Role of CSOs In developing climate smart farmers J S Gosalia Shroff Voluntary Organizations Consortium (SVOC) India
SVOC - Sustainable Development Approach SVOC - A group of NGOs supported by Natural Resource Shroff family Management Empowering Rain Water Training & Harvesting & development of Capacity Building Management 1000 villages in Gujarat and Maharashtra SVOC Enhancing Waste Agriculture Integrated Management Productivity Development Women Soil Health Empowerment Management Rural Livelihood Enhancement
FPOs – for farmers, by farmers • FPO – Farmer Producer Organization • A model improving income of farmers by leveraging economy of scale • Will help in developing market linkages • Exposing farmers to new market, technology • Improved income – more financial power will help farmers to invest in climate smart solutions
FPOs – for farmers, by farmers • SVOC – formation of 4 FPOs, 2000 farmers • For 2 FPOs, sources “Producers Organization Development and Upliftment Corpus (PRODUCE) Fund from NABARD • Dhatarvadi Farmer Agro Producer Company Ltd. • Gauraj Rural Agro Producer Company Ltd. • Under FPO models, different ‘Climate Smart Solutions’ have good potential to achieve ‘Economy of Scale’
FPOs – for farmers, by farmers • Dhatarvadi Farmer Agro Producer Company Ltd. • Working in Rajula block, Amareli district, Gujarat • Registered on November 30, 2016 • No. of farmers holding share: 770 • Paid up share capital: INR 423,000 • Business turn over till date: INR 4.2 million
FPOs – for farmers, by farmers • Gauraj Rural Agro Producer Company Ltd. • Working in Bhavnagar block & district, Gujarat • Registered on January 20, 2017 • No. of farmers holding share: 146 • Paid up share capital: INR 39,900 • Business turn over till date: INR 14,000
Zero Till Cultivation for Rice crop • 183 farmers adopted this technology in Roha block, Maharashtra • SVOC served as advisor, guide and facilitator • Rice – major source of Methane generation under traditional cropping system • Zero till cultivation: • Preserve soil biota & ecosystem • No flooding - maintain aerobic Condition- no Methane generation • Water saving , improving residual soil moisture leads to higher productivity for next crop
Zero Till Cultivation for Rice crop • Total area covered under this system – 74 Hectors • Economic benefit of this system – INR 17,450/ Hectors • Overall economic benefits – INR 1.3 millions
Value Addition to Farm Produce • Ambaye village in Lote block, Maharashtra • Project developed for women farmers with objectives of: • Encouraging to work in cooperative environment • Inducing Business Approach to cultivation of Finger millet • Capacity building by way of imparting appropriate knowledge and making marketable value added products of Finger millet • Project developed with support from MAVIM (State Women Economic Development Corporation) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Value Addition to Farm Produce • 360 women are involved in project, 143 acres area under the crop • Prepared value added produce from crop produce • Total value of value added farm produce - INR 0.6 million • Total cost for work - INR 0.33 million • Total benefit to women - INR 0.27 million
Khanderaopura -Zero Waste Village • Khanderaopura, Vadodra District, Gujarat State, 185 families, 1500 persons • Became ‘Zero Waste Village’ under guidance of SVOC -as a catalyst and an enabler • ZWV goal: not a one-time event but a context-specific process • Funding includes: • CSR funds (70%) • Panchayat Institutions (23%) • Community cost recovery charges (5%) • Voluntary donations (1%)
Khanderaopura -Zero Waste Village Managin ing Ho Household Was aste • Repairing of Drainage systems • Meeting with PRIs • Grey Water recycling – • Sensitization and Village Leaders established Bio-Filter • Construction of Household • Village Mapping • Safe Drinking Facilities to all Sanitary Latrine & Households • Transact Walk Household Bathrooms and • Complete facilities in School • Technical Feasibility all are under use and Aanganwadi Assessment • Separate Dustbins for dry • FYM and Vermi Compost and wet waste collection & Units for Farm Waste garbage separation Management • Door-to-Door Garbage Nee eed Asse ssessment Collection system by PRI Com Communit ity Le Level l Waste Management
Khanderaopura -Zero Waste Village • Achieving zero waste village • Social benefits in terms of health and wellness status • Reduced expenditure on health care improves discretionary income of the households • Much-improved quality and sustainability of land, water and other natural resources • Several implications for sustainable development, improving incomes of agriculture households, improving quality of life.
Khanderaopura -Zero Waste Village • Intangible benefits • Renewed confidence among the Village community that they can collectively, with appropriate partnerships, attain difficult targets to improve quality of life • Establishment of resilient communities which could provide decentralized context-specific broad-based development
Block development approach • Sustainable development model – Rajula block, Amareli district, Gujarat • Covering 72 villages, human population – 1,50,000 • Major objectives of project: • Developing rain water harvesting structures • Adoption of improved farming practices and efficient use of water • Development of sustainable institutional mechanism • Supplement farm income for reducing vulnerability due to climate uncertainties, by Animal Husbandry • Improving forward & backward market
Block development approach • Total convergence – Rs.204 million in 11 years span • Water Resource Management (Hydrology): • 16 new rain water harvesting structures - 1120 ha land got irrigation security, improvement in ground water quality • 9 renovation (desilting) of existing structures: 1728 ha area received fertile silt which resulted in reduced requirement of chemical fertilizer • 441 units of Roof rain water harvesting structures at household • Efficient use of water through promotion of drip irrigation – 648 ha land, 50% saving in irrigation water • Integrated approach on 206 ha land in Kotadi Lift Irrigation Project which resulted in an average water saving by 30%
Block development approach • Natural Resource Management (Soil, Agriculture) • Promotion of composting – 416 farmers, instead of burning farm waste, farmers converted into compost, thereby, improvement in soil fertility (1248 MT waste converted to compost from 624 ha area) • Promoting legumes as inter crop – Nitrogen fixation in soil and also providing food security (Nitrogen fixation - 35 MT in 593 ha (75 MT urea saving) • Reduction in input cost by 20% in Cotton and Groundnut crops; (fertilizers, chemicals, labor and other inputs) • Improved Productivity in Groundnut by 15 %, in Cotton by 16 % and in Wheat by 14 %
Thank You For further information, please contact J S Gosalia gosalia.jayprakash@excelind.com
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