implementation of the NETPRO
concept towards policy advocacy, following a specific annual work plan. In particular, support to MoEF
for developing the framework for Sustainable Development Indicators, and
strengthening the capacities of village level institutions.
v)
Closer attention to the reporting system in ICEF.
vi)
Commissioning of special financial audit in certain
cases.
Annexure B
Start and End Date: April
1995 – March 2002
·
The project was completed in March 2002 after seven
years of support. The target of 20,00 hectare of developing wastelands has been exceeded by
1215 hectares and of 90 PFFCs to be set up by 23.
·
ICEF had given a grant of Rs.
2 Crores to the PFFC, which averaged about Rs. 2 lakhs per PFFC - covering 2 to
4 villages. These were to be loaned by
the PFFCs to the SHGs to
undertake micro-enterprises. Over two
years about Rs. 80 lakhs
have been utilized by the members.
·
IFFDC continues to hold the Annual General Meetings
every year, attended by the Chairpersons of the PFFCs. IFFDC continues to monitor the performance of
the PFFCs set up with ICEF assistance.
B 2. Nagaland
Environmental Protection and Economic Development, Implementing
Organizations: Government of Nagaland and International Development Research
Centre (IDRC)
Start and End Date: December 1994 - March 2001
In the north-eastern hilly region of the country, agriculture follows a
typical slash and burn practice known locally as Jhoom
cultivation. It is well known that this practice of shifting cultivation causes
not only a reduction in forest cover but also rapid loss of top-soil. The
project, therefore began by undertaking promotion of improved jhoom cultivation practices through trials in about 1800 identified “Test
Plots” in 900 villages distributed over all the 7 hill districts of Nagaland. The project was implemented by a Project
Operations Unit (POU) raised by deputing about 16 officers from various line
departments under a team leader. The POU received funds directly and operated
independently.
The efforts were focused on low cost land treatment measures and
promotion of mixed crops including trees. As the farmer would revisit the
abandoned jhoom plot for cultivation after a few
years, these trees are expected to give some additional benefit. However, in
this project, at the end of five years, the farmers did not want to harvest
these trees but wanted to let these grow for future use. In order to derive
some immediate benefit, the farmers wanted to plant shade loving cash crops in
between these trees which they call “fallow management”. This led to the need
for considering a second phase of the project. An unutilized amount of about Rs. 80 lakh was available from
this project which gave an opportunity to extend the project period for
nine months during which time fallow
management was taken up to a pilot scale. During this extra period referred as
the “bridging period”, identification and sensitization of the Village
Development Boards were included to enable them to undertake future development
projects on a more sustainable manner.
Although
the project has been closed on March, 2001, there has been a second phase of
the project which will continue for another five years. The second phase has
been built upon the first phase and the project management structure remained
more or less the same. The progress of the second phase of the project has been
discussed separately in this report.
Lessons learnt
Earlier
efforts to dissuade people from the harmful practice of shifting cultivation (Jhoom) did not generate the desired results. The present
NEPED approach began by proposing not to replace but to improve and stabilize
the existing Jhoom practices, which was instrumental
in bringing about many positive changes in the traditional practices.
This
community based project approach was acceptable to both the GoN
and the communities which in turn enhanced the effectiveness of project
implementation. This highlights the crucial role, the
community plays in making a project success and its replication (farmers
planted trees of their own in areas six times more than the project area).
The
improvised structure for project management i.e. the POU put in place by the
State Government and making use of the existing village level institutions had
been highly effective and beneficial in project implementation.
Improved
environment friendly agro-forestry models that emerged are beneficial to
environment and also give additional income. The experience can be fine-tuned
and expanded profitably in other NE states (also
The
success of the project in terms of soundness of its concept and potential to generate additional
income has generated so much enthusiasm that other states in the region are
aspiring to undertake similar projects.
The successful conclusion of this project also led to the supporting of
another project in the state by ICEF.
The
project including the bridging period has utilized 100% of approved fund. IDRC provided additional support for financial management
and reporting .
Note: The Project is closed as of
B 3. Environmental Improvement in Rainfed Areas: Indian Potash Limited
(IPL)
Start and End Date: April 1996 - March 2003 (Extended by 2 years)
Demonstration for improved crop production through
on farm soil and water conservation measures and management of waste lands through
tree plantation in collaboration with the local village committees, are the
main highlights of the project. The project is operational in 60 villages in
the area bordering Madhya Pradesh and
The physical activities of the project were
implemented to a large extent through the Village Environment Committees (VECs) formed in each village for this purpose. Now that the
project is about to close, the aspects of strengthening these VECs has been undertaken with renewed vigour. The period April-September 2002 witnessed the
progress in the area of consolidating the functioning and organizational aspects of the VECs. Rules and regulations for operating a revolving fund
after the closure of the project have been discussed and the basic ground rules
have been worked out. About 60 % VECs have
already been registered under the Societies Registration Act. The remaining VECs will follow suit. 40 Environment Resource Centres (ERCs) which will
primarily function as the village community centre
have also been constructed.
In addition, physical works like field bunding and
construction of water harvesting structures continued in full swing. 542 ha of Farm bunds, 9 check dams, 23 tanks and reservoirs
and 5.2 km of nalla dressing were completed during
this period (Apr - sept, 02) of reporting. In the
renewable energy front, emphasis has been laid in construction of bio gas plants. 74 Bio
gas plants have been
constructed in collaboration with district Urja
Nigam which provides a small subsidy and trained
mason for construction. The remaining cost is shared equally between the
project and the beneficiary farmer. The
project has also introduced
vermi-composting in a large way.
As a part of the withdrawal strategy EIRA submitted
a proposal to ICEF requesting transfer of an amount of about Rs.2.7 crores which was expected to remain unspent at the end of
the project to EIRA to be uses as a revolving fund to meet the micro credit
needs of the communities in the project area. The matter was discussed in
detail in the 6
th Project Management Committee (PMC) meeting held in
In its attempt to ascertain the desirability of this
revolving fund proposal, ICEF appointed a consultant from NABARD for 10 days in
September to go through the proposal and visit the project area to make an
assessment of the proposal. While the consultant more or less supported the
need for developing a mechanism to meet the micro-credit needs of the community
but cautioned that the VECs are not yet strong enough
to handle large amount of money to meet local developmental needs. Moreover,
the proposal submitted by EIRA has no element for establishing any future
linkages with local banks. EIRA would like to adopt a cooperative model in
which credit would circulate within a closed group. A final decision on this
proposal would be taken in the forthcoming PMC meeting scheduled to held on
|
Project Activity |
Target Apr- Sept, 02 |
Achieved
Apr- Sept, 02 |
Cumulative
till date |
|
Land Development, Management and Conservation a.
Farm bunding, ha b.Bund outlets, no c.
Stone bunding, ha d.
Gully plugs (loose boulder), no. |
400 400 31 89 |
542 243 29 115 |
7175 1216 1253 1012 |
|
Afforestation/ a.
b.
c.
Nursery raising, no of plants |
12400 4000 30000 |
19778 12207 19,731 |
1,563,832 829,703 2,173,744 |
|
Agriculture a.
Crop demonstration, ha b.
Permanent compost pits (nadib), no c.
Soil testing, no of samples d.
Vermi-compost |
16 100 nil 15
|
35 198 nil
17 |
775 1000 108 |
|
Water Harvesting and conservation a.
Check dams / overflow weirs, no b.
Ponds and tanks, no c.
Nalla dressing, km d.
Repair of old structures, no |
22 37 7 11 |
9 23 5.2 9 |
47 117 13.7 13 |
|
Energy Conservation and development a.
Improved (iron) chullhas, no b.
Smokeless chullhas, no c.
Pressure cooker, no d.
Bio gas plants, no |
52 58 118 78 |
0 0 57 74 |
1157 2002 690 929 |
|
Community Development a.
ERC (community centres), no b.
Strengthening of SHGs/UGs, no c.
Training of village groups, no d.
Training of VECs, no e.
Exposure visits e.
Workshops |
27 58 19 32 6 5 |
31 4 20 9 2 1 |
40 225 73 71 25 6 |
The
project submits audited financial report on half yearly basis. The financial
management practices in the project is rigorous and effective keeping very much
in tune with ICEF’s FMS. In the initial
years, the project had been slow in fund utilization. The project has got a two
years extension and is now in its sixth year of implementation.
