INDIA AGRICULTURE SCALE UP LEARNING –SHARING WORKSHOP,DATE: 13-14 APRIL 2009VENUE: MANESAR, INDIA

Inland fishery program: Sharing of scale up planning

Presentation will flow through:2

IssueProcessLinkagesAssessment of progress in BundelkhandScale up strategy and planning

Inland Fishery Program in Madhya Pradesh

Current profile: … H/H in Tikamgarh (…Vill) and Chatterpur (Vill)

Progression: -Community Mobilisation

-Institution building

-Power in market

Drivers of change:-Organised and homogeneous community

-Awareness generation about peoples right

-Initiated regular contact and dialogue with

policy makers and govt. officials

-Emergence of local leadership

Major achievementNew State fishery policy is formulated and

passed through cabinet

Tikamgarh:Tikamgarh: Chaterpur:Chaterpur:

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Map of Program Area

Issue with fisherfolk in Bundelkhand5

Lack of access and control over resources/Govt program and support

Control of fish pond by middleman and contractors, fisherfolk reduced to wage workers

Poor socio economic status of fisher folk community Lack of awareness as well as access to government

programmes and schemes Low status accorded to women by the society Limited participation of fisherfolk in local self

governance institution Lack of infrastructure , poor access of market

information and dependence on trader for fish seed, credit and other inputs

Poor participation in entire fish value chain Multi Departmental arrangement

Program Approach

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Enterprise and Market

Livelihood promotion

Natural Resource development

Community Mobilisation

State level Dialogue

Regional level

District level Intervention

Local Government/ Local leadership

Advocacy Approach

Process Adopted:Process Adopted:

Phases in Process:

7 Organic Progression Demonstration to scale up Deliberate effort to address gender at all level Next move is to create linkages of Right based approach in

entire fish value chain

Phase 2: Capacity BuildingPhase 2: Capacity Building

Phase 3: Institution Building

1999 2004 2006

Phase 1: Community MobilizationPhase 1: Community Mobilization

Learning during intervention period 8

Institutional strengthening intervention is vital Regular communication with govt. authorityPromoting women’s leadershipIdentifying market opportunities and intervene to

enhance power in marketPilot and demonstration build confidence at

community level

Structural Representation:

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Function and role:-Function and role:- Facilitate market support Facilitate market support

through route chartthrough route chart Fish ling rearing as Fish ling rearing as

business enterprisebusiness enterprise Brooder stock/hatchery Brooder stock/hatchery

as business unitas business unit Fish meal and other Fish meal and other

production related input production related input supply/productionsupply/production

Develop enterprise across Develop enterprise across fish value chain as per fish value chain as per opportunity and capacityopportunity and capacity

As technical and As technical and extension support to extension support to other fish rearing group other fish rearing group in MP in MP

Function and role:-Function and role:- Community mobilization Community mobilization

for control and access for control and access over pondover pond

Policy advocacyPolicy advocacy Linkages with govt. Linkages with govt.

program and schemeprogram and scheme Conflict resolution Conflict resolution Awareness raising Awareness raising promotion of socio-promotion of socio-

political empowerment of political empowerment of fisherfolk communityfisherfolk community

Function and role:-Function and role:- Capacity building of Capacity building of

cooperative in area and cooperative in area and develop new develop new cadre/leadershipcadre/leadership

Facilitate pond business Facilitate pond business plan developmentplan development

Leverage with govt. Leverage with govt. scheme/plan at cluster scheme/plan at cluster levellevel

Provide extension Provide extension support in fish production support in fish production enhancement, linkages enhancement, linkages with quality input supply, with quality input supply, resource use, Schedule resource use, Schedule harvest, Monitoring of harvest, Monitoring of progressprogress

Fisherfolks Sangathan( A social-Political development Unit)

Cluster Unit( A facilitation unit for capacity building and developing linkages)

Producer organization (A professionally

managed business Enterprise)

Local fishing Coop/Fishery Groups

Scale Up plan:

ComponentComponent Strategic interventionStrategic intervention What needs to be doneWhat needs to be done Delivery in 3 yr.Delivery in 3 yr.CommunityCommunityMobilizationMobilization Cluster level unit formation to Cluster level unit formation to

provide support in cooperative provide support in cooperative strengthening, access to strengthening, access to government program and scheme, government program and scheme, extension support for fish extension support for fish production improvement and production improvement and facilitate market linkage through facilitate market linkage through route chartroute chart

Continues interaction with Continues interaction with coop/group on system, coop/group on system, management and governance.management and governance.

