2. Mission & vision…
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Mission
Working with and for the poor towards secured
and sustainable livelihoods.
Vision
Ensured access to the services for secured and
sustainable livelihoods for the poor, especially the
women, to lead dignified life.
4. STRATEGIC PARTNERS…
DIRECT-
IMPLEMENT
ATION
• PRI IN ALL LEVELS
• LINE DEPTS. OF GoWB
• SDTT & ALLIED TRUST with JTT
• TDH GERMEN & TRICKLE UP INDIA
RESEARCH
• SIR DORABJI TATA TRUST
• BCKV
• AMBUJA CEMENT FOUNDATION
POLICY
ADVOCACY
• FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF UNITED
NATIONS
• INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
• BANGLAR SRI
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GOVT&PRIVATE
5. Implementation Approach…
SRI AS AN ENTRY POINT…
• KNOWING THE COMMUNITY
• PURSUING THE SCALE
MAPPING THE RESOURCES…
• RESOURCE MAPS ON REVENUE SHEETS
• OWNERSHIP AND LANDUSE ON TRACKING
LIVELIHOODS PLANNING EXERCISE
• NURTURING TARGET SHGs
• ANNUAL PLAN FOR THE FAMILIES 5
MAPPINGISATOOLHELPSSHGsTOPLAN
7. Extension Agriculture…
• At present Agriculture support has been
extended from SDTT in both Delta & Hill area.
• Carried on SRI-Promotion with villagers through
SHGs and beyond in Gosaba (S24), Mal &
Nagrakata (Jalpaiguri)
• Reached out 6213 farmers (4205 in Sunderban
& 2008 in Dooars) with an amount scaling i.e.
Govt. leverage Rs.3,86,934 & farmers Rs.
38,69,567 in Dooars. Following this in Gosaba
Govt. leverage Rs. 3,05,804 & farmers Rs.
44,27,930.
• Kept on updating the Agri-Dept.
• 90% of the vegetable mini-kit for Nagrakata and
Gosaba handed over to PRASARI for SHGs;
covered 1463 families on 1369 decimal.
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8. • On own initiative of farmers SRI carried
out in Sunderban is 1033 bigha with
engagement of 887 farmers & in Dooars it
goes 259 bigha with 307 farmers.
• Implementation of vermi compost in
Sunderban is 606 beds & for Dooars its
812 beds. Own contribution by farmers is
Rs. 17,01,600.
• In Sunderban, PRI has given 50 vermi-
compost beds whose monetary value is
approx Rs. 10 lakhs.
9. Vermi-compost
• Two different types of vermicompost beds-
Readymade bed Kutcha bed
Size:
Length X Width X Depth=
4f X 4f X 2f
Size:
Length X Width X Depth=
6f X 3f X 1.5-2f
10. Ag-Dept. extended more support….
• Common meeting between
PRASARI-ADA-PRI on SRI up-
scaling
• Dept. deputed two of its
staffs for disease-pest
management training for
PRASARI farmers (SRI+Veg)
• ADA transferred BGREI
entire kit of the Block to
PRASARI for 1000 farmers
along with phases of
trainings by Dept. to farmers
on field
• Jointly organized kissan mela
for 14 GPs of Gosaba.
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11. Extension Animal Husbandries…
• Livestock Dept. supported
vaccines for all goats in 6
GPs of Gosaba,
Sunderban.
• Community paid the
vaccine costs and carrying
costs (which are not free)
• NO PPR this year for goat
• Chickens, pigs and cows
are vaccinated completely
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12. Extension Fishery…
• 510 families following
proper package of practice
• All practicing families are
linked to quality suppliers
of fry and purchased
collectively
• Feeding fish is now a habit
• Demand generated for
supply of feed and fry to a
scale
• Fishery Extension Officer
trained 148 families and
wishes to work together
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13. Extension five square model;
MGNREGS
• Standardized the design
• Lots of Arguments between
PRASARI Engineers and Block
Engineers on stability of
slopes: finally could convince
technically (Courtesy WRDD-
GoWB)
• Model justifying the
hypothesis-salinity & water
logging prevention
• Leveraged 13 structures in 2
GPs amounting 12.9 lakhs &
220 are under process with
value in Rs. 1crore for 3years.
• Appreciated by FAO of UN-
World Bank intends to study
the model.
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14. To Summarize…
• SRI LEVERAGE FROM BGREI FROM GoWB: for 1000
farmers (Courtesy Dept. of Ag)
• LIVESTOCK VACCINATIONS FOR ALL IN 6 GPS:
(Courtesy Dept. of Livestock)
• 510 FAMILIES UNDER CARP-PRAWN CULTURE WITH
PROPER POP (Courtesy SDTT-PALLI demo)
• 13 FIVE SQUARE MODELS (Courtesy : PRI)
• 1418 VERMI BEDS
• 7506 SRI FAMILIES
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INNRMTHEREAREMANYMORE..
15. RESEARCH…
• BCKV-ON STATION
• ACF-ON FARMSRI
• WATER HARVESTING
• PREVENTING
SALINITY AND
WATERLOGGING
WHS
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WHENFARMERSARERESEARCHERS..