B 4. Water
Resources Development and Energy Conservation for Sustainable Management of the
Environment: BAIF
Development Research Foundation
The focus of work was on gradual withdrawal from the
project. To this end, development of local resource teams, strengthening of
community organizations, handing over of assets to the community organizations,
documentation and dissemination were the main activities of the reporting
period. Apart from residual physical work relating to horticulture, bunding and gully plugging, 400 new families joined the
project under energy conservation and womens
activities, 24 drinking water sources developed for easy access to safe
drinking water was effectively managed by the people( sharing &
maintenance). 24 training / workshops took place against 22 planned. 3 district
level workshops were organized for experience sharing of project and
dissemination. A Project Steering
Committee meeting was held in September to inform members about the progress
and seek their guidance on taking the project forward.
Three key areas identified included (a) need for upscaling innovation and approaches evolved in the project,
(b) strengthening mechanisms for equitable water sharing, and (c) looking
beyond March 2003. In documentation and dissemination, a booklet on the Bundi ( Rajasthan
) site has been prepared on the project experiences and approaches evolved. The
draft is under finalization. A presentation was also given to the Chief
Minister of Rajasthan who evinced keen interest in
visiting the project early. This is likely to boost replication efforts.
Despite widespread drought all around it, the Bundi
site has been declared non drought hit for the third successive year. A
documentary film covering all three sites has been prepared and will be
finalized in the next two months. A paper on “Rejuvenation of Rivulet : A case from Karnataka” was presented in the 12th
International Soil Conservation Organization Conference held in
Six trainings were given to members of Resource Team
( a group of local beneficiaries trained on different topics relating to the
project activities and who then give training or handle exposure visit of
farmers from outside project area and explain things at their level). Six
district level workshops were conducted involving local PRI members, farmers,
NGOs and officials from the government departments. A green festival ( Hasiru Habbu
) was celebrated with involvement of local community. Exposure visits were also
organized to the project site for government officials, NGOs and others. World
Environment Day was celebrated in association with Department of Forests and
Education. A community hall has been renovated for conducting training
programs.
Five trainings took place for the Watershed
Committee, Charagah Samiti,
Water user Groups and SHGs. Trainings were on rules
and regulations of CPR management & maintenance, benefit sharing, dispute
resolution, development of linkages etc. An exposure visit to the Indian
Institute of Science,
Trainings were organized, one each for women & mens groups on aspects like inter loaning, recovery and
income generating activities, apart from training to field staff and field
guides. Irrigation groups have now started to follow the rules and mechanisms
developed by them for water sharing and maintenance. There is voluntary
participation for plantations now around the irrigation groups. Due to improved
water availability improved variety of bajra seeds
have been planted by 31 farmers on an experimental basis and yields will be
monitored to assess
the most suitable variety. More farmers are now cultivating oilseeds and pulses
to take advantage of better soil moisture. Kitchen gardens have become a good
source of seasonal vegetables. Water User Groups have begun to follow rules and
regulations developed jointly by farmers and Baif.
Overall for the 3 sites from inception, the savings
for the self- help groups was 4.75 lakhs, 1394 loans
were given amounting to Rs 16 lakhs,
out of which Rs 12 lakhs
have been recovered. The Village Watershed Committees have provided 1071 loans,
mainly for agricultural purposes, amounting to Rs
12.6 lakhs, out of which 8.67 lakhs
have been recovered.
·
3679 ha under various forms of area treatment
measures ( soil & water conservation, horticulture,
afforestation, silvipasture,
improved agriculture; community institutions are managing 100% of common
property resources.
·
3566 gully plugs & check bunds, 49 checkdams and 815 farm ponds constructed.
·
Total of 6746 ha of watershed area treated that resulted
in over 50% of the project area to double crop per year. 75% of participants
have increased crop yields over 50 %. People’s contributions have helped in
extending activities to peripheral areas.
·
Small stream in Tiptur
site has become perennial ; previously it was dried
up.
·
24 drinking water sources developed that resulted in
being easily accessible to safe drinking water in all project sites.
·
Over 50 % community institutions have women members
as office bearers.
·
Utilization of common property resources benefits by
90% of target families.
·
Increased average income of 50% of target group by
50% over baseline.
Time required for women for collection of drinking
water, fuel and fodder is reduced by 70 % as compared to baseline.
|
Project Activity |
Unit |
Planned Activities April-September, 2002 |
Achievements
April-September 2002 |
Cumulative achievements
till date |
|
I Survey & Analysis |
|
|
|
|
|
1. Topographic /Micro
planning |
ha |
|
|
2647 |
|
2. Socio- economic survey
& analysis |
families |
|
|
1839 |
|
II Area Treatment |
|
|
|
|
|
1. Hortiforestry |
ha |
56 |
51 |
535 |
|
2. Afforestation |
ha |
|
|
131 |
|
3 Silvipasture
( Raj & Kar) |
ha |
|
|
119 |
|
4. Bunding
with vegetative protection |
ha |
195 |
187 |
2595 |
|
III Drainage Line
treatment |
|
|
|
|
|
1 Gully Plugging |
nos |
22 |
41 |
2843 |
|
2 Temp. Check bunds |
nos |
5 |
- |
723 |
|
3. Permanent checkdams |
nos |
3 |
- |
49 |
|
4. Repairing / desilting old checkbunds |
nos |
|
|
69 |
|
5. Gabions |
nos |
|
|
13 |
|
6 Farm Ponds |
nos |
|
|
815 |
|
7. Underground Bandhara |
nos |
|
|
6 |
|
IV Energy conservation
& Women`s activities |
|
|
|
|
|
1. Energy Saving Devices |
nos |
|
|
2905 |
|
2. Kitchen Garden |
nos |
263 |
255 |
1361 |
|
3. Vermi
Composting & Nadep |
nos |
110 |
151 |
1369 |
|
4.Womens SHG activities - groups - members |
nos nos |
- - |
1(new fedn) - |
40 820 |
|
V Training & Workshop |
|
|
|
|
|
1 Beneficiaries Training
& Exposures |
nos |
13 |
12 |
279 |
|
2 Officers |
nos |
5 |
3 |
71 |
|
3.Shramdan Camps |
nos |
1 |
6 |
61 |
|
4. District level meets |
nos |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
5. Experience Sharing
workshop |
nos |
- |
- |
5 |
Start
and End Date: August 1996 –
December 2002
MERC programme continues
to progress well in completing project activities and outputs. In the last six
months about 90% of the planned budget has been spent and cumulatively till
September 2002, 98% of the total programme budget has
been spent. The project is well on its
way to scheduled closure in December 2002.
Focus on preparing for partners’ future (post-MERC)
continued. Field partners are going through reviews, strategy development, and
documentation of past work and proposal development for raising funds for
future programmes. Generally the process followed has
been that partner does internal review and documentation first and than calls
for and external consultant. This approach helps in partners doing their own
thinking first and in being cost effective also.
MERC partners’ meeting was organised
in July to assimilate partners learning and draw general lessons. The proceedings of the workshop have been
documented and the report is being shared with all the partners. This would be a useful document for the MERC
end term review team also. Project
Advisory Committee meeting was also held in June that discussed key issues and
identified sustainability of MERC investments and future of MERC NGO partners
as key issues. Some of the issues raised
during PAC were discussed in the MERC partners meeting. Further detailed financial planning was done
with partners to close the programme on time.
Gender book titled “Understanding women’s
experiences in natural resources management” and JFM case studies were
published. Four enriching experiences
documenting partners’ work were also published. Research on PRI involvement in
NRM in Rajasthan was initiated under which two
workshops have already been held. The draft report is ready and final report
would be available by end of October. Workshop on sharing the experiences of
JFM cell’s three years experiences was held in July in Gandhi Nagar. The workshop
raised critical issues on past performance of JFM cell and on possible future
options.
Some of the key issues on
which support was provided to field partners was as
follows:
·
For SMM review, documentation, future planning and
proposal development was supported and facilitated.
·
Same exercise was also done with SSD, MMVS, RBKS
·
AKRSP(I) is providing support to
all field partners in implementing institutional maturity index in MERC
partners’ villages.
In addition, Aravali organised an external review of their last five years
operations, DSC documented summary of their support provided to 10 field organisations and also conducted an external review of
their training programmes. Contacts already established between ETC,
Till September 2002, MERC programme
through its nine field partners has reached 147 villages covering 35,611
hectares and 12758 families. Details of specific activities undertaken are as
follows:
·
Soil and water conservation works undertaken in
14,501 hectares.
