livleihood improvement of tail end farmers through water harvesting

“More Crop Per Drop”

Addressing 2-extremes of water availability to improve productivity in tail end of irrigation project

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Water Resource Management for tail end farmers

More Crop Per Drop

Volume 7

Final Report September 2012 – August 2015

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NABARD Bangalore

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JANAKALYAN An Institution for Innovation Integrated Inspiring Intervention

Shantinagar, R H Colony No.4, Sindhanur – 584143

District: Raichur, Karnataka, India

Tel: +91 8535-264488 Telefax: +91 8535-264140 Email: [email protected], www.jankalyana.org



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Final Progress Report

September 2012 - August 2015 Preamble: With the support of NABARD, under Farmers Technology Transfer Fund (FTTF), Janakalyan has initiated an innovative intervention in the tail end of Tungabhadra Irrigation Project in Sindhanur taluk of Raichur district to develop a model to address 2-extremes of water availability. The project commenced in September 2012 to demonstrate the proposed technology and prove it as a financially viable model for the farmers of any tail end in India. This report is prepared at the end of the project intervention to document the outcome and the process followed in implementing the program. Context: It was at the cost of ancestral properties of Bengalis, India got freedom but unfortunately the same Bengalis had to find their new abode in India after partition of the country as per the terms and conditions of partition. About 932 such families were rehabilitated in Sindhanur taluk of Raichur district in Karnataka with 4-5 acres of land in the tail end of Tungabhadra Irrigation Project. This piece of land is the only source of their livelihoods and all these refugees are solely dependent on it for their survival. There are about 4 such rehabilitation colonies in Sindhanur Rehabilitation Project. Problem/issue: All tail ends of any irrigation projects are exposed to a peculiar problem i.e. two extremes of water availability. During rainy season, when the upper reach farmers don’t want water for irrigation and also the runoff gets generated out of excess rain, they leave it through the canal which inundates the standing crops of tail end farmers. In the peak season, when the water is seriously in need by the tail end farmers, it is being completely used by the upper reach farmers leaving inadequate quantum after satisfying their needs, thereby causing drying up of standing crops again at the tail end. Realizing the fact over a period of time, the farmers now cultivate part of the land considering the water availability in peak season keeping rest fallow throughout the year. Purpose: Tail ends of any irrigation project is exposed to a peculiar problem i.e. 2-extremes of water availability. 1) Inundation of standing crops due to excess water flowing through the canal during rainy

season; the upper reach farmers do not require irrigation during this period and thus leave water through canal.

2) Drying up of standing crops due to inadequate irrigation water during the peak season; because the upper reach farmers allows water to flow through the canal only after satisfying their irrigation needs. This is termed as 2-extremes of water availability – inundation & drying up of crops due to water availability. Years’ experience taught the farmers

3) To cultivate part of the land which they can save (provide life saving irrigation) during peak season, rest (20-50%) of the land remains fallow throughout the year.



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Resultantly, the productive land decreased and thus income of the family; the family caught into debt to manage the family affairs.

4) Further, chemical-heavy agriculture caused pests immunization and has left degraded soil with severe salinity & alkalinity; result is low productivity making agriculture further loss-making. Further, the runoff generated from each farm @ normal rainfall of the area (581mm per annum) generates sufficient water to cultivate 2-ha farm if harvested systematically. But, the farmers make way for the water to flow out of the farm during rainy season and then blame God or Government for not providing water for irrigation.

5) Instead, if we harvest the rainwater from the very farms of respective farmers and store, it would satisfy the irrigation needs of the farmer during critical period. Thus, basically the intervention is trying to address the twin problems of livelihood of the tail end farmers i.e. optimizing profit in agriculture (by addressing issues like soil fertility, salinity / alkalinity, pests immunization, chemical heavy cultivation practices, etc. using chemical-free, diversified cropping pattern) and providing adequate irrigation by addressing 2-extremes of water availability through creation of water harvesting structures.

