Integrated Tribal Development Project is successfully completed in seven villages at Bukkapatna Hobli, Sira Taluk, Tumkur district. The project is being implemented from April 2010 to March 2016 to improve the socio-economic and living standards of 835 tribal families including 126 landless families of tribe community over a period of 6 years. This project is supported by National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD).

The main objective of the project is to ensure assured income from one acre of land even in adverse conditions through promotion of Agro-Horti-Forestry farming (Wadi Development) and integrated farming activities in the lands of the small and marginal farmers. 701 tribal families converted 1 acre of dry land into horticulture garden (Orchards) called Wadi in seven villages. Each acre of land planted with 20 mango, 30 cashew plants and 250 different forestry species. Effective community participation, capacity building and regular monitoring process have resulted in successful development of agro-horti-forestry models in most backward villages.

135 landless families are supported under the project to improve their livelihood and income through various income generating activities

NABARD - Tribal Developoment Project, Sira

such as sheep or goat rearing, local cow, cross breed cow and buffalo rearing, petty business and tailoring activities are being taken to improve socioeconomic status of poor families. Capacity building, community and women development activities like human health camps, animal health camps, food & nutrition trainings, SHG trainings, dairy development, kitchen garden, clean kitchen, back yard poultry and support for toilet construction activities have been taken in project villages. Soil and water conservation activities such as farm bunds, waste weirs, renovation of ponds and check dam construction, pot irrigation activities are implemented for development of successful WADI plots. National bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) has supported to farm a farmers producer organization under produce fund in TDF project. An FPO called Kasthuri Rangappa N aya ka H o r t i c u l t u re C ro p P ro d u c e r Organisation has been promoted as Post project management organization to carry out post wadi development activities by involving all wadi farmers as shareholder for collective production and marketing of Mango, Cashew, Tamarind and coconut crops.

improve farm production.

?Capacity building among farmers to adopt local methods/resources/improved farm-ing system to increase crop production.

?Increase of farm income through integra-ted and improved farming techniques.

?In-situ conservation and management of soil, water and biomass.

Project Objectives

Following project components/project intervention are planned to implement sustainable development project in water-shed area.

?Farmers capacity & Exposure visits

?Crop production & Demonstration

?Integrated Farming System

?Estab l i shment o f fa rmers pro ducer organization

NABARD - Tribal Development Project, C.N.Halli

Integrated Tribal Development Project supported by NABARD is also being taken up in eight villages of C.N.Halli taluk, Tumkur district during 2016-17. The project aims to improve the socio-economic and living standards of schedule tribe community over a period of 5 years. 538 tribal families including 55 landless families are targeted under this project through various land based & non-land based interventions.

Project activities like promotion of village planning committee, Participant Groups (PG) and cluster level committee (CLC) has been completed. Trainings, demonstration, exposure visits are conducted for active participation of tribal community in Wadi development activities.

Since the project aims at improving tribal families through their active participation in all stages of project implementation with their special interest and involvement in development of dry land orchards. The following activities are completed by end of March 2016.

Activity Achievement

1) Formation of VillagePlanning Committees

8 Nos.

2) Formation of Cluster LevelCommittees

2 Nos.

3) Formation of Self-help Groups 15 Nos.

4) Wall Painting & Display Boards 8 Nos.

5) Farmer Trainings onWADI Development

22 Nos.

6) Farmer Exposure Visits 15 Nos.

7) Demonstration of WADI activities 5 Nos.

8) Grama Sabha 8

9) Slideshow in TDF Villages 8

Proposed Sustainable Development Project (SDP) is planned to implement in all 5 watershed project of Gandasi Cluster, Arasikere taluk of Hassan district covering small and marginal families irrespective of caste and religion. The farming families are involved for col lect ive production, marketing and implementation of SDP activities as per timeline through formation Framers interest groups (FIG) at village level and farmer producer organization (FPO) at project level are promoted for project implementation & management during project & post project development stage.