·
140-village development committee and 588 User
groups formed.
·
355 Self Help Groups formed covering 4938 families
and saving reaching Rs 31.39 lakh
287 small water harvesting structure costing less than Rs.
one lakh, 355 wells (new and repaired) and 62 big
water harvesting structure constructed.
In total MERC partners have been able to leverage
three times the MERC funds from other sources including Government sources.
Support in the last six months was provided by AKF account
staff mainly for smooth closure of MERC. In Rajasthan
independent auditors appointed by ARAVALI on behest of AKF followed up on the
audit visits done last year. Partners have implemented most of the suggestions
made by the auditing team and both AKF and ARAVALI are following up on the
actions taken by the partners.
Organic certificate from IMO,
Gender study was published and launched in a
workshop in Ahmedabad. The publication has been widely
circulated. There has been big demand
for this publication and feed back has been positive. The conflict report is
with SAGE publications for their response on whether they would like to publish
it. But they have taken time and AKF is looking at alternative ways of
publishing the study. 23 issues of
‘Enriching Experiences’ have been published so far. As mentioned in the last
report Jalchitra,
a software package to assist rural communities to store information about
different water sources, water demand, hydro-geological data and meteorological
records is now available on a compact disc with a user manual.
Impact assessment methodology has been finalised. AKF is
planning to use this methodology in future in new programme
initiatives. The experience and lessons
learnt from ANANDI's support being provided to five
MERC NGOs for mainstreaming gender in field initiatives were discussed in a
workshop in August 2002. This workshop
was attended by NGOs and subject experts and they found the approach adopted both
innovative and useful.
All seven studies conducted by field NGOs, two each
on issues related to joint forest management and on common land development,
one each on issues of agriculture development, sustainability and village
institutions have been already completed.
The learnings from these studies are being
integrated with future organisation strategies.
Joint Forest Management (JFM) case studies were
published and disseminated widely during the period. A lot of positive feedback
on the publication has been received.
Further as these case studies document field NGOs experiences, NGOs are
further using them to spread their work and dialoging with government on
crucial policy issues.
Aravali in Rajasthan
further followed up on the watershed study done last year in collaboration with
AKF. The Rajasthan Govt. has moved on some of the
recommendations by issuing relevant officials orders and notifications. DSC
based in
Workshop on sharing the experiences of JFM cell’s
three years experiences was held in July in Gandhi Nagar.
The workshop attended by senior officials from Government of Gujarat and large
number of local NGOs, ICEF and AKF shared concern about the effectiveness of
JFM cell and what steps need to be taken in future to address the issues. However there was general consensus that
despite concerns JFM cell is a significant step forward and can play a
significant role in increasing the effectiveness of JFM programmes
in
Panchayats are becoming a major
vehicle for implementation of developmental activity both by constitutional
amendments and state act. However there are many ground level issues that need
to be investigated e.g. capacity of the panchayats to
handle complex organisational, technical and
financial issues on the ground, fund flow to Panchayats,
functional autonomy of the panchayats, relationship
with other CBOs and NGOs and issues of accountability
and transparency. AKF in collaboration
with ARAVALI commissioned TARU for this study. The study is near completion and
the findings have been discussed in two state level workshops and the final report
would ready by October 02. The study,
while investigating some of these issues has also raised some more critical
issues. This is a long-term agenda and
both AKF and ARAVALI (and possibly ICEF) would do further work on this
important and complex issue.
DSC workshop on Ground water could not be held due
to disturbances in
·
Two implementing organisations
‑ ASA and
·
ASA,
·
New mechanism like support networks have been tried
and the idea of creation and support of capacity building institutions have got
further boost because of MERC initiatives.
Further,
capacity building approaches are being made more effective and
efficient by introducing innovative and tight monitoring systems.
·
MERC Support organisations
are active in improving quality of government field programs by both training
govt. staff and providing handholding support to various Government
departments.
·
Research
initiatives on gender, impact assessment and conflict and documentation of
forest case studies and publication of partners field
experiences and disseminating this have contributed to knowledge creation and
dissemination. Some of these are
contributing to improvement in field implementation.
·
Field and support organizations have developed
linkages with Government and research institutions, both to improve practice
and to influence policy. Innovative
institutional structures like JFM cell in the area of Joint Forest Management
(JFM), set up as a collaborative venture between Gujarat Forest Dept., AKF(I) and Geer Foundation is addressing operational bottlenecks in application
of JFM at the field level. This is a new
initiative and creates a future possible option to create interface between
civil society institutions and Government and improve implementation of local
participation focussed government programmes.
However success of this mechanism would be tested in next few years.
Ø NGOs have a
role to play in the development sector to demonstrate innovative solutions and
to identify gaps and weaknesses in Government policies and in the
implementation of the policies. NGOs also have a role to play as partners in
implementing development projects and programmes.
Given these roles, it is essential to build the capacities of small NGOs to
enable them to play these roles more effectively.
Ø An effective
capacity building strategy has been demonstrated in the project. This consists
of hand holding and in providing assistance for changing needs of the NGO. MERC has demonstrated that it is important to
address the organization development of the NGO and not just restrict capacity
building to addressing NRM issues on the ground. OD involves financial systems, planning and
monitoring processes, staff policy, governance issues relating to the governing
body, strategic and long term planning. This contributes to the sustainability
of the NGO and the work it is supporting.
Ø If the project
objectives have not been met due to short comings within the donor agencies
involved, they are morally bound to make up the short comings.
Ø Modifying
procedures, policies and interpretation of policies is a slow process that must
be addressed on a continuous process, through demonstration and dialogue. This is an important role for the NGO sector
to play.
Annexure B 6 – Integrated
Watershed Management and Water Storage in Pushkar
Start
and End Date: April 1997 – March 2001 (Project Closed)
B 7 Coastal Wetlands: Mangrove
Conservation and Management : MS Swaminathan Research
Foundation
Start and End Date:
May 1996 – May 2004
In Tamil Nadu, the Forest
Department has adopted the approach of community based management system
demonstrated by the project. This is
supported by the Forest Department channelising funds
through the village level institutions.
In Andhra Pradesh, MSSRF is being consulted on
conservation of 2000 ha. of as yet pristine mangrove
forests falling outside the Reserve Forests. In Orissa
the Forest Department is willing to adopt the technical aspects of the
demonstration more willingly than the social aspects.
Much depends on the attitude and understanding at
the senior most levels of the Forest Department. Of the three States MSSRF is working in, Orissa is least ready to accept community management of the
forest areas. However, the one
Divisional Forest Officer who has been exposed to MSSRF work under the project, in Pichawaram, is open to suggestions from, and uses MSSRF as
a resource institution. This should be
broad based.
In Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the community has developed the capacity to
prepare micro-plans by themselves.
The restoration of mangrove areas is progressing on
schedule and 1500 hectares of mangrove areas will be restored in 3 States by
April 2003.
The project has been hampered by a number of changes
in the personnel at the decision-making levels in the States and in
Chennai. Part of the slow progress in Orissa could also be due to this reason.
The issues that require further effort are:
The Forest Department officials of Orissa, as well as of Andhra Pradesh
and Tamil Nadu should have further inputs of training
on mangrove management. The emphasis has
to be on the social mobilization aspects of it.
Efforts have to be made to sensitize the GoI and the concerned State Governments to have a specific
policy on mangrove management or specify mangroves as a special case, within the
existing Government Orders
In the interest of sustainability, efforts have to
be made for the State Governments to use MSSRF as a resource institution for
mangrove management. This will ensure
that the capacities created with considerable cost by ICEF is
available to the State Governments on an on-going process.
Achievements April-September 2002
|
Project
results and activites |
Achievement
till Sept. 2002 |
|
1.
Community using more alternatives sources of fuel, timber, fodder and income
generation to reduce pressure on mangroves and improve livelihoods |
|
|
Community
using more alternatives sources of fuel, timber, fodder and income generation
to reduce pressure on mangroves and improve livelihoods |
Distributed
saplings for private lands and common lands planted |
|
Reduce
the Mangrove dependency by using fuel efficient potable chullah |
Portable
chullahs, kerosene stoves, gas connections and
pressure cookers distributed |
|
2. Improved livestock management and fodder
production |
|
|
Reduce
the dry cattle population in the village and encourage stall-feeding. |
Reduced
scrub cattle in all the project villages and promoted use of fodder from the common lands |
|
3.