Hypothesis/Theme: “Water is life” but is the scarcest resource too; provide water to the farmers, they would ensure food security of the nation. God provided enough water in the nature which we don’t use judiciously when made available but blame the God or Government for the shortfall. Rural godowns are promoted by NABARD to arrest wastage of food grains likewise ‘water storage tanks’ or “Water Banks” need to be promoted to reduce wastage of the scarcest resource, the water. Model to be tested: Excavation of a water storage structure in the fallow land to store the excess water during rainy season and using the same for lifesaving irrigation during the peak season would not only address loss of crops due to 2-extremes of water availability but also help to use the fallow land productively by integrating fish in the tank. Various other productive units such as vegetables, fodder with cows, fruits & tree crops, etc. could also be added to distribute risk of crop failures and thereby broadening the economic base of the family. The program commenced in September 2012 with the financial support of NABARD in Sindhanur Rehabilitation Project. This report is prepared at the end of 2nd year of the project intervention to document the process and progress. Objectives of the intervention: The program aims at- 1) Creation of 15 Water Bank at the tail end of Tungabhadra Irrigation Project to harvest

excess water during rainy season to use for life saving irrigation during peak season. 2) Bring in additional area under irrigated crops through judicious application of water,

the scarce resource. 3) Increase productivity of the land through assured irrigation 4) Enhance farm income by adding various productive units to the farm with risk

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ACTIVITIES COMPLETED: The activities are described as per the line items of approved budget, those are completed during the project of 3 years commencing from September 2012 in the subsequent paragraphs. 1) Excavations of Water Harvesting Structures:

The central core of the project is excavation of water harvesting structures to address 2-extremes of water availability. The target was to create 15 such structures and we could succeed to complete all 15 within the prescribed time limit. However, it is realized that there is still huge demand for such structures in these colonies. The details of the structures created during the project phase are furnished in the table below- Sl. No.

Name of the farmer

Village Phone Number

Survey number

Land holding (acre)

Size of the tank

(ftXftXft)

Starting Date

Completion date

Total Expense

(Rs)

Project grant (Rs)

Farmers Contribution (Rs)

Water Harvesting Structures Created during 2013-14 1 M anik Bawali R H C No-5 7353779851 88 5.00 125X70X11 07-04-13 15-04-13 97240 35000 62240 2 Shanti Mandal R H C No-5 8105780618 98 4.38 126X80X11 15-04-13 28-04-13 151540 35000 116540 3 Suren Mandal R H C No-5 9611645887 89 4.38 145X55X11 30-04-13 15-05-13 90140 35000 55140 4 Jeetendra Ray R H C No-4 8867242960 462 4.08 120X65X12 17-05-13 25-05-13 84590 35000 49590 5 Hiralal Baidya R H C No-4 9483892745 454 5.02 130X80X11 26-05-13 11-06-13 90080 35000 55080

Water Harvesting Structures Created during 2014-15 6 Ramesh Mandal R H C No-3 8880455425 553, 554 5.00 80X60X18 01-03-14 19-03-14 91150 35000 56150 7 Shib Gain R H C No-4 9902507807 105 5.00 200X150X5 23-04-14 15-05-14 166450 35000 131450 8 Subash Mandal R H C No-2 8123367071 505 2.00 180X170X11 16-05-14 28-05-14 164155 35000 129155 9 Lab Mistri R H C No-2 7411335053 451 2.19 160X170X12 29-05-14 06-06-14 151775 35000 116775

10 Surendranath Ray R H C No-2 9905401407 514 5.30 240X117X5 12-06-14 28-06-14 140800 35000 105800 Water Harvesting Structures Created during 2015-16

11 Sailen Dhali R H C No-2 562 413 3.20 145X90X7 21-04-15 28-04-15 103700 35000 68700 12 Devendranath S R H C No-2 558 393 5.00 130X106X8 03-05-15 10-05-15 126542 35000 91542 13 Mukunda Biswas R H C No-5 9902621283 103/1 2.32 120X80X10 11-05-15 30-05-15 97800 35000 62800 14 Birendranath Bose R H C No-5 8970123417 91 4.19 165X120X10 02-06-15 09-06-15 131700 35000 96700 15 Duli Mandal R H C No-2 8970127101 486 4.32 250X200X06 10-06-15 22-06-15 192400 35000 157400 TOTAL 1880062 525000 1355062 Percentage 28% 72%

It is found from the above table that only 28% of the cost of excavation is born by NABARD while farmers’ contribution is to the tune of 72%, which itself is an indicator to tell us that necessity of the intervention. Another point to be noted here is that the total approved budget for the project is only Rs.9.60 lakhs while the expenditure towards excavation of the program itself is Rs.18.80 lakhs (almost double).