16. ASPECTS (ON STATION &FARM…
YEAR SEASON ASPECT NO OF
FARMERS
CONSISTENCY
2011 KHARIF BASE
LINE-SRI
14+14
2011-12 RAVI WEED
NUTRIENT
WATER
4+4
4+4
6+6
2012 KHARIF WEED 14+14 2 FARMERS
REPLACED
2012-13 RAVI WEED
NUTRIENT
WATER
4+4
4+4
6+6
2013 KHARIF WEED 14+14
TOTAL 5 5 70+70=140
17.
18. 1.91t/ha
SUBMERGENCE
LOSS OF ONLY
GROP (as high
70%)
NOMINAL
SECOND CROP
SINGLE
CROP-RICE+
1 acre av. land
HIGH
RAINFALL
IN JULY
(753mm)
WATER SCARCITY
+HIGH SALINITY IN
SUMMER (50% MORE)
FOOD INSECURITY+60% DISTRESSED MIGRATION
RESEARCH ON SALINITY-
WATERLOGGING…
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FARMER’S LACK OF FAITH ON NRM-AGRIL.
DISTRESSED MIGRATION
BACKGROUND
19. WHS AS A SOLUTION FOR WEST
BENGAL (FAO of UN)…
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WHS IN WESTERN
ZONE
HARVESTING
RUNOFF
RECHARGING
GROUNDWATER
WHS IN COASTAL ZONE
HARVESTING RUNOFF
RECHARGING
GROUNDWATER?
REDUCING
SALINITY
REDUCING
WATER LOGGING
22. Addressing (submergence) Water
logging…..
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Water Depth,(15 Days interval)-2013
Date Pond Field Outside
30th,july 2012 3ft. * *
15th,August 4.5 ft. * *
31st, August 7ft 2 inch * 4 inch
15th, September 11ft. 4 inch 8 inch 2 ft.
30th, September 10.5 ft. 6 inch 1 ft 2 inch
15th, October 9ft.8 inch 4 inch 8 inch
30th, October 9 ft 2 inch 3 inch 7 inch
16th,November 8 ft.8 inch 1 inch 2 inch
30th, November 8ft, 2inch * *
17th, December 8ft * *
31st, December 7ft, 11 inch * *
15th, January 2013 7ft, 8 inch * *
29th January 7ft, 6 inch * *
14th February 7ft, 4 inch * *
WHATDOESTHETREATMENTDO……
23. Addressing Soil Salinity…..
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Soil Salinity and pH-2013
Bund Field Outside
Date Salinity PH Level Salinity PH Level Salinity PH Level
(%) (%) (%)
July 4 7.5 7.5 7 7.5 6.5
August 3.5 7.6 6 7.5 7.5 6
September 3 7.8 6 8 6.5 4.5
October 2 8 4.5 4.5 5 4.5
November 0 5 2 5 4 4
December 0 5 3 5 5 5
January 1 5 3 5 6 5
14th February 2 5 4 6 6 5
WHATDOESTHETREATMENTDO……
24. 24
Investment and expected return from the 'five square model' for 33 decimal
1 RAIN-SEASON AREA(SQ.FT
)
WATER
REQD.
Investmen
t (Rs.)
RETURN(RS.
)
AVAILABL
E WATER
A RICE -SRI(SQ.FT) 10890 0 1000 8437.5 16639
B BUND-VEG
(OKHRA)
1452 0 2400 9600 16639
C HIGH-LAND VEG
(OKHRA)
2800 0 0 16639
2 FISH (MIX
CULTURE)
3025 5043 2268.75 5000 11596
3 POST-KHARIF 11596
A MUSTARD-SRI 5724 5724 2000 6181.92 5872
B BUND-VEG (bitter
gourd)
1452 1452 1000 5120 4420
C HIGH-LAND VEG
(cue-cumber)
2800 2800 1500 4977.778 1620
4 SUMMER 1620
A BUND-VEG (RIDGE
GOURD)
1452 1452 750 3840 168
TOTAL 16471 10918.75 43157.2
RETURNFROMWHS..
25. What PRASARI is doing at
jalpaiguri…
Cost minimization
Increasing productivity
SRI and Vermicompost
Diversion Based Irrigation
project at Angrabhasa-I
Promoting Self Help Groups
(SHGs)
Proper knowledge through training
and exposure
Irrigation water for 430 Ha. of land
for cultivating throughout the year
Livelihood planning and exercise
(Yearly)
Strengthening
Agriculture and
promoting
livelihood
26. Diversion Based Irrigation
• Brief about the project:
– Using gravity diversion (Pipe Based) of river (Daina) water
for irrigating 430 ha. of land in two mouzas, Uppar
Kalabari and Hridaypur, of Angrabhasa-I Gram Panchayat.
– Total 3.3 Km Parallel pipeline with many outlets and a
inspection chamber
– Renovation of inlet at the river embankment
– Three concrete water diversion structures and a siltation
chamber
– Total Project cost: Rs 1.3 crore (funded by SDTT)
– 1160 beneficiary families
– Post infrastructural implementation livelihood promotion
through SHG
