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2. Why DBI
• 60% of the population are small or marginal farmers.
Land holding less than 1.5 acres
• Average food sufficiency six months.
• Average annual income from agriculture is 6000 to
8000 rupees
• They migrate to the eastern districts for their
livelihood after kharif.
Medium term goal of the organisation for small and
marginal holders
• Year long food-grain from own source and 20000
cash in a year.
Strategy
– Reduction of risk in farming system by ensuring irrigation
through DBI
– Decentralized water bodies in command area (HAPA)
– Intensification of crops (SRI) and diversification of crops
3. Coverage of DBI
Year No. of
villages
Househol
ds
benefited
Acres
irrigated
in Rainy
season
Acres
irrigated
in Winter
Season
Acres
irrigated
in
Summer
Season
2010-11 8 1256 875 149 10
2011-12 4 363 337 110 Nil
2012-13 11 833 727 205 10
2013-14 10 803 677 233 15
Total 33 3255 2616 697 35
4. Coverage 2013-14
Name of the village
Name of the
gram panchayet
Name of the
Block
Total
length of
pipe line
No. of
outlet
Total
comman
d area
(Acr)
HH
benefite
d
Hatiramgora Ankro-
Barakadam
Manbazar II 1009 mtr 12 70 85
Mukundapur Jamtoria
-Borgoria
Manbazar II 1100 mtr 11 65 65
Darikadova Buribandh Manbazar II 1275 mtr 13 73 97
Bagaldhara Pairachali Manbazar I 1000 mtr 11 65 78
Bahadurpur Puncha Puncha 1012 mtr 10 78 83
Kenduadih Do Puncha 925 mtr 10 68 85
Moujadih Jitujuri Manbazar I 975mtr 11 63 83
Sindraidih Dighi Manbazar II 983 mtr 10 67 78
Karamghutu Dighi Manbazar II 750 mtr 10 58 69
Jamunabandh Bari-Jagda Manbazar II 1400 mtr 13 70 80
Total 111 677 803
5. Change in income.
Total coverage - 3255 families Families in action – 2850 families
Numbe
r of
familie
s
Perce
ntage
earlier
average
income
in RS/Yr
Present
income in
kharif 1.5
acres/yr
Present
income
in rabi
0.5
acres/yr
Present
income in
summer 0.2
acres/yr
(AVG)
Total
income per
family/yr
(AVG)
Only
kharif
1360 42% 6500 12000 0 0 12000
Kharif
& rabi
1400 43% 8000 12000 9000 0 21000
Kharif,
Rabi
&
summ
er
140 5% 12000 12000 9000 10000 31000
6. Output
Number of
families
earlier
average
income in
RS/Yr
Present
total income
per
family/yr
(AVG)
Increment
al income
per year
Total
income
generated
through
DBI
Only kharif 1360 6500 12000 5500 7480000
Kharif &
rabi
1400 8000 21000 13000 18200000
Kharif, Rabi
& summer
140 12000 31000 19000 2660000
Total incremental income generated through DBI 28340000
From 28 functional DBI so from each DBI 1012442
Investment per DBI 600000
7. Sectoral initiatives
• Intensification of crops like mustard, cucumber and
watermelon in DBI command area and adjacent other
areas in the same village.
• 1000 farmers cultivated mustards.
• Cucumber with 300 families in DBI area. 500 families
total.
• Watermelon with 150 families in DBI. 500 families total.
• Potato cultivation by 300 families in DBI and 500 families
total
• Technology transfer and handholding to the farmers.
• Market linkages.
8. Results
• Good standing crop of mustard, ready to harvest,
estimates 5 quintal per acre. 15000 rupees per acre
income.
• Cucumber harvesting just started not yet complete. 50
quintal per acre 30000 rupees per acre.
• Watermelon not yet harvested.
• Five new whole sale markets developed in our area
through market linkage initiative.
• Everyday around 150 tons of cucumber is going to
bigger markets.
9. Government support
• Orchard plants like banana, mango, guava, lichchi to 250
families.
• Floriculture plants to 50 families.
• Onion, ol, vegetable seeds to 350 families.
• 25 HAPA from MGNREGA in DBI command area.
• Two large DBI intake tanks renovation through Agri
Irrigation department.
• Pumpset and spray machine to 75 families.
• Will start work on Sanitaion by NBA-MGNREGA project
to DBI families in one block.
10. Aditya Mahato, Nuniachatra
• Total land 2 acre earlier income Rs.18000
• Total land is in DBI command area.
• Paddy lalat – 30 quintal – Rs. 36000
• He dose not get water in winter so no
winter crop.
11. Monohar Mahato, Nuniachatra
• Total land 1.5 acre – earlier income from paddy, little bit of winter
crop from tank by lift was Rs. 11500
• Land in command area 0.5 acre
• Lalat paddy in kharif in 0.5 acre.
• 8 quintal – Rs. 10112
• Mustard B9 in 0.25 acre – production 1.7 quintal – RS.5100
• Pioneer mustard in 0.1 acre - 0.75 quintal – Rs 2250.
• Potato in 0.1 decimal – 17 quintal – Rs.10200
• Total income Rs. 27662. = Rs. 30000
• Put a new shed in his house.
• Purchased a new pump.
• Stopped migration and wage labour.
12. Dhananjay Mahato, Jawra
• Total land 2 acre – earlier income from paddy, little bit of winter crop
from tank by lift was Rs. 11800
• Land in command area 0.66 acre
• Lalat paddy in kharif in 0.60 acre. - 11 quintal – Rs. 14080
• Tomato in kharif 0.6 decimal
• Mustard B9 in 0.1 acre – production 0.73 quintal – RS. 3000
• Potato in 0.07 decimal – 7 quintal – Rs.4200
• Cucumber in 0.5 acre – 30 quintal till date – Rs. 18000 till date
• Total income Rs. 39280. = Rs. 42000
• Renovated two rooms.
• Private tutor for three children.
• Purchased cycle for her elder daughter.
• Stopped migration and wage labour.
13. Innovations
• Small water bodies in the command area are
filled with water from DBI and will be used
afterwards.
• Pumps are used from small dug well near the
DBI outlet to irrigate areas outside the
command area.
• Delivery pipes are used from the outlet to
take water to the higher plots.
• When water level getting lower than the
intake level then pump is used and system is
used as lift irrigation.