More income generated from non-mangrove resources |
|
|
Alternate
income generated |
Training
imparted and income generated through
coir rope making, making door mats, fish vending, tailoring, crab fattening,
rearing chicken, chalk making, improvement in farm practices, supply of
agricultural inputs |
|
4. More commitment for joint management with
community for continued protection and more resources from mangroves |
|
|
Improved
technical knowledge and awareness about mangroves being used by forestry
personnel to jointly manage, conserve and restore
mangroves with community. |
Conducted
awareness raising workshops and folk theatre. Ensured that the Executive
Committee of the CBO managing the mangroves met regularly and prepared
micro-plans jointly with the communities and the Forest Department. |
|
5.
Restore 1500 ha. of degraded mangrove forests – 600
ha. in AP |
A
total of 1025 ha. undertaken: 315 ha.
in AP; 190 ha. in Orissa and 520 ha in Tamil Nadu.
|
B 8. Land Restoration through Waste Management, Implementing
Organizations: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and
Start and End Date: April 1997 - April 2002
Project extended till July 2002. Project now closed.
This project was being jointly implemented by IIT, Kharagpur and UWO,
With a view to demonstrating the technology for use
of waste material (flyash and sludge), plantations
totaling 396 ha have been established in five states in consultation with local
NGOs, private sectors and Government institutions. Crop trials (1 ha each) were
carried out at three locations in three different states.
Partner Organisations
1.
BAIF, Pune
2.
Univ.
of Agricultural Sc., Raichur
3.
Centre for Env.
Concerns,
4.
CART,
5.
Cuttack Municipal Corporation
6.
Kitply Limited,
7. DWDSC, Jaipur
The project ended in April 2002. Since there was
some delay in carrying out the end of project evaluation, the project was given
a three month extension, till July 2002. The end of project evaluation was
carried out in June-July 2002 and the draft report received in August 2002. The
end of project report that was to be received from the project partners, by
July 2002, has been delayed.
Two national level workshops were held in April
2002, at
Output results till date (90% Achieved)
·
Initial results in the plantations at
·
Increased access of fuel and fodder through lopping
by the local communities in the plantation areas.
·
IIT facilities operational and dissemination of
facilities in progress.
·
8 IIT staff trained for carrying out full range of
analysis.
Outcome results till date (50% Achieved)
·
Preliminary data indicate positive benefits of the
technology.
·
Facilities at IIT upgraded for advanced analytical
capabilities.
The recommendations identified areas in project planning
that could have made a difference in project implementation. The evaluation did
point out that the project has proven that the technology not only restores
wasteland and improves the chemical and physical structure of soils it also
increases yields in biomass and edible agricultural crop production. Results
achieved using the soil amendment were significantly
better than those achieved using traditional applications of NPK inorganic
fertilizers. There was no compelling evidence to show that there was any
build-up of heavy metals in soils and plants receiving the soil amendment in
the dosages prescribed by the project. The evaluation pointed out that the
social components of the project could have been strengthened for better
results on the field.
The project has not been able to carry out
dissemination of the results as planned due to delays in project
implementation. Also, the results of the project are to be submitted to ICAR
and followed up for issuance of certificates for large scale use of flyash. ICEF proposes to take these up as special
activities, under the policy advocacy project, which is under consideration.
B 9. Education and
Start and End Date:
February 1998 – June 2002 (Project ended)
The project came to a close on
·
The project design is in line with the
policies of MoEF relating to formation of nature
clubs (eco-clubs) in schools. Teachers were a good medium of spreading
awareness about various local environmental issues to students.
·
This ICEF sub-project, in comparison to
the rest of the portfolio, has been the most effective in terms of time, cost
and coverage.
·
Resource material produced as part of
the project proved effective in dissemination of knowledge in regional
languages on various locale-specific issues.
·
This project was able to build the
capacity of young education officers in 7 regional WWF offices and also across
19 NGOs. More than 2,000 teachers in 600 schools were trained through the
teachers’ workshops.
·
The concept of nature clubs has gained
momentum in many state education boards and municipal corporations. The model
is being emulated in the neighboring schools and districts that were not part
of the ICEF projects initially.
·
A large number of municipal corporations
including Mumbai, Pune and
·
Inspired with the student’s nature clubs in Himachal Pradesh, four mahila (women) mandals have
formed their own nature clubs with the help of members of gram panchayats.
Financial
Management:
Final project audit report is awaited. Over Rs 23 lakhs were left
un-disbursed by ICEF and ~ Rs 30 lakhs
were left unspent by WWF. Once the final audit report is received, the amount
left unspent by WWF would be recovered.
B 10. Sustainable
Development and Water Resources Management of
Start and End Project: February 1998 – January 2003
The project area comprises of the entire water body
of
The project being a lake conservation project,
substantial resources has been ear-marked for carrying out scientific studies
and data collection so as to understand the complex eco-system like Loktak lake and to make sustainable
management of its resources possible. Data collection and their analysis
continued in the area of stream gauging, silt load analysis, phumdi proliferation, fishery development, water quality
and limnological studies etc.
As the project would be coming to an end in January,
2003, this reporting period was also used to prepare a proposal for extension
for a period of two more years.
The community participated phumdi
workshop conducted in the month of February provided a number of options for
management of the phumdis. While the local fishermen
wanted phumdis to be removed through the barrage
gate, the lake shore dwellers suggested use of phumdis
as composting and bio gas material. Experimental composting of phumdi has been attempted during this period with reasonable success. The project
is now gearing up to propagate large scale phumdi
composting and its trial in the gfarmers fields.
Based on a laboratory study
conducted on phumdi samples of Salvinia sp., the scientists from ASTRA,
Activities carried under community participation
continued from the previous years. Three new villages were brought under income
generation programs. A complete census survey of the phum
dwellers was also completed in the reporting period. Five training workshops were held on the role
of women in conservation and management of Loktak lake and its catchments, and management of SHGs. The joint community based demonstration projects are:
sanitation project in
The STAG and the PSC meetings held during the month
of September recommended very emphatically the need for extension for at least
by two more years. The meetings appreciated the elements of good performance of the
project and also identified slack areas.
Concerns were
expressed as the ownership of the project by the state government
was considered wanting in some areas. Another suggestion was that the PSC
meetings should be conducted
more frequently. It was suggested that the next meeting should be
held at
|
Project Activity |
Planned
Activities April-September,
2002 |
Achievements
April-September 2002 |
Cumulative
achievements till date |
|
Project Planning and Awareness a.
consultation meetings with line departments / universities/NGOs, no b.
planning, and awareness workshops, no c.
tech. studies by external consultants, no |
- nil nil |
14 nil nil |
33 5 13 |
|
Water Management a.
data collection from stations - meteorological data from no. of stations - rain gauge data from no. of stations - stream gauging data from no of stations - lake level data from no. of stations b.
water quality measurement in lab - physicochemical parameters, no of stations - microbiological parameters, no of stations |
on
going on
going on
going on
going on
going on
going |
5 8 12 4 15 15 |
5 8 12 4 15 15 |
|
Catchment area a.
aided regeneration, ha b.
maintenance 1 year plantation, ha c.
afforestation, ha d.
horticulture plantation, ha e.
treatment of active Jhum area, ha f.
smokeless chullhas in hills, no |
- - - - - |
- - 500 75 - - |
680 100 3200 385 130 2000 |
|
Studies for mgt. of fish/aquatic vegetation a. assessment of floral diversity b.
genesis of phumdi c.
fish diversity d.
fish food and feeding habits e.
fish landing study |
on
going on
going on
going on
going on
going |
on
going on
going on
going on
going on
going |
145
sp. - 55
sp. 8
sp. 11
markets |
|
Sustainable Fishery Management a.
fishery ext. training, no (participants) c.
demonstration projects, no |
|
1
(32) 150 4 |
7
(454) 372 5 |
|
Community Participation and Development a.
socio-economic survey, no. of villages b.
PRA for comm.structures, no. of villages c.
assessment of cooperatives, no |
|
14 nil - |
58 44 138 |
|
Capacity Building/Training of Project staff a.