Sharing of good practices and Sharing of good practices and successful intervention successful intervention

Create platform for learning Create platform for learning sharing among different sharing among different group/coopgroup/coop

Develop conflict resolution Develop conflict resolution mechanism and coop. grading mechanism and coop. grading system at community levelsystem at community level

Upto 500 cooperative Upto 500 cooperative and more than 35000 and more than 35000 H/H in four districts H/H in four districts will have direct control will have direct control over pond resourcesover pond resources

Access to government Access to government scheme and program in scheme and program in more than 200 project more than 200 project villagesvillages

InstitutionInstitutionbuildingbuilding Formation of Bundelkhand Formation of Bundelkhand

fisherfolk forum for ensuring fisherfolk forum for ensuring fisherfolks right in Bundelkhand fisherfolks right in Bundelkhand region.region.

Develop supportive linkages Develop supportive linkages between socio-political wing and between socio-political wing and economic wing of sangthaneconomic wing of sangthan

Develop new cadre for different roles Develop new cadre for different roles like community mobilization, technical like community mobilization, technical support, market facilitation, support, market facilitation, Capacity building initiatives for Capacity building initiatives for capable person on business, capable person on business, management, accounting, Use of IT and management, accounting, Use of IT and different system.different system.O.D. exercise with Partner organization O.D. exercise with Partner organization and sangthan for taking up new and sangthan for taking up new challenges related with separation as challenges related with separation as well as crating linkages with different well as crating linkages with different institution for socio-economic institution for socio-economic interventionintervention

Apex body will form district Apex body will form district level sub bodylevel sub bodyWomen’s separate Women’s separate organization will emerge and organization will emerge and take lead on women’s issuetake lead on women’s issueFisher folks Producer Fisher folks Producer Organization will function Organization will function effectively.effectively.

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Womens Womens empowermenempowermen

t and t and leadershipleadership

Deliberate effort to involve women Deliberate effort to involve women in entire process of program.in entire process of program.Capacity building program especially Capacity building program especially designed for women membersdesigned for women membersEffort to provide tank lease to Effort to provide tank lease to women groupswomen groupsFishling production enterprise Fishling production enterprise through women groupsthrough women groupsPromote women retailers in local Promote women retailers in local marketmarketPromote women representative in Promote women representative in local governance (panchayat) and local local governance (panchayat) and local government promoted committee government promoted committee (TSC,VEC, NREGA monitoring etc.)(TSC,VEC, NREGA monitoring etc.)

Enterprise promotion related training to Enterprise promotion related training to women group memberswomen group membersFacilitate women representative in all Facilitate women representative in all local initiatiive and govt. committeelocal initiatiive and govt. committeeSpecially designed training for women Specially designed training for women fishling rearing groupfishling rearing group

Atleast 120 ponds fully Atleast 120 ponds fully owned and managed by owned and managed by women groups.women groups.Women own 50% of Women own 50% of enterpriseenterpriseWomen role enhanced Women role enhanced upto 50% in decision upto 50% in decision making making Women leadership Women leadership emerged at all level to emerged at all level to address socio-political address socio-political and economic issue.and economic issue.

Value chain Value chain developmentdevelopment Submission of cooperative business Submission of cooperative business

plan to department for leverage and plan to department for leverage and linkageslinkagesInitiate local enterprises across all Initiate local enterprises across all activities of value chain (brooder activities of value chain (brooder stocking, fishling rearing, fish meal stocking, fishling rearing, fish meal production, retailer, transportation, production, retailer, transportation, marketing etc.)marketing etc.)

