Special Program for Food Security and Productivity Enhancement of Small Farmers in 1012 Villages – Crop

Maximization Project–II (CMP–II)

Ist District Implementation and Supervision Committee Meeting

Ist September 2008District Charsadda

Presentation byAllah Dad Khan

Provincial Project Director CMP-II NWFP Component

• Name Allah Dad Khan• Designation Provincial Project Director• Phone (Office)091-9216430• Phone (Res) 091-5854156• Fax 091- 9216807• Cell 0332-9221298• Email bitvox @ Yahoo.com.• Address (Office) House no 52 E, Street 5, Canal

Town Nasir Bagh Near Islamia College Peshawar

• Address (Residence) ATI Colony DGA (E) Peshawar• Accessibility Any time

Sponsoring Agency :

Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Islamabad

Execution: Provincial Agriculture Department

Operation and Maintenance:

District Governments throughGovernment of NWFP

Concerned Federal Ministry:

Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock

Project Period: 2007-08 ton 2011-12

Background of the Project

• AS follow up World Food Summit Declaration ,1996 signed by 185 nations including Pakistan for reducing hunger and poverty to half against its present status by year 2015 in the World. A Pilot Project of Food Security was Launched at three locations (1998-2002) at Cost Rs 15.0 million. By MIFAL with the Technical Assistance of FAO. At 3 locations Sargodha, Daska ( Aug 1998) and DI Khan (Sept 1999) with small farmers .A Model Developed (Sargodha Productivity Enhancement Model)

• Based on successful results, the pilot project ( Up- Scaling National Program on Food Security to 109 villages CMP-1 2003-2006 ) was extended to 109 villages in 15 districts of the four provinces and AJK on the directives of Presidents at a (cost Rs 500 million) Covering Dikhan & Bannu ( 6+7=13 Villages). Implemented by MINFAL with the replication of Sargodha Model

• PC-1 approved by ECNEC on May 2002)

• Because of economic benefits of the intervention it is now further up-scaled to include 1012 villages in 26 districts during current financial year,, i.e. 2007-08 to 2011

• (cost Rs 1111 million NWFP ) Peshawar, Charsadda, Swabi, Bannu and DI Khan Districts, One Village in FATA and One in FANA

Productivity Enhancement ModelProductivity Enhancement Model

Tech. Interventions

Crop Management

Water Management

Technical Assistance

Technology package

Training and Skill Enhancement

- Community Organization & Empowerment- Knowledge & Skill Enhancement

- Adoption of Production Technologies- Enhanced Production & Commercialization of Agri.

- Income Diversification & Income Enhancement- Generation of Employment & Poverty Reduction

- Increased Financial Investment-Entrepreneurial venture

Farming Community

& Farming System

Community Mobilization

Establishment of VO

Financial assistance

Input

Output

Group extension

The Project is proposed in line with the overall objectives of the agriculture sector such as Improving farm Productivity Ensuring Food Security. Improving economic conditions of the small farmers Augmenting the economy of the country as a whole

through expediting improvement in agriculture sector.Objectives are in line with

Medium Term Development Frame Work (MTDF)Poverty Reduction Strategy( PRS)Millennium Development Goals ( MDG)

Increase food production in the country through enhancing crop and livestock productivity of small farmers ( less than 15 acres).

Ensure food security and reduce poverty through improving income of small farmers

Mobilize farming community by establishing VO of small farmers at village level. backed by appropriate laws

Increase crop productivity of small farmers by 30 to 40 % over bench mark productivity levels through technology adoption and improving farm/ crop management techniques.

Increase farm income by introduction of income generation interventions.

Establish a revolving fund (RF )in each village for sustaining the productivity enhancement program and provision of micro credit to small farmers after completion of the project.

Training of farmers and Field staff for using new technologies.

Improve marketing linkages through establishing commodity farming groups.

Build a sustainable mechanism to ensure continuity for the productivity enhancement and food security program even after completion of the project through Establishment of RF at Each Village..