Training meetings, no b. fishermen groups formed, no. c. watershed committee formed, no. d.
self help groups formed, no e. phum clearing
committee, no. |
- - - - - |
7 4 3 - 12 |
20 19 23 36 12 |
|
Demonstration projects a.
low cost sanitation, units (villages) b.
smokeless chullhas in lake shore c.
production of fish spawns, no d.
clearing of channel, km |
- - - - |
58
(1) 200 - 3.5 |
54
(2) 3173 500000 3.5 |
Lessons Learnt
till Date
Community
based approach in the management of a multi-user based common property resource
(e.g lake,
forest) is a relatively slow and complex affair loaded with conflict of
interests and uncertainties, and at times difficult to sustain, especially in
the absence of policy guidelines. But LDA is moving in the right direction.
The
financial audit that covers the period from
B 11. Diffusion of Efficient Bio-mass
Utilization Technologies in Non-formal Industries in Karnataka and Kerala: Technology Informatics Design Endeavor
TIDE staff working on the project
have started working in the entrepreneur mode for Karnataka from
|
Project
activity |
Planned
activities April-September2002 |
Achievements
April-September 2002 |
Cumulative
achievements till date |
|
Devices
installed-Karnataka Kerala |
462 80 |
637 83 |
2048 554 |
|
Entrepreneurs
established |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
Undertake
indoor air quality monitoring |
ongoing |
ongoing |
ongoing |
|
Fuel
accounting to be carried out |
ongoing |
ongoing |
ongoing |
|
Promotion
plans |
to
start up activities in Tamil Nadu and AP |
set
up systems in AP and TN |
beginning
made in TN and AP |
Output results till date: (100% Achieved)
·
Information on the improved devices were
disseminated & marketed to non-formal industries.
·
Independent evaluation of these devices confirmed
their savings potential.
·
Fuel efficient energy
conversion devices in selected categories of non-formal industries have been
demonstrated.
·
Fuel efficient energy conversion devices have been
sold through entrepreneurs in the two states; technical and marketing skills
for these devices were provided and diffusion infrastructure in place.
·
Collaboration with selected manufacturers taken up
in the two states.
Outcome results till date: (100% Achieved)
·
Sufficient enhanced awareness leading to increased
demand for efficient biomass burning devices.
·
Infrastructure for assembly and manufacture of
efficient devices in place.
·
Increased availability of biofuel
burning devices due to collaboration with selected manufacturers.
·
entrepreneurs set up and in place taking up
manufacturing and marketing of devices
·
New sites being explored.
B 12 Project For Environment Regeneration: MYRADA
Start and End Date: August 1998 – December 2002
As the project is drawing to a close, the network
NGOs mainly worked on documentation, trainings to community organizations,
promoting external linkages, mobilizing government programs in the project
areas, carrying out residual physical activity to catch the late monsoon and
formation of Watershed Management Committees to maintain watershed structures.
Overall, the project carried out several innovations
like natural forest regeneration in wastelands through stone wall protection,
deep trenching in upper reaches, low cost sunken ponds to enhance infiltration,
participatory technology development in dryland
agriculture, with focus on intercropping and border cropping, and introduction
of red gram and sunflower in some areas to take advantage of better soil
moisture, introduction of village seed bank concept, community contribution for
watershed programs, group insurance of women SHG members, promotion of
alternate energy sources like bio- gas with subsidy from government and
community sharing of water from water harvesting structures.
The CBOs capacities for better management and
sustainability has improved with linkages to banks (50% SHGs
have mobilized matching grants from banks ), government and technical support
institutions, trainings in book keeping, adoption of rules and regulations and
respect for them, self assessment and increased self confidence leading to some
CBO members being elected to the local Panchayat. The
Watershed Associations have improved technical capability and experience in
matters such as site selection, measurements, preparations of action plans and
budgets.
Gender mainstreaming has benefitted
women by active involvement in CBOs (with 60 %
membership) and in project work, recognition of womens
credit worthiness by local banks, increase in self esteem and leadership (of
some CBOs), increase in joint decisions in the
family, promotion of LPG connections and selection of forest species to meet
firewood requirement. This, alongwith reduction in
drudgery due to better availability of water, fuelwood
and fodder has allowed them more time with the family leading to increased
enrolment of children in schools and better family health.
The policy / procedural issues the project has
participated in addressing include influencing change in local government
guidelines for CPR management, influenced government departments to incorporate
activities like NFR, deep trenching and investing in capacity building of CBOs.
As a result of this project, the network partners
follow ICEF FMS Manual and reporting system evolved by MYRADA in their other
projects also. Their abilities have improved in planning, budgeting,
accounting, respect for audit observations and follow up action, developing
linkages with other institutions, and working in coordination ( for lobbying
with forest department for controlled grazing and access to better services and
infrastructure like transport, crop insurance, school buildings). They have
also been able to attract more government schemes to their areas.
The physical activities have led to increased water
availability, green cover, agricultural production, fodder and milk production
and household income. Open grazing has been largely controlled and cut and carry
method of fodder is being adopted. This will lead to better quality of stall
fed animals and bio -gas.. The SHGs
had a total common fund of Rs 83.86 lakhs .
The number of loans given was 24180 amounting to Rs
251 lakhs. These were mainly for income generating
activities.
Experience sharing and external linkages development
workshops were held by MYRADA and individual partners. Participants included
officers of local bank, agriculture research station, officers of line
departments, Panchayat Chairman and other local NGOs.
Documentation has been done by partner NGOs and Myrada. This needs to be coordinated and quality improved.
|
Project
Activity |
Unit |
Planned
Activities Apr-Sept,
2002 |
Achievements
Apr-Sept 2002 |
Cumulative
achievements till date |
|
Surveys -
surveys -
preparation of watershed maps |
nos nos |
|
|
150 114 |
|
Soil
& Water Conservation -
earthen bunding -
boulder bunding -
diversion channel -
waste weirs / spill ways -
gully plugs / checks -
water harvesting tanks -
small check dams -
land reclamation -
tank rehabilitation -
silt application |
ha ha meters nos nos nos nos ha nos ha |
2 17 26 1 |
2 13 28 3 |
2,748 1,546 10,562 2,201 753 142 12 61 12 162 |
|
Afforestation, Horticulture, Fodder Development -
nursery raising -
fodder grass -
bund plantation -
natural forest regeneration -
horticulture -
block plantation -
dryland agriculture -
bio gas plants |
nos ha ha ha ha ha ha nos |
- - 64 - |
80 5 21 1 |
5,20,216 665 135 462 160 251 86 29 |
|
Gender
Development & CBOs -
women SHG -
seed capital support to SHG for IGP -
WDA / WIC / WMC |
nos nos nos |
|
3 |
67 47 25 |
|
Training
/ Exposure -
staff -
WDA / WIC/ WMC members -
Women SHG members |
nos nos nos |
20 133 90 |
8 52 35 |
106 164 171 |
·
Increase in crop area under dryland
and irrigated farming by over 50%.
·
Natural Forest Regeneration in 462 ha
·
Over 4000 ha under land treatment ( soil & water
conservation, block plantations, land reclamation, silt application ,
horticulture)
·
Seed capital support to 47 SHGs
for income generation programs.
·
Web of community organizations formed and made
functional for watershed management.
·
Network NGOs share project experiences biannually.
·
Increase in crop production by over 25%.
·
Green cover in project area more than doubled.
·
Increased availability of water from surface and
underground sources for domestic& non domestic uses.
·
More participatory and systematic approach of
community in managing their natural resources.
·
Improved ability of network partners to tailor
project interventions to needs and replicate successful practices.
B 13. Sustainable
Drinking Water Supply in the Humid Tropics of Kerala, Implementing
Organization: Malanadu Development Society.Partner Organisation - Kuttanadu
Vikasana Samithy, Alappuzha
Start and End
Date: February 1999 – January 2004
The physical activities at all 3 sites continued
with accent on rain water harvesting drinking water structures. Soil &
Water conservation works were greatly hampered by inadequate and irregular
rainfall at Karunapuram site due to which soil bunding, which is an important activity, could not take
place. Significant progress was made in actively involving the local panchayats in collaborating with the project and in
providing part financing for the water harvesting structures. Negotiations with
the panchayats are in an advanced stage of
finalization and fund flow from them is expected to commence in the next half
year. An experience sharing visit to
ICEF BAIF Tiptur site in Karnataka was made. A Swasraya Sangamam ( one day gathering of all
SHG members ) was held in Karunapuram site for
awareness and experience sharing. Village volunteers were trained in accounting
and auditing of SHG books, and based on project interventions, a training has
been scheduled ( for early October) for the implementing staff of the World
Bank aided Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
Agency ( KRWSA ).