Use of GIS based software with Use of GIS based software with indivisual coop to develop their plan.indivisual coop to develop their plan.Association with fisherfolk producer Association with fisherfolk producer organization to provide support in input, organization to provide support in input, extension, and marketingextension, and marketingDevelop mutually agreed harvest Develop mutually agreed harvest schedulescheduleInclude more group/coop in route chart Include more group/coop in route chart systemsystemSet up facilitation center to coordinate Set up facilitation center to coordinate demand and supply of fish and other demand and supply of fish and other produce ( backword-forward linkages)produce ( backword-forward linkages)Enhance quality of fish harvest and post Enhance quality of fish harvest and post harvest practices harvest practices

150 pond cooperative 150 pond cooperative develop detailed business develop detailed business plan plan

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Product Product development development

and and livelihood livelihood

diversificati-diversificati-onon

Continuous support to 200 selected Continuous support to 200 selected coop in carrying production coop in carrying production enhancement and diversification enhancement and diversification initiativeinitiativeAgreement with producer Agreement with producer organization to provide marketing organization to provide marketing supportsupport

Regular monitoring and support to Regular monitoring and support to 200 ponds200 pondsFacilitate Linkages with technical Facilitate Linkages with technical expert for performance expert for performance improvement of 200 pondsimprovement of 200 ponds

200 ponds enhances 200 ponds enhances average fish production average fish production 200 pond cooperative 200 pond cooperative operate their input operate their input management systemmanagement systemAgriculture activity will Agriculture activity will undertaken in dry tank bed undertaken in dry tank bed in 400 tank.in 400 tank.

Technology, Technology, infrastructuinfrastructu

re and re and serviceservice

Planning and sharing process with Planning and sharing process with apex body members using GIS apex body members using GIS softwaresoftware

Regular training for community Regular training for community members to use and update GIS members to use and update GIS based application based application Develop cluster level plan using Develop cluster level plan using application in phased manner.application in phased manner.Sharing of GIS application tool and Sharing of GIS application tool and plan developed with district and plan developed with district and state govt. state govt.

Apex body developing Apex body developing intervention plan using intervention plan using GIS based softwareGIS based softwareProducer organization Producer organization uses market information uses market information systemsystemDevelop infrastructure Develop infrastructure facility in two block as facility in two block as pilot demonstrationpilot demonstration

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Policy Policy advocacy advocacy Awareness raising in other part of Awareness raising in other part of

State regarding new fishery policyState regarding new fishery policyRegular sharing of effort/initiative Regular sharing of effort/initiative with government departmentswith government departments

Sharing of new policy with other Sharing of new policy with other fisherfolk groupsfisherfolk groupsProper monitoring regarding Proper monitoring regarding implementaion of policy implementaion of policy

Effort for proper Effort for proper implementation of new implementation of new fishery policy in MP.fishery policy in MP.Advocacy for other Advocacy for other leftover demandsleftover demands

Scale up Scale up with state with state

and outsideand outside

Sharing of MP fishery policy with Sharing of MP fishery policy with other State govt. and presenting issue other State govt. and presenting issue with fisherfolk in respective statewith fisherfolk in respective state

Inland fishery related Situation Inland fishery related Situation analysis of other state and sharing analysis of other state and sharing with department.with department.

Advocacy for fishery Advocacy for fishery policy in other potential policy in other potential state UP, Chatishgarh and state UP, Chatishgarh and Orissa.Orissa.

Stakeholder Stakeholder engagementengagementRegular communication with all Regular communication with all

stakeholders.stakeholders.Annual stakeholders meeting with Annual stakeholders meeting with Apex body and producer Apex body and producer organization.organization.

Develop database of all Develop database of all stakeholders and initiate stakeholders and initiate communicationcommunication

Engagement with govt. Engagement with govt. dept in MP.dept in MP.Engagement with all Engagement with all stakeholder in fish value stakeholder in fish value chain for access to market.chain for access to market.Engagement with Engagement with resource and technical resource and technical organizations.organizations.Engagement with other Engagement with other state and national level state and national level organizations/group/mass organizations/group/mass organizationsorganizations

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Thanks

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From:Fisherfolk community of

Bundelkhand Region