NABARD - Sustainable Development Project (SDP)

?Create awareness among farming families about climate adaption techniques to

With focus on benefit to farming community through pricing and marketing of their produce by establishing their own crop based farmer producer organization, we have been assigned to promote farmer producer organizations in Hassan and Tumkur district under NABARD-Producer organization fund. Five farmer producer organization or promoted two in Hassan and three in Tumkur district. FPO'S are promoted to improve the productivity of lead crops by adopting appropriate technology. Training and capacity building programs conducted on crop demonstration, collective marketing system for their produce and networking farming community for value chain production with forward and back linkage. Supporting and providing necessary agriculture inputs and services to farming community through convergence by establishing their own organization.

NABARD - Promotion of Farmer Producer Organisation

1. Kasthuri Rangappa Nayaka Horticulture Crop Producer Organisation (KRNHCPO) has been promoted for collective production and marketing of mango, cashew and coconut crops. 825 farmers from 8 villages have put their share amount of Rs 250.00 in the organization, 14 members executive committee has been formed and registered under Karnataka cooperative sowharda

sahakari act. Farmer mobilization programs, trainings, exposure visits are conducted to mobilize the farmers. Following services will be provided to farmers registered under KasthuriRangappaNayaka Horticulture Crop Producer Organisation.

2. SWAVALAMBI Agriculture Crop Producer organization (SACPO) is intended to provide platform for selling and purchase of agriculture produce either as raw or value added products and marketing of all processed, value added agriculture products by establishing market network. Swavalambi Agriculture Producer Organisation is promoted to encourage farming families for scientific cultivation, management and optimum production of agriculture crops like millets, pulses and oil seeds under rain fed or irrigated condition. FPO basically targeting cultivation, production, processing, grading and value addition to millet crops cultivated under rain fed condition.

3. Bhoomatha Agriculture Crop Producer Organisation (BACPO) - The objective of FPO promotion is to organiseMaize crop cultivation farmers for collective farming, production, value addition and marketing of maize crop products under FPO. Encourage

farmers to take up baby corn, pop corn & improved maize crop cultivation in the project villages. Promotion of Framer Groups for collective farming, grading, processing and marketing of maize crop products like seed, flour, feed, baby corn and popcorn under FPO through net work out lets in town and cities.

4. Tumkur Organic farmer producer company (KOFPC) is established at district level to encourage organic farming and marketing of products through common outlets for better price through involvement of organic farmers as shareholder in the

company. The Project area initially covers organic farmers in 5 taluks of Tumkur district (Tiptur, Chikkanayakanahalli, Sira, Gubbi and Tumkur) either group of organic farmers or individual farmers irrespective status, caste, area and land holding.Organic farmer producer companymain intention of proposed FPC is to establish network of organic farmers for extension of organic farming, production of food and horticulture crops, grading, value addition, packing and marketing through own out lets.

5. Hasanamba Agriculture Crop Producer Organisation(HACPO) - The objective of FPO promotion is to organisePotato crop cultivation farmers for collective farming, production, value addition and marketing of potato crop products under FPO. Encourage farmers to take up improved potato crop cultivation in the project villages. Promotion of Farmer Groups for collective farming, grading, processing and marketing of products under FPO through net work out lets in town and cities.

Details of FPO promoted

TargetedShare Holders

Name of the FPO Name of theCluster

Major Crops

1) Kasthuri Rangappa Nayaka HorticultureCrop Producers Sowharda Sahakari

1000 Cashew, Mango,Tamarind & Coconut

2) Swavalambi Agriculture Crop ProducerOrganisation

500 Ragi, Navane, Same,Jowar, Korale, Haraka

3) Bhoomatha Agriculture Crop ProducerSowharda Sahakari

1000 Ragi, Maize

4) Tumkur Organic Farmer Producer Company 500 Millets, Organic Foods

5) Hasanamba Agriculture Crop ProducerSowharda Sahakari

Bukkapatana,Sira Taluk

Bukkapatana,Sira Taluk

Gandasi,Arasikere Taluk

Tumkur Dist.