Project Strategy• Focus on small farmers• Complete participatory approach• One village as a production unit• Multidisciplinary and integrated approach• Using time tested technologies• Productivity and income enhancement• Commercializing agriculture.• Ensuring cost sharing by farmers.• Farming community empowerment.

S No

District Tehsil UC,s Villages

1. Peshawar Peshawar 8 322. Charsadd

aCharsadda 5 32

3. Swabi Swabi 8 324. Bannu Bannu 4 325. Dera

Ismial Khan

Pehar Pur and DIKhan

7 32

Total 5 32 160

Criteria for Selection of Project Villages

This project is for small farmers. Farmers having up to 15 acres of land are entitled for the Membership of Village Organization.

All the Villages should be predominantly populated by small farmers

The selected villages should have 30 to 70 small farmers will to participate in the Project.

The villages should be selected in a cluster of 30 to 40 (in case of NWFP 32) villages, involving 3 to 8 Union Councils, in a block form and in a contiguous physical territory.

The villages should not have any soil or environmental aliment.

Villages should be located in irrigated areas Villages should be easily accessible

Name of Union Council List No Village

No. Name of Village

Turangzai 1 1 Nishan Abad2 2 Tora Paran3 3 Kot and Gogoshtoo Killi4 4 Nemorahi Baba5 5 Marchiki

Sarki Titara 6 1 Khazan Dheri/Fahimabad7 2 Spalmai8 3 Ucha

Koorona( Muslimabad)9 4 Ghulam Qadeer Dagai

10 5 Mukram Khan Dagai

List of Villages of Peshawar District

Name of Union Council List No Village No. Name of Village

Turangzai 11 1 Dheri Hameed Khan12 2 Jaloo13 3 Garhi Saifullah14 4 Palai ( Muslimabad)15 5 Surang Korona16 6 Charbagh17 7 Amanullah Khan Ijara18 8 Abdul Abad

Sarki Titara 19 1 Nare Mian Banda20 2 Kakar Qala and Hukmat Khan

Killi21 3 Saloo Kheil22 4 Hafiz Abad, Momin abad and

Mulyanoo killi23 5 Malik Shireen Killi24 6 Ghazgi25 7 ANwar Killi

List of Villages of Peshawar District contd

Name of Union Council List No Village No. Name of Village

Sarki Titara 26 8 Umer Dilber Koroona and Haji Muhammad Nawab Killi

27 9 Sarki Titara28 10 Gangiano Killi

Rajjar 29 1 Palatoo30 2 Mulayanoo Killi31 3 Maho Dhri32 4 Sheikhabad

List of Villages of Charsadda District

A. Organizing and Empowering farmers community

B. Capacity Building and Income Enhancement (HRD)

C. Establishment of small enterprises /Income diversification

D. Market linkages development.

PROJECT COMPONENTSPROJECT COMPONENTS

1. Social Mobilization of small farmers in selected villages.2. Formation of Village Organizations (VOs) SRSP3. Registration of VOs Cooperative Society Act 19254. Training and empowerment of VOs and Use of appropriate

production practices5. Establishment and operation of revolving fund by VOs.

Banks6. Use of improved and certified seed and balanced

fertilizers.7. Use of herbicides and pesticides8. Use of modern implements.9. Irrigation scheduling.

1. Training of VOs for administrative, financial and business management

2. Credit provision for purchase of inputs3. Farmers field schools4. Short term trainings5. Field days6. Field meetings7. Study tours8. Workshops, seminars

1. Credit provision for establishment of small enterprises2. Establishment of enterprise clusters3. Rural poultry farming4. Fish farming / Aquaculture5. Off season vegetable production, vegetable preservation.6. Bee farming Apiculture7. Sericulture 8. Farm implements pools and farm implement rental services.9. Provision of specialized farm services 10.Goat and sheep farming11.Dairy farming and animal fattening.12.Animal Health Units.13.Input sale and marketing centers, 14.Feed Mills 15.Milk collection centers16.Establishing fruit & forest plant nurseries17.Introduction and promotion of women operated homestead tube plant

nurseriesand fruit and tree nursery raising

18.Other suitable and possible intervention not listed above.

