1. Farming and Livelihood Opportunities in Mpowered Village
Host Organization
MRIDA
Faculty Guide-
Prof. L.K. Vaswani
Reporting Officer-
Akram ul Houqe
Presented By-
Dattatray Jagtap
2. OBJECTIVES
• Effectiveness of agriculture and allied interventions for farmer groups.
• Livelihood opportunities in Mpowered village.
• Budgeting and planning for drip irrigation.
• Planning of mushroom cultivation in community center.
• Market linkage for agricultural and village produce.
• Suggest new interventions and coordinate/conduct various training programs to increase yield of
the crops leading to increased income level of farmers.
• Participate in various development meetings conducted by Village Development Committee.
• Prepare business case/plan and intervention opportunity for farmers of various villages.
3. STUDY AREA
Name of the village-Tahatajpur, Udla jagir, Faridapur
Name of the Tehasil- Bithri chainpur
District-Bareilly
State-Uttar Pradesh
4. METHODOLOGY
METHODS OF PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION
• Survey of farmers.
• Interaction and conducting meeting with farmers.
• Motivating the farmers and understanding their views regarding agriculture.
• Meeting with drip dealer/ vendors for work.
SECONDARY DATA
• Reference from previous baseline and agricultural survey.
• Reference from various websites for information of drip irrigation and mushroom
cultivation .
5. WORK DONE
• Mobilization of farmers to adopt drip irrigation.
• Identifying potential vendors for arranging and installation of drip irrigation.
• Taken quotations from dealers for drip irrigation.
• Taken measurement of plot and prepare sketch of drip structure.
• Prepared list of materials required for installations of drip.
• Discussed with two selected farmers Lal karan and Ram kumar about agreement,
Deposit amount, ownership of Drip irrigation system etc.
• Creating awareness among farmers regarding vermi-compost.
• Training and practice of vermicomposting with four farmers
6. • Received delivery of drip material from dealer.
• Checking quantity of material with purchasing order which I have given to dealer.
• Installation starts with Mr. Surender Upadhya (Jain irrigation technician) on 2 plots.
• Preparation of compost for mushroom cultivation.
• Filling of mushroom seeds and compost on alternative layers for cultivation of
mushroom.
• Preparation of feedback questionnaire for collecting feedback of people about
organization.
• Carrying out survey work for making three year business plan (20 farmer).
** Business Plan With Drip
** Business Plan without Drip
CONT….
7. Advantages of Drip Irrigation
• As water is applied locally and leaching is reduced, fertilizer/nutrient loss is minimized.
• Weeds can not absorb water as no water is available for them.
• Yield of crops are maximum.
• Fertilizers can be used with high efficiency.
• Weed are grown in less number.
• Operational cost is low.
• Soil erosion is not taken place.
• Soil infiltration capacity is increased.
• Seed germination is improved.
• We can use recycled water safely.
• It is not necessary to level the fields.
• We can irrigate water in irregular shaped lands.
• Waste of fertilizers are lessen.
• Energy cost is reduced as it is operated in lower pressure than other irrigation methods.
8. Disadvantages of Drip Irrigation
• Expense specially initial cost is high.
• The lifetime of the tubes used in drip irrigation can be shortened by the sun causing
wastage.
• May cause clogging if water is not filtered correctly.
• High skills are required.
9. COMPANY STRUCTURE FOR
DRIP INSTALLATION
WATER
TANK
(1000 litre)
DIESEL
ENGINE
MY STRUTURE FOR
DRIP INSTALLATION
25 ft high from
ground level
STAND
BOREWELL Water Filter
10. Material (for two plots) Company structure My installed structure
Drip PVC material (2) 72000 72000
Water Tank (2) 16000 0
Increased PVC pipe 3000 0
Stand (2) 20000 0
GI material and butterfly valve (2) 0 6000
Freight 14200 12200
Total 1,25,200 90200
• Saving during the installation process – Rs. 35,000
• Effective model at lower cost
13. Mushroom Cultivation Introduction
• There are hundreds of identified species of fungi found in the world.
• Mushroom Cultivation have now become popular all over the world.
• Mushroom cultivation can help in poverty reduction.
• Mushroom cultivation can directly improve livelihoods through
economic, nutritional & medicinal contributions.
14. MUSHROOM CULTIVATION IN COMMUNITY CENTRE
• Demonstration of mushroom cultivation for adaptation by villagers.
• Preparation of revenue break ups plan for mushroom cultivation on quarterly basis.
• Planning of required material like -
for cultivation.
• Calculation of total expenditure and
Simultaneous increase in income and
Profit over the years.
• Beneficial for the farmers for livelihood opportunity.
** Business Plan for Mushroom cultivation
Polythene
Wheat Husk
Mushroom Seeds
Formalin
Bavistin/Carbandanzin
Lime
Thermometer
Air Cooler
Gunny Bags
Labour
17. Findings
• Drip irrigation dealers lacked materials for installation in the field.
• The villagers lacked knowledge about drip irrigation and so they
stepped back from using the method even after installation.
• The climatic conditions are very suitable for mushroom cultivation
• People lacked knowledge about mushroom cultivation, and they were
not ready to go ahead with the production.
18. RECOMMENDATIONS
• Crop rotation should be followed.
• Spraying of Boom Flower to Reduce Flower Drop.
• For Drip use water soluble fertilizers for fertigation.
• For Drip Acidification is Required to avoid clogging of Drip Latral.
• Regular maintenance of drips for better functioning of drip system during transit like
acidification etc.
• Training of best agriculture practices
• Introduction of best agricultural practices
• Change in Land preparation required
• Increased income for the marginal farmers (Immediate & Sustainable Income).
• Community mobilization of marginal farmers to a Group which help them to attain
economics of scale and provide them a good market linkage
19. Case study
Village- Tahtajpur
Beneficiaries Name - Asha Devi, Guddi, Premwati, Rajeshwari and Long Shree
Intervention- Detergent Making
• Housewifes
• Detergent making training from IVRI, Bareilly
• Dr. Ranjana Gupta provided 2 days training in IVRI
• After getting training they started detergent making activities at home
• They invested Rs.329 in raw materials for 10 kg and sold them at Rs.470
• They are selling 100 gm packets on Rs. 5/- , 200 gm packets on Rs. 10/- and 1/2
kg packets on Rs. 25/-
• They sell these product in the village itself and motivates others to involve
themselves too
• This activity helps them generate income for their family