2) Orientation Program with farmers, KVK & USA Representatives

It was planned to conduct an orientation program with farmers, KVK and USA representatives to build linkage with resource organizations and farmers. Accordingly a meeting held in the presence Training Coordinator of KVK, Director of Extension of UAS and farmers on 28th October 2013.

Date Venue Participants

farmers Officers Total 28.10.2013 Samarthya Soudha, Janakalyan 36 15 51 19.11.2014 Farm of Sri Labkumar Mistry 103 11 114



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The orientation program was followed by a field visit to the farms of Sri Jeetendra Roy, Sri Sunil Biswas (an old farmer of Janakalyan) and also the farm of Sri Sunil Dhali, who has constructed the pukur without the aid of Janakalyan. Similarly, another program in the presence of Dr.G Ramesh, the Subject Matter Specialist of KVK on 19.11.2014 to link farmers with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raichur. The Assistant Director of Agriculture Dr. Jayprakash T C was also present on the occasion. More than 100 farmers participated in the said program. More than 100 farmers participated in this program to get the knowledge about the program.

3) Orientation Program with Bankers & Government officials The 1st orientation program for bankers and government officials about the project concept on 28.10.2013; more than 11 bank officials and 4 line department representatives from Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry departments participated in the said program. Dr. Jayaprakash TC, Assistant Director of Agriculture, Dr. Shankar, Assistant Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sri Rajshekhar DM, Senior Assistant Director of Horticulture, etc. participated in the said program. The Lead District Manager Sri Shekhargouda chaired the program in the presence of Sri N Narayana Raju, AGM of NABARD. All participating farmers were also present on the occasion.

Date Venue Participants

Farmers Line Dept Bankers 28.10.2013 Samarthya Soudha, Janakalyan 36 4 11 19.11.2014 Farm of Sri Labkumar Mistry 103 4 7

The 2nd program with government line departments and bankers was held on 19.11.2014 wherein the Department of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Forestry participated. Several bank officers also participated in the said program. More than 100 farmers participated in the program in addition to the participating farmers.

4) Training Programs for farmers on " Integrated Farming System" Excavation of water harvesting structure is just the beginning of the journey in bringing self sufficiency by diversifying cropping and adding multiple sources of income to the farm. Though, it has a long list of activities demanding huge investments in each of these activities and takes few years to establish the results, due to limitation of the scheme, we have planned only few set of training with the participating farmers. The actual implementation is left to the farmers through their own investments. The role of Janakalyan is only triggering the activities such as a) vegetable cultivation training, b) fodder cultivation & animal husbandry training, c) worm composting and / or SRI and 4) fish rearing. The achievement as at the end of the journey is satisfactory. The training conducted during the project period is tabulated as under-

Date Subject Resource Person

Participant

05-10-2012 Land development and land leveling in command areas

Prasen Raptan 9

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Participant

command areas based on water availability Sudhanya Sikdar 02-11-2012 Soil sample collection and soil testing to assess

the soil nutrient status and requirements Prasen Raptan 13

04-11-2012 Integration of cattle and ruminants to improve economic position of a farmer

Basavarajaiah S Sudhanya Sikdar

12

22-11-2012 Formation of Water Users Group under various Acts and its management including format, bylaw amendment, conducting meeting, documentation.

Prasen Raptan 15

26-11-2012 Warabandhi system introduction in upper reach can resolve the problem of tail end

Prasen Raptan 11

05-12-2012 Intensified Integrated Farming System, diversified cropping patterns in command area, etc.