There was increased availability of safe drinking
water for more than 300 families. Surveys in 19 households showed total
elimination of water borne diseases such as cholera, dysentry
and jaundice, as compared to baseline, when using water from rain water
harvesting structures of the project. In times of acute water scarcity,
beneficiaries ( with project rain water harvesting
tanks ) have started sharing with non beneficiaries, for the first time, thus
widening pool of beneficiaries and helping in awareness generation and
replication efforts. A project tank built as a demonstration unit in a Primary
School led to replication efforts by the teachers in their homes. Improved
availability of water
( quantity & quality ) has led to improvement in quality of
food and a feeling of water security, thus improving the quality of life.
Previously rice cooked in the morning from open water sources used to get
fermented and became inedible, thus necessitating evening cooking again.
Recharged wells have cut down women`s
drudgery in water collection considerably. Some women had to negotiate slopes
of 500 -800 meters to walk down the valley to fetch water and others had to
queue up all night for fetching water from distant sources. Well monitoring in Panikachira site has shown increase in ground water table
by 45cms even though rainfall is less this year by 47%.This is the result of
considerable headway being made in soil & water conservation works. Apart
from training to beneficiaries and staff in various aspects of the project, a
large number of masons have also been trained and made available for local
replication initiatives, by contact through KVS, which is also started helping
smaller NGOs with the know--how. This will help in replication.
The project has not been successful in its endeavor
to form a Vana Suraksha Samithy for the forest area in the midlands site despite
three public meetings conducted by the forest department. Efforts are on to
pursue the same.
|
Project Activity |
Unit |
Planned Activities April-September, 2002 |
Achievements April-September 2002 |
Cumulative achievements till date |
|
Drinking Water Technologies - Development & Rejuvenation of Wells - FCT |
nos nos |
15 73 |
25 82 |
88 175 |
|
Soil & Water Conservation - Bunding & Terracing - Trenching - Gabions - Gully Plugging - Water Collection Pits - Drainage Line Treatment - Sanitary Latrines - Ponds - Tree Nursery - Kitchen Garden |
ha nos nos nos nos meters nos nos nos nos |
1533 2000 - 50 15000 - 37 2 3 20 |
43 2963 - 19 - - 2 2 3 16 |
3194 6945 2 54 33483 665 65 4 6 28 |
|
Training & Capacity Development - to beneficiaries - to project staff |
no of trngs -do- |
33 2 |
36 2 |
92 19 |
|
SHG Formation X |
nos |
35 |
38 |
359 |
·
263 water storage and supply structures in place and
functioning for more reliable water supply.
·
65 sanitation structures constructed to reduce
contamination of water sources.
·
359 SHGs formed and made
functional.
·
3194 ha of area bunded and
vegetative cover provided.
·
Several training programs on diversified subjects
relating to the project were conducted for beneficiaries and staff.
·
Increased availability of safe drinking water for
over 500 families in the project area.
·
Surveys in 19 households
shows total elimination of water borne diseases, as compared to baseline, when
using water from rain water harvesting structures of the project.
·
In times of acute water scarcity, beneficiaries ( with project rain water harvesting tanks ) have started
sharing with non beneficiaries, for the first time, thus widening pool of
beneficiaries and helping in awareness generation and replication efforts.
·
Improved availability of water (
quantity & quality ) has led to improvement in quality of food and a
feeling of water security, thus improving the quality of life.
·
Demonstration of benefits as a result of structures
already installed has led to replication in other areas.
·
Improved capacity of MDS and KVS in sustainable
natural resource development and management
B 14.
The first phase of commissioning two wind turbines
and the wind diesel controller has been commissioned in April 2002. The formal
inauguration was done by the High Commissioner of Canada to
The second
Project Management Committee meeting was held. One of the key issues identified
was the non-functioning of the local cooperative, which would take up the
supply of electricity to the local population. It was decided that if efforts
to make the cooperative active, did not show results, then efforts to form a
new cooperative with members from the consumers should be taken up. It was also
decided to carry out an evaluation of phase I, before proceeding to phase II for installation of eight machines, and integration
of the controller in the system.
Output Results till Date (20% achieved)
·
WDHS installation and commissioning is in progress.
B 15. Implementation of Renewable Energy
Technology in Rural
This project targets the local communities to take
up increased use of renewable energy systems and energy conserving technologies
for meeting their requirements of electricity. The project will establish two
energy support units (ESUs) in two project areas near
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh and
Partner Organisations
1.
Urmul Seemant,
2.
Manav Seva Sansthan,
3.
Sri Jagdamda Samiti, Rishikesh
The assembly activities in
UREDA (Uttaranchal
Renewable Energy Development Agency), Dehradun is
planning to electrify 125 non-electrified villages of Uttaranchal
with solar photovoltaics in the year 2002-03. Under
the scheme DLS will be disseminated in the respective villages at subsidized
cost (the total amount of subsidy is yet to be decided). TERI and SMTA, Vikasnagar have approached jointly to the agency to
undertake this work of electrification in few of the blocks where Uttam Urja has a good presence.
UREDA has been requested by the project to assign 5 (five) blocks to the
project to undertake this venture. UREDA is yet to finalize the approved
strategy as per MNES guidelines. Once it is approved the blocks will be
allocated to the project.
|
Project
activity |
Planned
activities April-September,
2002 |
Achievements
April-September 2002 |
|
Market
build up activities |
Building
up a brand image |
project
build up under the name “Uttam Urja” |
|
Dissemination
meetings |
ongoing |
ongoing |
|
Technical
training |
ongoing |
ongoing |
|
After
sales services to be taken up |
dealer
and NGO training on after sale services to be done |
training
imparted and after sales services taken up |
|
|
|
Rs. 16 lakhs |
|
Local
assembly to be set up |
Planned
for Rishikesh |
Local
assembly facilities set up |
Output Results till Date (20% Achieved)
·
Awareness meetings on renewable energy technologies
held.
·
Workshops for operation and maintenance and
technical training of RETs organised.
·
First batch of 100 solar P- home lighting systems
delivered and disseminated to consumers in Rishikesh
and
The second Project Steering Committee meeting was
held in this period. Since the project comes to a close in June 2003,
discussions were initiated to determine the structure of the ESU and also the
role of TERI and other institutions on the revolving fund that would be set up.
The nature of support to the ESU (grant, equity, loan)
with a view to making the same sustaining, was also discussed. The issue of
ICEF in monitoring the fund is also being discussed within ICEF.
B 16 Rehabilitation
of Integrated Tank Management Systems in the Kalivelli Watershed:
Start and End Date: July 1999 – June 2004
A Mid-term Performance Assessment of the project is
scheduled to be undertaken in the middle of October 2002.
The project is working on 31 tanks against 23 that
was the target in the proposal. However, the 23 tanks were to have all the
components dealt with -
although this was implied and not explicitly stated. These components include feeder channels,
bund repair - desilting tank bed; distribution
channels in the command area.
Another reason for the larger number of tanks
covered is the stipulation that the farmers will contribute 30% of the cost of
the repairs and do so in cash in a bank account before the project contributes
its share of 70%. The farmers are
willing to contribute this - about Rs. 200 -300 per
acre - to ensure that they can use the impounded rain water. However, they are able to do so better when
there has been a good harvest which is dependant on rainfall. Half - way through the project, one-third of
the funds earmarked for restoration works, has been utlized.
This project is one of the very few ones which is trying to integrate gender issues in irrigation
management. It is proceeding on a trial
and error basis. A strategy lately being tried out - of women landholders
[women headed households] and spouses of men farmers being brought into SHGs for capacity building and induction into the Executive
Committee of the WUA - seems to be making some headway.