1. Formation of Commodity Specific Groups/Clusters (CSGs/CSCs)

2. Linking producers with market functionaries/value chains

3. Linking producers with financial institutions 4. Facilitating technical support5. Facilitating capacity building and training 6. Building physical sale and marketing points

Institutional Mechanism at District Level

1.District Implementation & Supervisory Committee• District Coordination Officer Chairman• Executive District Officer (Agri) Member• District Project Manager Member/ Secretary • District Officer (Agriculture Extension) Member• District Officer (Livestock and Dairy) Member• District Officer (Fisheries) Member• District Officer (Revenue) Member• Assistant Registrar (Cooperatives) Member

• This Committee will review the progress of project on monthly basis, necessary steps for efficient implementation of project and will be responsible for the execution of the project and field activities and to achieve the given targets of the project

Institutional Mechanism• 2. District Implementation and

Supervision Unit (DPM)

District Implementation and Coordination Unit (DISU) Chaesadda

S.No Nomenclature of Post No of Post as per PC-1

No of Post Filled

No of Post Vacant

1 District Project Manager (BPS-18) 1 1 -

2 Social Mobilizer & Income Diversification Officers (BPS-17) 2 2 -

3 Business and Market Linkage Development Officers (BPS-17) 1 1 -

4 Planning and Training Officers (BPS-17) 1 1 -

5 Credit / VO Help Officers (BPS-17) 1 1 -

6 Agricultural Officer (BPS-17) 3 3 -

7 Accountant and Administrative Officer (BPS-16) 1 1 -

8 Field Assistant (BPS-6) 16 16 -

9 Stock Assistant (BPS-6) 3 3 -

10 Steno Typist (BPS-12) 2 2 -

11 Office Assistant (BPS-11) 2 2 -

12 Upper Divisional Clerk / Senior Clerk (BPS-9) 2 2 -

13 Driver (BPS-4) 2 2 -

14 Naib Qasid (BPS-1) 2 2 -

Sub-Total (DISU) 39 39 ---

Technical Working Group in District• i) Agriculture Extension

• Executive District Officer (Agriculture) Chairman• District Project Manager Member • District Officer Agriculture Member/ Secretary

Agricultural Officers Member • ii) Income Diversification• Executive District Officer (Agriculture) Chairman• District Project Manager Member • Community Mobilizing/IDI Officer Member• District Officer (Fisheries) Member• District Officer (Livestock) Member / Secretary• Stock assistant Member

Technical Working Group In District• iii) Credit• Executive District Officer (Agriculture) Chairman• District Project Manager Member/Secretary • Credit and VO Help Officer Member• District Officer (Revenue) Member• Assistant Registrar (Cooperatives) Member• iv) Marketing• Executive District Officer (Agriculture) Chairman• District Project Manager Member/Secretary • Business Development/Marketing Officer Member• v) Human Resource Development• Executive District Officer (Agriculture) Chairman• District Project Manager Member / Secretary• Planning and Training Officer Member

• These groups will be responsible to carry out field activities, provide technical backstopping and achieve the given targets of the project at village level.