Prasen Raptan 10

09-12-2012 Agronomical practices for different crops in command areas based on water availability


9

06-12-2012 Green manure practices in command areas for soil health management


8

22-12-2012 Water Budgeting & judicious utilization of irrigation water in tail end of TBP

Prasen Raptan 34

02-01-2013 Irrigation Water Management in command areas – crop based

Prasen Raptan 33

11-01-2013 Water logging, salinity and alkalinity management in command areas


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14-01-2013 More Crop Per Drop – a new concept developed by Janakalyan

Prasen Raptan 26

08-01-2013 Vegetable cultivation in command area to earn more profit with less water


14

20-01-2013 Participation of farmers in water management along the canal

Prasen Raptan 31

29-02-2013 Resource Mobilization and Collection of Water Tax from water users

Prasen Raptan 21

18-02-2013 Types of irrigation systems in command areas including sprinkler, drip, furrow, flood, etc.

Prasen Raptan 12

22-02-2013 Fertility management and soil health management for command areas


11

07-03-2013 Organic & Sustainable agriculture practices for command areas based on water availability


13

17-03-2013 Soil sample collection and soil testing to assess the soil nutrient status and requirements

Prasen Raptan 21

09-03-2013 Value Chain approach with special reference to rice and milk

Prasen Raptan 11

10-04-2013 Participation of farmers in water management along the canal

Prasen Raptan 14

11-04-2013 Value Chain approach with special reference to rice and milk

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Participant

09-04-2013 Formation of Agriculture Interest Groups / Water Users Group under various Acts and its management including format, bylaw amendment, conducting meeting, documentation.

Prasen Raptan 12

13-04-2013 Intensified Integrated Farming System, diversified cropping patterns in command area, etc.


10

22-04-2013 Irrigation Act in Karnataka & Cooperation of farmers with special reference to Command area farmers

Prasen Raptan 9

29-05-2013 Integration of cattle and ruminants to improve economic position of a farmer


8

21-05-2013 Seed Entrepreneurship in the tail end of Malaprabha Irrigation Project

Prasen Raptan 12

06-05-2013 Accounts Management for community based organizations / Water Users Groups

Manojit Biswas 13



14

08-06-2013 More Crop Per Drop – a new concept developed by Janakalyan in 2005

Prasen Raptan 21

12-06-2013 Entrepreneurship training to educated youths to retain them in agriculture through value chain approach

Prasen Raptan 31

19-07-2013 Application of fertilizer (organic, chemical, bio, green, etc) based on soil nutrient levels


11

23-08-2013 SRI method of rice cultivation to reduce water requirement at upper reach of command areas so that tail end farmers get water


11


Prasen Raptan 14

16-08-2013 Warabandhi System concept to upper reach farmers can resolve the problem of tail end

Prasen Raptan 21

30-09-2013 Types of irrigation systems in command areas including sprinkler, drip, furrow, flood, etc.

Prasen Raptan 11

05-09-2013 Vegetable cultivation in command area to earn more profit with less water


12



11

28-10-2013 Why and how to ensure the participation of all farmers in water management

Prasen Raptan 10

06-10-2013 Accounts Management for community based organizations / Water Users Groups

Manojit Biswas 11

21-12-2013 Irrigation Water Management in command areas – crop based

Prasen Raptan 9

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Participant

areas

27-12-2013 Green manure practices in command areas for soil health management


10

30-01-2014 Irrigation Act in Karnataka & Cooperation of farmers with special reference to Command area farmers

Prasen Raptan 11


Prasen Raptan 21

14-03-2014 Application of fertilizer (organic, chemical, bio, green, etc) based on soil nutrient levels

Sudhanya Sikdar 11

29-04-2014 Soil and Water Conservation in command areas Prasen Raptan 12 19-04-2014 Fertility management and soil health

management for command areas Sudhanya Sikdar 14

07-05-2014 Resource Mobilization and Collection of Water Tax from water users

Prasen Raptan 12

16-06-2014 Water logging, salinity and alkalinity management in command areas

Prasen Raptan 11

In order to ensure implementation of Intensification Integrated Farming System (IIFS), few set of training programs were proposed during the project period to ensure farm based intervention. Accordingly, several training programs are conducted during the project period as stated in the above table. All these trainings are conducted in the Samarthya Soudha of Janakalyan; the duration varies based on the subject. Most of the trainings were half-a-day duration using in-house facilities and resource persons involving no cost. The impacts of such training programs are illustrated in the subsequent paragraphs.