Nittur,Hassan Taluk

1000 Potato & Vegetables

TOTAL 4000

Organic Vi l lage Programs are being implemented one village of each hobali of the taluk under Savayava Bagya Scheme initiated by Karnataka State Government from 2014-15. Savayava Bagya project is being implemented to promote Organic farming activities and support farming community to grow healthy food by make use of locally available natural organic materials in farming system. The project is being executed in three villages of Tiptur taluk, Tumkur district and four villages of Arakalgud taluk of Hassan district. Project aims at improving soil productivity and cultivation of healthy food crops using local resources like agriculture waste, biomass, bio-manure and liquid manure by reducing external inputs in farming activities.

Farmer trainings and exposure visits are conducted for implementation of different compost production, green manure, liquid manure and bio-pesticides preparation activities. Organic farmers groups are formed and registered under the project for imple-mentation, management and certification of

organic farming area covered under the project.

Savayava Bagya Project in Tumkur & Hassan District

As part of the project, organic farmer group promoted in project villages covering all organic farmers and land of these farmers practicing organic farming has been certified by certification agency identified by the agriculture department. Project implement-ing agency and organic farmers groups will maintained all the records of farming activities and the internal control system envisaged in the project. Group Organic certification has been given for convertion stage for the year 2014-15 and 2015-16. Details of villages, families and area covered under the project.

Organic Certification

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Nyakenahalli

Honnenahalli

Kannugatta

Garigatta

Agrahara

Vaddarahalli

Hosnagara

No. ofFamilies

AreaCovered

Name of the Village Taluk & District CertifiedArea ha

96

81

160

85

154

87

72

107.43

95.64

121.89

101.27

101.87

100.87

99.03

Tiptur Taluk, Tumkur Dist.

Tiptur Taluk, Tumkur Dist.

Tiptur Taluk, Tumkur Dist.

Arkalagudu Tq., Hassan Dist.

Arkalagudu Tq., Hassan Dist.

Arkalagudu Tq., Hassan Dist.

Arkalagudu Tq., Hassan Dist.

81.92

79.80

110.80

101.27

101.87

100.87

99.03

Total 735 728 680

Activities

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Farmer trainings

Farmer exposure visits

Awareness, publicity & field days

Promotion of green manure crops

Providing local suitable food crop seeds

Vermicompost production units

Japan compost units

Bio-Digester units

Azola cultivation units

Cow urine collection pits

Liquid manure preparation units

Supply of bio-manure/cake

Bio-pesticide preparation units

Cow shed

UnitesCompleted

54

8

6

3540 Kg.

4758 Kg.

95

149

16

68

290

274

19 tons

138

90

The following activities are completedin four villages of Tiptur taluk

The following activities are completedin four villages of Arakalagodu taluk

Activities

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Farmer trainings

Farmer exposure visits

Awareness, publicity & field days

Promotion of green manure crops

Providing local suitable food crop seeds

Vermicompost production units

Japan compost units

Bio-Digester units

Azola cultivation units

Cow urine collection pits

Liquid manure preparation units

Supply of bio-manure/cake

Bio-pesticide preparation units

Cow shed

UnitesCompleted

66

12

12

1950 Kg

596 Kg

85

96

65

84

129

267

34 tons

345

38

NABARD – UPNRM ProjectIntegrated Floriculture Farming System (IFFS) project is being implementing in six villages of Sira taluk, Tumkur district under NABARD-UPNRM program. IFFS project is intended to improve the living standard and income of the poor and small farmers through cultivation, production and marketing of Jasmine (Kakada) flowers along with inter crops like vegetables and short duration flowers.Each famer has been supported to cultivate 100 kakada flower plants in 10 gunta of land along with intercrops, fodder crops on border and rearing of two sheep.

The project is being implemented through promotion of Flower Growers Sanga (FGS) containing 5-12 farmers in each group. All the participant farmers are trained about integrated floriculture farming system like pitting, spacing, planting and integrated pest and disease management in flower crops. Inter crop cultivation, fodder crop cultivation around the plot and sheep rearing activities

taken initially to generate some income to the family for the first 12-18 months & which help them to meet their loan repayment and project operational expenditures.

