Outreach:

Details of project sites /villages selected for NAIP project

District

Block GP SC popu-
lation
ST popu-
lation
Number of
farmers to be
covered in the
project
Village
West Midnapur  Jhargram Radhanagar 422  578 1000  Jamindardaya, Jaralat,
Nektaduba, Jharagerya,
Sugnibansa
Purulia  Purulia II Agoyanarra  460 540  1000 Baraseni, Sindurpur,
Chunardialias nakrakura,
Biralgaria, Agoa
Bankura  Barjora  Chandar  465  535  1000 Sonagara,
Chandar,Murakata,
Barabendya, Jorshal
        TOTAL  3000  

Clusterwise and Villagewise distribution of interventions with reference to Target Community.

Activities    Livelihood System
and its respective
cluster
Target
Community

  1. Interventions related to productivity
      enhancement of aman paddy.
      Demonstrating short-duration, droughttolerant
      direct seeded paddy cultivars in Upland and
      medium duration cultivars in medium and
      lowlands.
      Demonstrating application of lime and
      rock-phosphate in aman paddy to increase
      the productivity of aman paddy.
      Popularizing and strengthening IPM in rice
      based farm production system.
      Developing mass-production and utilization
      of indigenous natural enemies in IPM.
      Integrated management of crop-soil-
      moisture-plant Iutrients combining organic
      manures, bio-fertilizers, liming materials,
      indigenous plant Products, bio-regulators
      and chemical fertilizers.
      Developing low-cost mass production
      facilities for different bio-fertilizers in the
      project area.

 Aman paddy based
livelihood system
Cluster: West
Midnapore

Vilages Jamindardaya,
Jaralat, Nektaduba,
Jharagerya, Sugnibansa

  All the farmers
  for food
  Security and  
  marketed  
  Surplus

  2. Interventions related to water harvesting
      through watershed

  • Activities related to water harvesting through watershed methods involving civil engineering and community mobilisation.
  • Installing small rainwater harvesting structure model, ‘Jalkund’ (50-100 m3 water storage capacity), in each land unit.

Aman paddy based
livelihood system.
Cluster: West
Midnapore

Villages Jamindardaya,
Jaralat, Nektaduba,, Jharagerya,
Sugnibansa

   All farmers

  3. Interventions related to productivity
      enhancement of livestock

  • Selection, improvement, multiplication and distribution of superior germplasm adopting Open Nuclear Breeding System (ONBS).
  • Nutrition management with locally available feeds and fodder / concentrate mixture and area spec mineral supplement.
  • Popularizing protocol for   livestock health management and prevention of diseases. 

Livestock livelihood
system.
Cluster:Bankura
Villages:
Sonagara, Chandar,Murakata, Barabendya  and Jorshal.

  All farmers
  including landless
  labours and
  women 


  4. Interventions related to productivity
      enhancement of fisheries

      Enhancement of productive efficiency of
      fishponds,production of quality seed through
      hypophysation,Efficient management
      to obtain higher survival rate in nursery
      rearing and stock ponds. Remedial measures
      against disease and parasites and proper
      inputs like feed and fertilizers to augment
      the production.

      Development of integrated fish farming
      system with water and soil quality
      management
emphasizing locally available
      and economically important fish species.

      Introduction of fisheries in ‘Jalkund’ and
      other water harvesting structures.

Fishery based
livelihood system.
Cluster: Bankura
Villages: Sonagara,
Chandar, Murakata, Barabendya and
Jorshal.

  All farmers
  including landless
  labours and
  women

  5. Interventions related to productivity
      enhancement of cotton and cashew as a
      second crop after aman paddy.

      Growing cotton in fallow land: covering both
      organically cultivated and chemically
      cultivated ones.Intercropping in cashew
      plantation, rejuvenation of old orchards and
      development of cashew nursery.

Minor crops (other
than aman paddy)
based livelihood
system.
Cluster: West
Midnapore
Villages:
Jamindardaya,
Jaralat, Nektaduba,
Jharagerya,
Sugnibansa

  All farmers
  including landless
  labours and
  women

  6. Commercial seed production of paddy,
      maize, mustard, lentil, jute and wheat


      Agro-techniques of seed production and  
      low-cost processing by small and marginal
      farmers covering paddy,aize,mustard,lentil,
      jute and wheat (At present seed production
      is practiced by large farmers with better
      access to technology and market).