A view of the training hall of Janakalyan The participants are offered with lunch a) Cultivation of vegetable crops

The 1st year was a good year in terms of rainfall but was a bad year for vegetable cultivation due to continuous rain almost every day; as a result, the farmers those who tried vegetable cultivation lost their crops while few others could not even go for sowing / transplanting.



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The 2nd year was very bad agricultural year; early rain in the month of May-June tempted the farmers to go for cotton crop. Huge area was sown with cotton. The germination and growth was extremely good. But long dry spell in June-August made the farmers helpless. Again, continuous rain during August spoiled the crops. As a result, the farmers those who tried vegetable cultivation lost their crops while few others could not even go for sowing / transplanting. Again the current year is very bad year and is declared as Drought Hit Year. Even then, one can find the participating farmers growing vegetables in their farms while others are waiting for the canal water. Response to vegetable cultivation was extremely good by the farmers; they started using the water very efficiently for vegetable cultivation. Once ignited by Janakalyan team, they take it forward when they get the taste of regular income from vegetable crops.

Vegetable Plots of Sri Surendranath Mondal at R H Colony No.5

Vegetable Plots of Sri Manik Bawali of R H Colony No.5

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The important point to be noted here is that the farmer sales the vegetables after their family consumption; consumption of farm fresh vegetables will definitely have positive impacts on the health of the family members. Further, that much amount is saved every day, which otherwise they would have spent on purchase of vegetables.

Ladies finger in the farm of Ramesh Mondal

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Creepers faced very good income to Ramesh Mondal during the year

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Chilly plot of Sudeepto Mondal at R H Colony No.5 who never dreamt about it

b) Cultivation of fodder for milch animals It is also aimed that the peasant communities shall also get unadulterated milk from their own farm along with farm fresh vegetables. Therefore, tried to convince and motivate the farmers to go for animal husbandry. Rearing 1 or 2 milch animals is not difficult for the farming communities. There is good profit in animal husbandry as they need not spent any additional pie to feed these animals. The fodder is abundantly available in their farms itself. Therefore, whatever is earned from milk is net profit excluding the labor. On the other hand, the benefits from cow dung and cow urine is also not calculated along with the value of calf. Again, this value is calculated only for the quantum of milk that is sold after family consumption; here again the impact on health is to be considered. Only setback for the team during the year is that it failed to motivate the farmers to go for fodder crops except Sri Manik Bawali who has tried it in small piece of land. It is very difficult to bring out the farmers from their age-old practices to which they are addicted to. But, some of them have cultivated fodder on the bunds of the tank. However, in the due course of time, we are sure of converting these farmers into the proposed package of the program.



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Fodder crop of Sri Manik Bawali at R H Colony No.5

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c) Vermicomposting / SRI techniques: It is planned that each farmer shall either go for vermicompost making or cultivate paddy with System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of cultivation. It is found that the farmers have least interest about vermicompost preparation. Only 1 farmer has prepared 1 vermicompost pit in his house during the project period. With all efforts

and training interventions, the team failed to motivate the farmers to go for vermicompost preparation. System of Rice Intensification: In order to bring more area under irrigation, it is proposed that SRI method of rice cultivation shall be introduced so that water consumption becomes less while yield increases. With all efforts, the farmers agreed to go for SRI in a small piece of land; however, not all farmers. The result was not very convincing for the farmers.

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In addition all farmers have gone for traditional method of rice cultivation for their subsistence cultivation. During 2nd year, the team failed to convince the farmers to go for SRI cultivation. The main reason is failure of monsoon. The rice crop itself has reduced by more than 70% and cotton has made its way in after almost 2 decades. The issue is worst in the 3rd year as it is declared as Drought-hit year and nobody has gone for any crop till date.

d) Fishery in Farm Ponds In addition to meeting the life saving irrigation needs of the famers, the water bank also fetches additional income by introducing fish cultivation. Fish is the staple food for Bengalis and they know how to cultivate it, if provided with a water bank. Almost all the farmers have started fish rearing excepting 1-2 farmers. It is learnt that in new water harvesting structure, fish growth is not up to the expectation. However, all 5 farmers tried fish rearing in 1st year. The yield was not up to the mark. Due to failure of monsoon, the farmers could not fill their water banks during the 2nd year and thus could not go for fish cultivation. The situation has become still worst during the current year as it is a drought-hit year and none of the water banks are filled yet. Therefore, no question of fish rearing arouses.