100 farmers have been supported to take up IFFS activities through loan amount of Rs.25 laks. Each participant has been provided loan amount of Rs.25000 through Flower Grower Sanga and all 100 farmers has taken kakada flower cultivation in 10 gunta of land with inter crops, fodder as border crops & two sheep.

OTHER PROGRAMS

1) Millet Mela

Save Water Campaign was conducted in Huildore village of Sira taluk, Tumkur district on 15th of June 2016 under the assistance of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Bangalore. The Program was intended to create awareness among people about rain water harvesting, conservation, utilization and management

Save Water Campaign was organized for farmers and SHG members and school students involving local panchayath members, bankers.

Tumkur district is now recognized as millet bowl of Karnataka and capital of millets due to wide range of millet cultivation since olden days to present days, agro-climate of the district (Soil, rain fall, weather, cropping pattern) is most suitable. Millet cultivation has been declined gradually from 1980-2010 due to poor market and less price. In the last five years Millet Manthra became popular due to ill effect of polished & processed white food, by god grace some of the organizations involved in graduating, awakening people and community on millet diversity, richness of nutrients, production, m u l t i p l i cat i o n , va l u e a d d i t i o n a n d consumption.

Two Days Millet Mela at Tumkur has been conducted under NABARD-FSPF fund along with Tumkur University, Sahaja Samruda, Dahanya and ORDER organization on 22nd -23rd October 2016. Mela is organized to aware, empower, encourage and motivate farming community to grow millet crops rather than commercial crops which requires huge investment and maintenance. Millets are drought resistant, easy to cultivate and adoptable to climate change.

2) Save Water Campaign

Around 120 people including SHG members, FPO members and students are participated in the program. Sri J.S.Veerabhadran, Nabard -Ddm spoke about people responsibility in rain water harvesting, conservation and proper utilization. Water is a finite resource, everyone should think about its importance and harvest each drop of rain water and conserve it, apply roof water harvesting, bore well recharge and watershed measures to conserve water, which goes as runoff during rainy season.

Mr. G.V. Raghu spoke about people should understand the changes happen in rainfall, season, temperature and cropping system due to poor management of water, trees are the biological measures to conserve water, and they keep it around the year, so plating of trees plays major role in balancing water availability.

Financial Literacy Awareness Programme (FLAP) was conducted in Huildore village of Sira taluk, Tumkur district under the assistance of National Bank for Agriculture and Rura l Deve lopment (NABARD) , Bangalore. The Program was intended to create awareness among people about banking facilities, importance of Pradhan Manthri Jandan Yojana, and social security schemes for unorganized section of society for their social and economic security. Farmers, SHG members,school students and local bank officers are participated in the program. Mr. Shivanna from financial literacy counseling center, Sira explained

3) Financial Literacy Awareness Program

SUZLON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

SUZLON Foundation community develop-ment project is being implemented in 16 villages of Hassan district under its CSR grant through ORDER-Trust. The project aims at improving community living standard through training, capacity building, livelihood intervention and providing common benefitting services in the villages. Project activities are initiated through promotion of Village development committees (VDC) in the villages to ensure their participation in planning, designing and executing need based activities for their development.

Progress during 2016-17

about benefits of PMJDY scheme, application and enrollment facilities of prime minister jeevan jyothi v ima, pr ime minister surakshvima and Atal Pension scheme which are made for poor and unorganized rural farming communities. Opening of no frill account, enrollment of all rural people in pradhan manthri jandan yojana and availing prime minister special insurance schemes for socio economic security. He also speaks about crop insurance and farmers should compulsory make enrollment for crop insurance in agriculture department and explained about opening of students account in the bank and loan facilities for their education.

Name of the Activity Unit Achievement

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VDC Training

Exposure Visits

Cleanliness Drive

Eye Camps

Animal Camps

Micro Enterprise Training

Tree Plantation

Solar Lantern

Vocational Training

Water Storage Tank

Back Yard Poultry

Kitchen Garden

Solar Street Light

No.

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No.

No.

No.

Persons

No.

Families

Women

Villages

Families

Families

Villages

21

05

11

8

8

8

2500

60

8

6

10

60

07