The document discusses a DBI (Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation) project implemented in 9 villages across 10 schemes in Koraput district, Odisha. The project aimed to improve livelihoods for 428 tribal families through irrigation. Key achievements included increased irrigation across seasons, greater crop diversity, and higher household incomes. Challenges involved making benefits inclusive and convincing farmers to adopt organic farming. Strategies to overcome difficulties focused on communal ownership, learning workshops, and catchment protection measures. Observed results were better land and water management, assured irrigation, increased crops and vegetable production, and strengthened village institutions.

2. INDEX
 Context
 Community and Livelihoods
 DBI Project Area
 Achievements
 Innovations
 Difficulties
 Overcoming Strategies
 Observed Reasults

3. CONTEXT
₪ Koraput district is featured with rugged hills with intermontane valleys. The
elevation of hilly terrain ranges from 900 to 1672 mt above msl.
₪ The district has only 31% of TGA under Net sown area and 24% of TGA is under
forest area with a very low forest cover, 4% TGA is under shifting Cultivation.
₪ Heavy degradation of Kolab catchments threatening agriculture based
livelihoods

4. KORAPUT
 South-Eastern region of Orissa.
 Contiguous to main land of Eastern Ghats.
 Scattered, sharp, isolated hills with thin forest cover.
 Several perennial streams.
 Main rivers: Kolab, Machkund, Indravati, Vansadhara &
Nagabali.
 Rainfall: 1567.2 mm with 83.9 rainy days.

5. Communityand Livelihoods
₪ 82% families live Below Poverty Line in Koraput District.
₪ In Koraput district, 61% people belong to ST and SC community.
₪ In the project area ST % ranges from 74 to 96, and that of SC % remains
within 4 to 16 of total population. Cultivators-50% Agri.laborers-27%.
₪ In the project area 20-25% income comes from Shifting cultivation and
livestock ( ruminants), 50-55% from agriculture and agri labour, 4 to 8%
from Forest and tree produce and the rest income is from wage labour

6. DBIPROJECT AREA
 10 schemes in 9 villages.
 90% tribal communities.
 Total command area: 186.28 ha
 Total beneficiaries: 428
 Total length of pipe line: 12,100 mt
 Total cost of the project (Excluding Admn): Rs.
32.16lakhs
 Cost per ha: Rs. 17260

7. DETAILS OF DBI SCHEMES:
Villages Command area
(ha)
Beneficiaries Length of PVC
pipe line
Upper Barabandh 9.16 51 1050
Kasuguda 7.04 14 -
Bhitarkota 12.15 24 1200
Kanti
(Godagandhi)
16.07 56 1800
Kanti (Jalaguda) 12.13 65 1050
Thuriya 21.13 62 1100
Karanjaguda 32.27 72 1200
Taupadar 40.61 32 2200
Dumuriguda 25.36 38 1500
Khejrakotta 10.36 14 1000
TOTAL 186.28 428

8. ACHIEVEMENTS
Year No of
Schemes
Households
benefited
Acres
irrigated in
Rainy
Season
Acres
irrigated in
Winter
season
Acres
irrigated in
Summer
season
2011-12 10 428 186.28 135.48 85.56
Crops
(Before)
Brinjal, Carrot, Beans, Cabbage, Radish, Leafy Vegetable, Potato,
Tomato, Millet
Crops
(After)
Brinjal, Carrot, Beans, Cabbage, Radish, Leafy Vegetable, Potato,
Tomato, Millet Coriander, Wheat, Maize, Paddy, Green Pea, Cow
Pea(Jhudanga), Ladies Finger, Groundnut, Cauli-lower, Mustard)

9. INNOVATIONS
 VIs taking initiative on Catchment protection and
restricting Podu
 On field training to Para-workers on Plumbing work
 Inclusion of poor through share cropping
 Encouraging Organic farming for sustainable
agriculture
 Leveraging from MGNREGS for land development

10. DIFFICULTIES
 To ground benefit sharing mechanism for all
 To convince for organic farming
 High input cost of cultivation
 Irregularities in banking procedurals
 Convincing for Podu regulation
 To consider as a village asset when it is less inclusive

11. OVERCOMING STRATEGIES
 Ensuring communal ownership and management
 Cluster level issue based interaction and learning
workshop
 Exposure visit to best practice areas
 Orientation by Resource Person
 Use of traditional variety seeds
 Encouraging Vermicompost
 Seeding and Plantation in the catchment

12. SUGGESTIONS
 Should transcend beyond irrigation and meet other needs
such as drinking water and domestic use.
 Some features must target in developing land.
 Community contribution for better management and
ownership of the assets.
 Some components exclusively for landless.
 Should emphasize catchment protection.
 Convergence for financial inclusion and supply chain
management

13. OBSERVED RESULTS
 Better land and water management.
 Assured irrigation for Rabi and Summer crops.
 Increase in vegetables and pulses crops.
 Increase in household income.
 Strengthening of village institution.
 Shifting of labour force from catchment to command
area and catchment protection.
 Optimum use of land in the command area