Water harvesting structures ready for fish cultivation

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5) Field Days and Results Sharing Programs Field Day: It being a trial project, the objective is to learn from experience and share the same with other fellow farmers so that they can get benefits. Towards this end, a field day and a result sharing program was planned for the larger sections of the farming communities. The field day was organized in the farm of Sri Lab Kumar Mistry on 19.11.2014. The Deputy Commissioner of Raichur Sir Sashikant S Sentil, IAS agreed to address the farmers on this occasion but finally could not turn up as the District Incharge Secretary Sri Vijaya Bhaskar, IAS fixed a visit to the district on the same day. However, the Sri N Narayana Raju, District Development Manager of NABARD along with ADA, SADH, AD(Vet), Forest, Fisheries, etc. participated in the Field Day. More than 100 farmers participated in the program. Dr. G Ramesh, subject matter specialist of KVK, Raichur delivered a special lecture on this occasion. The farmers as well as line departments appreciated the efforts of Janakalyan in exhibiting the true integrated farming system. The 3-tier farming system of Janakalyan with Intensified Integrated Farming System (IIFS) is visible on the field and not on papers.

Farmers & officers visiting the farms A view of the water bank and its usage

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The house yard is used for productive purpose 3-tiers cropping pattern of Janakalyan Farmers & guests having lunch after the field day 3-tiers integrated farming system

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Results Sharing Program: To make the fellow farmers aware about the outcomes of the interventions under NABARD supported Farmers Technology Transfer Fund (FTTF) program, a daylong event called “Result Sharing Program” was conducted on 28.08.2015 in the presence of participating farmers. About 60 farmers participated in the said program in the Janakalyan office. The farmers shared their experiences gained during the project period of 3 years along with data support. The final outcomes of the interventions at the end of project period are tabulated in the following table.

Sl. No Farmer Name

Land holding (acre)

2013-14 2014-15 Cropped

area Total

ExpenditurTotal

Income Net Profit

Croppedarea

Total . Expenditur

Total Income

Net Profit/ Loss

1 Manik Bawali 5.00 4.50 159,500 239,700 80,200 4.50 102,814 144,400 41,5862 Shanti Mandal 4.38 4.00 211,925 432,000 220,075 4.00 117,840 160,800 42,9603 Suren Mandal 4.38 4.00 84,850 239,700 154,850 4.00 114,620 140,600 25,9804 Jeetendra 4.08 3.50 57,190 74,200 17,010 3.50 100,680 164,350 63,6705 Hiralal Baidya 5.02 4.50 104,145 171,600 67,455 4.50 96,300 111,700 15,4006 Ramesh Mand 5.00 4.50 125,000 160,000 35,000 4.50 84,170 130,950 46,7807 Shib Gain 5.00 4.00 110,000 130,000 20,000 4.00 94,550 120,400 25,8508 Subash Manda 2.00 1.40 55,000 58,000 3,000 1.40 31,410 36,100 4,6909 Lab Mistri 2.19 1.69 45,000 55,000 10,000 1.69 48,970 77,100 28,130

10 Surendranath 5.30 4.23 120,000 150,000 30,000 4.23 105,030 147,600 42,57011 Sailen Dhali 3.20 3.20 60,000 90,000 30,000 2.50 60,000 86,400 26,40012 Devendranath 5.00 5.00 75,000 110,000 35,000 4.50 130,000 133,000 3,00013 Mukunda Bisw 2.32 2.32 65,000 95,000 30,000 2.00 50,000 57,000 7,00014 Birendranath B 4.19 4.19 105,000 130,000 25,000 3.39 98,000 121,000 23,00015 Duli Mandal 4.32 4.32 120,000 185,000 65,000 4.00 98,000 130,000 32,000

