2. Livelihood zone Ethnic group Characteristics
Northern Hills
28.47 lakh Ha.
(21%)
Kanwar, Oraon, Nagesia, Korwa,
Saunta,Saur, Sawar, Baiga, Agaria, Kol,
Dhanwar,Biyar, Binjhwar, Manjhwar, Bharia,
Bhaina,Majhi, Khairwar, Kharia and Gond
• Dependency on forest
• Paddy is the only crop
• Ample source of water from rivers
and streams
• Coal belt of Chhattisgarh
Central
Region - C.G.
Plains
68.49 lakh Ha(50%)
Gond, Baiga, Kamar, Oraon, Kol,
Binjhwar,Dhanwar, Kanwar, Halba, Pardhi,
Bahelia,Bhunjia, Agariya, Kondh, Bhaina,
Majhi, Kanwar, Manjhwar, Sonr, Saur
Gadaba, Sawar, Saunta
• Most fertile and productive region
• Developed infrastructure facilities
• Crop diversification by farmers
• Durg and Bhialai are the major
industrial pockets
Southern
Region - Bastar
Plateau 39.06 lakh
Ha. (29%)
Halba, Gadaba, Pardhi, Kamar, Bhattra,
Dhurwa, Muria, Maria, Bison horn,
Maria,Dandami Maria Gond, Raj
Gond,Dorla, Hill Maria, Pardhan, Mudia
• Heavily forested
• High run-off
• Forest major source of livelihood
• Poor infrastructure
• Rich Iron ore deposit
• Severely affected by extremists
Livelihood Zone
3. Chhattisgarh context
Families belong to poor or very poor categories with low
levels of resources, skill, understanding of markets,
investment capability or risk taking ability
Primarily agriculture based economy provides livelihood to
80 percent of the rural population (56% marginal farmers)
Infrastructure is under developed; markets are far away,
where not many choices exist
Vulnerable farming systems, monsoon dependent, low
yielding (1.59 MT/Ha for paddy)and mono cropped, only
6% of net sown area under assured irrigation
63.00 lakh hectares (44% of state) under forest cover with
Protected forest cover of 43.13%.
13 lakh families (28%) engaged in MFP collection
4. Major Milestones
• 2008-09: 800 families in SRI-paddy, 1st state level workshop
• 2009-10: 4000 families in SRI-paddy, 2nd state level workshop, Training on SRI –
Paddy, millets, vegetables in Ganiyari, Bilaspur, initiation of Chhattisgarh SRI
Manch
• 2010-11: Initiation of 2nd phase of the project, 5455 families in SRI-paddy and
other crops, GP level Kisan Mela started, 3rd state level workshop
• 2011-12: 11570 families in SRI-paddy and other crops, training on finance, MIS
and Accounts, Initiation of District workshops
• 2012-13: 18975 families in SRI-paddy and other crops, convergence with
MGNREGA started, training on livelihood and village level planning conducted
5. Promotion of SRI with small and marginal
farmers
• Ensure year-round food
sufficiency & cash income for tar
families through women centric
farming system.
• Involve with partners on
institution building & influence
partners to promote women
collectives in operation area.
• Create a knowledge platform to
raise awareness and widely
share lessons learnt from the
project by networking among
partners & stakeholders.
Coverage
• 12 districts
• 13 NGOs
• 18000 families
• 8775 acre land covered
under different crop
• Convergence with
MGNREGA
6. Process followed
Training of NGO
representatives
Campaigning/Orien
tation programme
at village level
Training of CSPs
Technical training of
villagers on nursery and
natural pesticides (Handi
khad and Jeevamruta)
and transplantation
Demonstration of
using marker,
weeder, and on-field
support to farmers
Exposure visit to
the transplanted
fields and
standing crops
Regular reviewing
and monitoring
support at
Chhattishgarh SRI
Manch
Consolidation of
experiences-SRI adhivesan
Contextual to location : socio-economic status of the community, agricultural skill ,
existing institutions and PRADAN’s perspective.
7. Approach for Extension
• Demonstration
• Guided exposures with AV aids
• Sensitizing women SHG members
• Enable resource persons with technology and
communication skills
• Hands on training and support to SHG families
• Emphasis to minimize dropouts & enhance area
saturation
• Development of POP and kits for easy delivery of
technology and inputs
• Collaboration with the Department of Agriculture
• Availability of weeders
8. SRI steps followed by farmers
• Seed rate 5 kg/ha
• Seed sorting (brine) and treatment (Carbendazim)
• Transplantation of young seedling(8-14 days old), two leaf
stage.
• Single seedling transplantation with soil, no damage to root
system
• Square transplantation, 16 -25 seedling sq meter
• Thin film (<1inch) water maintained in the field
• Weeding at least twice using rotary weeders (Ambica
weeder) in 81.21 % of fields
• Increased use of compost and organic farming materials
9. Training details from September’14-February’14
Training & Exposure Plan Achievment
Awareness Generation (No. of event) 225 167
Exposure to local demonstration (No. of person) 3600 2134
Training & on-field support to farmers ( No. of
farmers)
18000 21402
Training of village resource person ( No. of
person)
360 234
Organise SRI-Adhivesan(No of event) 45 21
Organise District Adhivesan ( No of event) 3 2
14. Other Acheivements
• 85% families are continuing second time SRI
• 53% families engaged with organic farming
• Convergence with Department of Agriculture,
GoCG - 7155 families
• Convergence with MGNREGA - 518 families in 33
villages through 10 partners in 8 districts (2.79Cr)
• 27 joint events among partners for knowledge
dissemination and cross learning (Sustainable
farming, CFR, Community mobilization, INRM)
• Sharing and helping between organization on
organization development and governance
15. Learning
• Saturation Approach
• Focusing on Partnership, Institution Building
• Community Institution Architecture
• Farming System based Approach – Round the
year planning
• Building people
• Convergence with other stakeholders
• Linkages with Govt. Prog.
• Consolidation of learning and plan at village, GP,
Block and district level
16. Challenges
• Institutional architecture
• Women centric farming system
• Indicators of output-Uniformity
• Building the network based on mutual learning, sharing, developing
vision of the area and working towards it
• Reduce dropout and bring more families in organic farming
• Integration mechanism-monitoring, evaluation and triangulation
• Building the network and at the same time meeting the
commitments
• Perspective plan of an area – mapping different stakeholders and
how each one can contribute to achieve the vision.
• Sharing the sense of achievement