Small
entrepreneurship
livelihood system.
Cluster: West
Midnapore
Vilages:
Jamindardaya,
Jaralat, Nektaduba,
Jharagerya, Sugnibansa

  All farmers
  including landless
  labours and
  women (Leased
  –in Land)

  7. Enterprise related to vermicompost,
      medicinal plant, Commercial Nursery and
      dry flower

      Popularizing dry flower production technology
      by women through decentralized mode of
      production.Growing medicinal plants (Vinca,
      Kakmachi, Kalmegh & Hena) on commercial
      basis.
      Micro-Entrepreneurship development through
      production of vermicompost by women in
      homestead or community land.
      Micro-Entrepreneurship development in
      homestead land through commercial nursery.

Small
entrepreneurship
livelihood system.
Cluster :Purulia
Baraseni, Sindurpur, Chunardialias nakrakura, Biralgaria,
Agoa

  Landless labours
  and women

Strengths and Responsibility of Consortium Partners (CP)

Name of CP Strength/ Core competence Responsibility
  Bidhan Chandra
  Krishi
  Viswavidyalaya
  It is the oldest Agriculture
  University in West Bengal
  functioning for more than
  33 years. It has strong research
  presence in disadvantaged
  districts of West Bengal.
  • Interventions related to
    productivity enhancement
    of aman paddy.
  • Commercial seed production of
    paddy, maize, mustard, lentil, jute
    and wheat.
  • Enterprise related to vermicompost,
    medicinal plant, commercial nursery
    and dry flower.
  • Interventions related to productivity
    enhancement of cotton and cashew.
  West Bengal 
  University of
  Animal
  and Fishery
  Sciences
  It is the only Veterinary
  University in West Bengal.
  All of the three districts selected
  for the project fall under the
  jurisdiction of WBUAFS
  •  Overall responsibility of productivity
    enhancement of Cattle, Fish, Goat
    and Pigs.
  Kalyan Krishi
  Vigyan Kendra
  (Affiliated to
  Ramakrishna
  Mission Loksiksha
  Parishad)
  The KVK is run by ICAR.
  It is an eminent NGO
  having framers interfacing
  in more than 50 villages in
  Purulia district. It has worked
  extensively in watershed.
  • Watershed management through
    contour bunding, Tie-ridges,
    Check Dam, Rock check Dam, etc.
    in at least 100 ha over the districts
    of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia.
  • Excavation and re-excavation of
    waterharvesting structure,
    micro-irrigation facilities and
    multiple use of water by the
    women SHGs, groundwaterstorage,
    soil loss check.
  ACCESS
  Development
  Services
  Capacities of the organization to
  draw on a significant pool of
  appropriate expertise both within
  and outside the organization for
  community mobilization and
  market linkage.

  ACCESS has been fundamentally
  engaged in India for the cause of
  the marginalized, focusing on
  women and children. CARE India 
  has created ACCESS
  development servic
  • Partnership selection, incubation
    and
    creation of sustainable local
    responsive  Peoples Institutions.
  • Working with PRIs, district line
    agencies for integration and
    sustainable future initiative.
  Indian Grameen
  Services (IGS),
  a BASIX. group
  of companies
  Indian Grameen Services (IGS),
  a not-for-profit company of the
  INDIAN GRAMEEN SERVICES-
  A BASIX GROUP, is involved in
  livelihood promotion, knowledge
  building through action research
  and dissemination of the same for
  enhancing the implementation
  capacities of organizations
  supporting livelihoods. 
  • Market linkage, value-addition
    and farmers’ institution Development.
  • Linkage with district development
    agencies and PRIs

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Objectives
  1. To increase food security and enhance income through increased productivity in Aman Rice.
  2. To ensure irrigation through harvesting water.
  3. To enhance farmers’ income through productivity enhancement of livestock and fisheries.
  4. To ensure farmers’ income through productivity enhancement of cotton and cashew as second crop to Aman Rice.
  5. To trigger entrepreneurship among small and marginal farmers and landless labourers through commercial seed production.
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