Total 61.38 55.35 1,497,610 2,320,200 822,590 52.71 1,332,384 1,761,400 429,016Average per farmer 99,841 154,680 54,839 3.51 88,826 117,427 28,601

Percentage 155% 55% 132% 32%One can find from the table that the net profit for 2013-14 was 55% on investment while that has reduced to 32% during the current crop year. This was because, the year 2014-15 was a drought hit year and also the cotton crop has failed totally. However, the profit of 32% is recorded from other crops like vegetable, milk, dry crops, etc. Without the water bank, this would have been a day dream like other farmers of the area who has met with severe loss during the year. The farmers participating in the project are happy that they have at least 32% returns on their investment while other farmers have lost their principal amount too.

The farmers participated in the Result Sharing program are finally convinced that the Water Bank is a concept which is need of the hour for the farmers of this area. They also agreed that only excavation of water bank may not serve the purpose unless the farmers actively in other components of the project as planned by Janakalyan. The productive units of Janakalyan can only make the intervention profit oriented. These productive units are – a) Vegetable cultivation for daily income b) Fodder with milch animals for weekly income c) Fish cultivation in the water bank for seasonal income d) Fruits crops on the bunds for long term income e) Paddy with SRI as subsistence crop f) Cereals and dry crops for food grain requirement of the family



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Cotton crop in the farm of Jeetendra

Sukharanjan Roy (son of Jeetendra Roy) on the bund of Water Bank



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The Water Bank of Sri Hiralal Baidya

Cotton Crop of Sri Hiralal Baidya



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Fish Cultivation in the water bank of Sei Lab Kumar Mistry



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An article published abou the project intervention in the Prajavani, Kannada daily

Field Day published in Prajavani, Kannada Daily



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JANAKALYAN Utilisation Statement of the Program from 01.09.2012 to 31.08.2015

Sl.No

Expenditure Head Budget Proposed

Budget Sanctioned by RO

Up to previous reporting period 31.3.2015

Current period 01.04.2015 To 31.8.2015 Up to 31.08.2015

NABARD Grant

Local Contrib

ution Total NABAR

D Grant

Local Contribution

Total NABARD Grant

Local Contributi

on Total

Unit Rate per

Total Budget

A B C=A+B D E F=D+E G=A+D H=B+E I=G+H

i Project Officers salary 234000 36 4,000 144,000 124,000 2,200 126,200 20,000 - 20,000 144,000 2,200 146,200 ii Field Officers Salary 144000 36 4,000 144,000 124,000 - 124,000 20,000 - 20,000 144,000 - 144,000

iii Excavations of pukurs 3000000 15 35,000 525,000 338,750 889,170 1,227,920 186,250 477,142 663,392 525,000 1,366,312 1,891,312

iv Orientation Programmes with farmers,KVK & USA

6125 3 2,000 6,000 - - - 6,250 - 6,250 6,250 - 6,250

v Orientation Programmes with Bankers & Govt officials

8750 3 2,000 6,000 2,252 - 2,252 - - - 2,252 - 2,252

vi Training Programmes for farmers on " Integrated Farming System"

a Cultivation of veg crops 25500 3 3,333 10,000 3,100 - 3,100 - - - 3,100 - 3,100

b Cultivation of fodder for milch animals

25500 3 3,333 10,000 - - - - - - - - -

c vermicomposting, SRI technoques

25500 3 3,333 10,000 - - - 7,480 - 7,480 6,600 - 7,480

d Fishery in Farm Ponds 25500 3 3,333 10,000 - - - 10,000 - 10,000 9,900 - 10,000

vii Travel, Office, Communication costs

229200 36 2,250 81,000 177,145 - 177,145 9635 - 9635 186,780 - 186,780

viii Field Days and Experience Sharing Programmes

30000 5

3,200 16,000

7,455 - 7,455

8,545 -

8,545 16,980 - 16,000

Total 3,754,075 65,783 962,000 776,702 891,370 1,668,072 268,160 477,142 745,302 1,044,862 1,368,512 2,413,374

Grant Released 749,400 Grant sanctioned 962,000 Grant Utilsed 1,044,862 Grant received 749,400 Overspent (295,462) Balance to be released 212,600

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