Achievements April-September 2002
|
Sl. No. |
Project
Activities |
Planned
activities [Jan – Dec ‘02] |
Achievements
[Jan 02 – Aug. 02] |
Cumulative
achievements till Aug. 2002 |
|
Tank
rehabilitation |
||||
|
1. |
Field
survey and basic estimates |
22 |
34 |
46 |
|
2.
|
Restoration
activities |
9 |
15 |
30 |
|
3. |
PRA
exercises |
13 |
0 |
21 |
|
4. |
Formation
of Water Users’ Association [WUA] |
3 |
1 |
31` |
|
5. |
Registration
of WUAs |
9 |
2 |
21 |
|
6. |
Formation
of SHGs |
6 |
5 |
78 |
|
7.
|
Formation
of Women Pattedar SHG |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
8. |
Accounts
training for WUA |
27 |
19 |
25 |
|
9. |
Accounts
training for SHGs |
- |
3 |
3 |
|
10. |
Income
Generation training for SHGs |
17 |
6 |
28 |
|
11. |
Tank
management and leadership training to
EC members of WUA |
25 |
19 |
36 |
|
12.
|
Exposure
visits |
- |
13 |
43 |
B 17. Community-based Project to Mitigate
Arsenic Pollution in
Start
and End Date: September 2001 – September 2006
Installations
of community treatment plants is in progress by various NGOs. Community institutions
are being trained for action in arsenic affected areas. Success of the
technology park has started to influence the state policy relating to arsenic
mitigation. Results of the technology park are being used by the Public Health
Engineering Department (PHED) in future planning of Arsenic treatment measures.
Third PMC meeting was held
in early September 2002. Major decisions taken in the PMC are indicated below:
Ø It was
suggested that focus of the project should now be on low-cost treatment and
rain water harvesting. NGOs should be given the responsibility to market these
low-cost options in Arsenic affected areas.
Ø The idea of
having regular Arsenic medical clinic in Kolkata was
debated at great lengths and eventually decided not to purse this further. It
was agreed that mobile
clinics cum awareness vehicles will be preferred.
Ø It was also
decided to drop two non-performing NGOs - Sahay and
VHA. New NGOs should also be included.
Ø It has to be
decided by AIIH&PH if they need a separate Project Secretariat. A decision
on this needs to be made by 30th sep and conveyed to
ICEF.
Ø Community
contribution should be the focus where community treatment units are being
installed. This will ensure proper maintenance and sustainability of these
plants.
Ø Audit for
partner NGOs to be carried out before fresh MOU is signed.
Ø Leading
advertising agencies like Lintas are to be roped in
for awareness generation on the Arsenic issue.
Ø A complete
film on social and technical issues should be made for the project.
Ø AIIH&PH
would revise and send the request for advance. Meanwhile interim payment of ~Rs 20 lakhs needs to be done.
Ø Substantial
changes to be done in the annual work plan as per these discussions.
|
Project Activity |
Planned Activities April-September, 2002 |
Achievements
April-September 2002 |
Cumulative achievements
till date |
|
PRAs Conducted |
100 |
42 |
127 |
|
Village Meetings Held |
150 |
67 |
235 |
|
SHGs Formed |
60 |
30 |
122 |
|
Awareness Programs
Conducted |
500 |
371 |
538 |
|
Medical Clinics Organized |
5 |
0 |
2 |
|
Training: - Water Quality Training - Medical Trainings |
10 5 |
7 2 |
25 18 |
|
No of People Trained in
Medical Trainings |
100 |
44 |
982 |
|
Water Quality Analysis - Field Kit Testing - Laboratory Testing |
10,000 500 |
7941 268 |
11968 1457 |
|
Physical Interventions - Treatment Plants
Installed - Dug wells commissioned |
100 11 |
59 11 |
76 13 |
|
Workshops - PMP Workshop - |
1 1 |
1 1 |
2 2 |
|
Project Meetings - PMC Advisory Committee - Technical Committee - NGO Review Meetings - Meeting with ARP
manufacturers |
1 2 2 1 |
1 1 1 2 |
3 3 4 2 |
|
IEC Material - Posters - Pamphlets - Audio Cassettes |
0 2 2 |
0 0 2 |
12 1 2 |
|
Publications - - Technology Brochures |
0 1 |
0 1 |
1 1 |
|
Reports Annual Progress Reports |
1 |
1 |
1 |
B 18. Management
of Fresh Water Resources in the
Start and End Date: December 2000 – December 2005
The Union Territory of Lakshadweep
is an archipelago comprising of 36 small islands located in the
The project objective is to conserve the limited
available groundwater by collecting additional rain water through roof water harvesting.
The project will be implemented by the Administration of the Union Territory of
Lakshadweep through the Department of Science, Technology and
supported by Lakshadweep Public Works Department, in
collaboration with local community institutions.
The project launching has been completed as planned.
The project management mechanisms and the community institutions to execute the
project are in place. For the sake of logistics, it has been decided to
concentrate the project initially at four islands. CWRDM has conducted initial hydrogeological
studies in four islands. This was followed by training the local mesons in the
construction of ferro-cement tanks to be used for
roof water harvesting structures. Also eight roof water harvesting structures have
been constructed, two in each island to demonstrate the use of such structures.
The Project Management Committee meeting was held in
the month of May, 2002. As the previous administrator of
There were serious discussions on implementation
strategy as well. It was reiterated that the beneficiaries for the roof water
harvesting structures should not only be fully involved in the construction of
the structures but also make a suitable contribution as deemed fit in this
circumstances.
Physical achievement during this reporting period is
not very encouraging. One reason being that the raw materials
for construction were to be brought from the main land first by the PWD at
their own cost which the project implementing agency would procure from time to
time as per the need. Another factor was the commencement of Panchayet election in the islands during the month of
September. The project team hopes to compensate for the short fall in annual
target during the second half of the year.
|
Project Activity |
Planned
Activities Apr-Sept.
02 |
Achievements Apr-Sept’02 |
Cumulative achievements |
|
Community Mobilization: a.
Community awareness meetings, no b.
PRA training for LPWD/DST staff, no c.
Technical training for CWRDM, no |
7 2
1 |
5 1
1 |
12 7 1 |
|
Survey and Investigations
: a.
Social Base line data, no.of islands b.
Hydrological survey, trips -
Observation wells, no.of islands -
VES -
Water sample analysis, no |
3 2 1 nil n.a |
3 1 1 nil n.a |
9 9 1 nil 72 |
|
Construction of structures
: a.
Training of masons, no. of training a)
Construction of RWH structures, no |
- - |
-
3 |
7 9 |
Although the logistical constraints in implementation of the project in
the islands were known, its extent had not been clear at the beginning. The
islands remain almost inaccessible during the monsoon season.
Local communities as part of
the Union territories, are used to subsidies,
particularly in social sectors. The concept of communities partly paying for
the cost of the RWH structures, is taking time to get internalized.
The project approach of harvesting
roof top rain-water would offer only a temporary solution, if the demand for fresh
water by the communities keep increasing due to increasing standard of living.
The organization (CWRDM) has
its own well established finance department. For uniformity’s sake, the
financial controlling practices of the organization is
also applicable to this project. Besides, this department also conducts
internal auditing of the project fund. Initial difficulties in accounting arose
from the advance released by CWRDM to the implementing agency in the island who
as per norm wanted to submit only the utilization certificate. It was however,
agreed in the second PSC meeting that detailed expenditure statement will also
be submitted by the implementing agency to CWRDM.
The financial audit that
covers the period from
B 19. Community-based
Water Resource Management with Emphasis on Natural Water Quality Improvement
and Resource Recovery: Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) &
Central Institute of Fresh Water Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Start and End Date: November 2000 – November 2005
Construction work at the
three sites is progressing well and would be completed by the end of 2002.
Vanivihar - Excavation has been
completed for the 3 duckweed ponds. Stone pitching is under progress. Work of 2nd
weir is under completion. 70% work is complete.
Laxmi Sagar
- De-weeding and cutting of hard
strata is complete. The work will resume after rains. 50% work is complete.
Social mobilization is underway at all the project sites.
Community Mobilization,
Training and Awareness was the main focus over last
six months. Following events were organised:
·
Two day trainers training on ‘Role of women in water
conservation and management through community participation was organized.
·
Street theater in Oriya was conducted at the 3
project sites and also at village Kesura. It got a
very good response at all the sites.
·
Polythene eradication campaign was organized for 4
local schools in which more than 100 children participated. The program was
very well covered by the media. One project site BDA Nicco
park was declared ploythene
free from
·
Health survey was conducted for 282 households. Four
health check-up camps were organized with the help of Rotary club in which over
800 slum people were checked for common diseases.
Co-funding
Rs 4.32 lakhs
were mobilized from BASAID (a Swiss NGO) for the SHG work at the 3 project
sites. A community hall will also be constructed in village Kesura.
Women Self Help Groups (SHGs:
·
The project is working with 4 existing women SHGs and 1 SHG federation (which has network with 16 SHGs). Only 1 new SHG has been formed at Laxmi Sagar.
·
All the SHGs have been
strengthened and micro-enterprise activities have been initiated. Training
programs on paper bag making and mushroom cultivation have been conducted for
40 women members of Kesura SHG. Rs
20,00 has been given to SHG federation for initiating
micro-enterprises.
·
Two day training on ‘trade identification’ was
imparted to all women members and exposure visit to a successful women’s SHG at
Balakati was also organized.
·
Contacts have also been developed with NABARD for
SHG linkages.
Project
Management Committee (PMC): The 2nd
PMC meeting was held in September. Mr. Kaul
form MOEF also attended the meeting. Annual workplans
and the budget were approved by the committee. The committee expressed
satisfaction over the progress of the project. It was generally agreed that all
the 3 sites should be ready by the end of this year and should start fishery
activity in early 2003.
Achievements April
-September 2002
|
Project Activity |
Planned Activities April-September, 2002 |
Achievements
April-September 2002 |
Cumulative achievements
till date ( |
|
PRA Conducted |
- |
- |
6 |
|
Village Meetings |
14 |
7 |
31 |
|
SHGs Formed/Existing
Strengthened |
2 |
2 |
21 |
|
SHG Meetings |
15 |
10 |
15 |
|
Tree Plantations |
50 |
- |
150 |
|
Water Sample Analysed |
72 |
48 |
160 |
|
Reports - DPR (Social,
Engineering, Fisheries) - EIA - Biodiversity |
- - - |
- - - |
-3 -1 -1 |
|
Project Meetings: - PMC/Advisory Committee - Technical Committee - Coordination Committee - Tender Evaluation
Committee - Physical Verification
Committee - Progress Review Meetings - Search Committee |
1 1 2 - 2 8 - |
1 1 2 - 1 4 - |
2 5 3 3 3 22 7 |
|
PMP Workshop |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Training - Gender Tr for Project Staff - SHG Training |
1 6 |
- 6 |
1 9 |
|
Exposure Visits - Mumbai, Kolkata, - Khajuraho
& Gopalpur Workshop |
- - |
‑ - |
6 2 |
|
Publications - Brochure - Newsletter |
1 2 |
1 2 |
2 5 |
|
Physical Construction - Sulabh
Sauchalaya - Vanivihar
site - - Laxmi
sagar site |
- -1 -1 -1 |
- -under progress -under progress -under progress |
1 70% 60% 50% |
B 20. Bioenergy for Sustainable Rural
Development in Tumkur District, Kanartaka, Karnataka State Council for Science
and Technology: Karnataka State
Council for Science and Technology (KSCST),
The project coordinator and project officers joined
the Project Management Unit in May/June 2002.
The second Project Steering Committee was held in
September 2002 and approved the work plan for the year 2002-03. While some
action has been taken on preparation of TORs for some
activities, there is no significant progress to report. A consultant was
appointed to prepare a procedures manual for operational matters, and also for
capital equipment purchases. The PSC, while approving in principle, suggested
that the Project Executive Committee should go into the details and give their
approval, after which the matters will be heard in the PSC.
Initial project start up
activities have been take up in a cluster of five villages. PRA meetings
have been held. Discussions with ASTRA (Application of Science and Technologies
in Rural Areas) and CGPL (Central Gas Propulsion Lab), under the I.I.Sc have started on MOUs
for technical assistance for the various components of the project. There have
been some issues raised regarding the role of KSCST and the Project Management
Unit. The PMU is processing the various proposals received relating to setting
up of community organizations, identification of sites for gasifiers,
and related activities.
Initial estimates indicate that the demand for
electricity is significantly higher than what has been projected in the project
document. Issues now being discussed relate to the mode of operation of gasifiers (local supply versus feeding into the grid),
supply to incremental and new loads, as against the total village loads, and
drawing up separate distribution lines for the supply of electricity from the gasifier systems.
Fund utilization is low at
1% only so far. With the PMU in place
and Steering Committee meetings taking place regularly, higher disbursement in
the coming month is expected.
B 21. Nagaland
Empowerment of People through Economic Development (Phase II): Government of Nagaland (GoN)
Start and End
Date: April 2001 - March 2006
Promotion of alternative farming practices to
replace the environment degrading, age old practice of shifting cultivation and
generation of additional income for the Naga farmers
are the two main objectives of the project. The Naga
farmers are being encouraged through Village Development Boards (VDBs) to plant shade loving cash crops e.g. ginger,
turmeric cardamom, pepper etc. as mixed crops in both primary and secondary
forest lands as an alternative to existing Jhum
practice. To begin with, the project will form revolving fund to provide credit
to finance these planting activities in 100 villages. The project will work
simultaneously to provide support for collection, storage, value addition and marketing
of the agro-forestry produce of the farmers. In addition a few test plots will
be undertaken to demonstrate Jhum crop
intensification and agro-forestry models.
|
Major Activities |
Target April - Sept., 02 |
Achievements April - Sept, 01 |
Cumulative as on date |
|
Jhum crop intensification model a)
Selection of farmers, no b)
Selection of villages, no c)
Area under trial in Year 1, ha |
105 8 46 |
92 8 46 |
92 8 46 |
|
Demonstration at Merama site a)
Demonstration in land treatment, ha b)
Demonstration of crop, ha c)
Nursery raising , no of plants (no of species) d)
Visit by farmers, no e)
Training of farmers, no of trng (persons) |
1.5 1.0 500
(1) 200 15
(200) |
1.5 1.0 500
(1) 100 5
(75) |
1.5 1.0 500
(1) 100 5
(75) |
|
Agro-forestry model a)
Selection of farmers, no b)
Selection of villages, no c)
Area under trial in Year 1, ha |
33 8 28.5 |
33
8 28.5
|
33 8
28.5
|
|
Operationalization of revolving fund by VDBs a)
Total fund disbursed to VDBs, Rs.
Lakh b)
Total beneficiaries (loanees), no c)
Total loan disbursed by VDBs, Rs.
Lakh d)
Total amount of recovery, Rs. Lakh e)
Women SHGs accorded loan, no |
305.67 2545 305.67 2.91 n.a |
190.75 2076 190.75 - -
|
496.42 4621 496.42 20.05 -
|
|
Production
of agro-forestry cash crops |
|
|
|
|
A
Ginger : a)
Total farmers, no b)
Total production, Metric tonnes c)
Total value worth, Rs. Lakhs |
893 - - |
695 360 18.0 |
695 360 18.0 |
|
B.
Cardamom: a)
Total farmers, no b)
Total production, Metric tonnes c)
Total value worth, Rs. Lakhs |
640 |
613 n.a n.a |
613 n.a n.a |
|
C.
Beetle leaves a)
Total farmers, no b)
Total production, Metric tonnes c)
Total value worth, Rs. Lakhs |
78 729 145.8 |
n.a n.a |
n.a n.a |
|
D.
Araca nut a)
Total farmers, no b)
Total production, Metric tonnes c)
Total value worth, Rs. Lakhs |
33 Production
awaited |
13 - - |
13 - - |
|
E.
Passion fruit a)
Total farmers, no b)
Total production, Metric tonnes c)
Total value worth, Rs. Lakhs |
270 - |
142 80
|
142 80 |
|
F.
Turmeric a)
Total farmers, no b)
Total production, Metric tonnes c)
Total value worth, Rs. Lakhs |
32 |
30 55 1.65 |
30 55 1.65 |
|
G.
Other crops a)
Total farmers, no b)
Total production, Metric tonnes c)
Total value worth, Rs. Lakhs |
- - 750.0 |
421 500 n.a |
421 500 n.a |
The project has involved the selected Village
Development Boards (VDBs) successfully to receive,
disburse and managing of the loans through a revolving fund mechanism. Now that the
farmers are producing different types of cash crops e.g. ginger, turmeric cardamom and,
pepper as mixed crops in both primary and secondary forest lands, they expect the State Government to make
arrangement for marketing. The state Government is gearing up to meet this
challenge and is planning to form a marketing federation.
As the farmers have already started refunding loan money particularly against a short duration crop like ginger, the funds at VDB have started to grow. The VDBs will not only have to strengthen their record keeping procedure that has already been put in place to monitor old loans. In order to extend the benefit of the scheme to other farmers the project has to extend new loans based on the recovery of loans. Such loan, howeve