Responsibilities of Agriculture Extension Department and Project Staff of CMP-II:

Provide technical information, skills and help to project members/farmers for growing crops adopting latest production technologies;

Register willing farmers as project members, Establish VO in each village and get them registered under Cooperatives Society’s Act of 1925;

Make arrangements to procure inputs (seed, fertilizer, weedicide and pesticide) and keep all records of inventory, distribution of inputs and balance in hand;

Take data of production and productivity enhancement of each crop planted and income enhancement interventions taken under the project and write technical progress report;

Establish the revolving fund and supervise its operations. The Agriculture Officer will help & facilitate the Credit Officer in completing his responsibility of credit disbursement, making files of each member farmer and recovery of the credit from individual farmer;

Help disbursement of supervised credit through credit institutions/ADF or through revolving fund;

Keep all record of correspondence with provincial and federal authorities; Conduct benchmark surveys during first two to four months of the project

initiation, compile data and prepare a summary on status of input and productivity levels and household status of food security of each project village, for each cropping season;

Conduct training of the farmers and VOs through Framers’ Field Schools, field meetings, seminars, workshops, short trainings, field days, etc.

Responsibilities of Department of Livestock and Project Staff of CMP-II:

Provide technical information, skills and help to project members/farmers for keeping and managing livestock;

Implement and supervise all livestock related project interventions such as poultry farming, dairy farming, calf fattening, sheep and goat farming, establishing cow/ buffalo breeding farms, providing AI, etc.

The Livestock assistant will provide all assistance and help to Credit Office for loan disbursement and preparing files in this connection.

Provide information and assistance/help to the farmers about the sources for procuring best quality of livestock;

Take data of success, progress and income enhancement of each intervention being implemented under the project and write technical progress report;

Provide information and assistance/help to the farmers about the sale of their livestock in the local market at reasonable rates;

Make arrangements for livestock health care and also train the farmers and the VOs in health care;

Keep all record of correspondence with provincial and federal authorities; Arrange and provide training to farmers, VOs, staff and other interested

groups about all project interventions and provide technical backstopping. Produce a cadre of Livestock/Poultry/AI technicians at local level through

intensive training for creating local level employment, and provision of these services on sustainable basis.

Coordinate with Project Director in effective implementation of the sectoral interventions and addressing the community needs on priority basis; attend all technical and managerial meetings as and when required.

Responsibilities of Department of Fisheries:

Provide technical information, skills and help to project members/farmers for fish farming on profitable basis;

Implement all the project interventions related to fish farming;

Provide information to the farmers about the sources for procuring quality fish seed and feed;

Provide information and assistance to the farmers about the sale of their fish in the local markets at reasonable rates;

Take data of success, progress and income enhancement of each intervention being implemented under the project and write technical progress report;

Keep all record of correspondence with provincial and federal authorities;

Conduct training of the farmers and VOs in fisheries and provide technical backstopping as and when required.

Coordinate with Project Director in effective implementation of the sectoral interventions and addressing the community needs on priority basis; attend all technical and managerial meetings as and when required.

Responsibilities of Department of Revenue and Cooperatives:

Provide technical information and help the project members/farmers in the formulation of Cooperatives Societies (VOs);

Registration of the VOs as a Cooperative Society and registration of farmers undertaking of not selling their lands with out obtaining NOC from CMP;

Training of the farmers in the operation of Cooperative Societies, extension of loans from RF and their record keeping;

Help and facilitate farmers for passbook preparation; and Supervise / advise/help project farmers in preparation of

necessary land documents / registration as required by the project and to facilitate the preparation of passbooks.

Recovery of all kind of loans from member farmers, especially the recovery of bad loans/ credits from the defaulted farmers, registration of farmer’s agreement bonds and other such papers required to secure RF.

Responsibilities of the Bank Providing credit

• Disbursement of CMP-II credit to VOs.• Regular Monitoring the RF operations• By VOs and suggest measures for

improvement.• Recovery of half of the principal

amount from 6th to 10th year.• Bank Short listed are HBL, NB and ZTBL

S.No. Activity /.Item of work Unit Scope of Work

i) Hiring of Staff No. ---ii) Operational Hiring of Offices No. 32

iii)

Purchase of Durable Goods    - Purchase of Furniture No. As Per Requirement

- Purchase of Motorcycle No.To Be Purchased by FMCU

- Purchase of Vehicles. No.

- Purchase of Office Equipment. No. To Be Purchased by PMCU

iv) Repair and Maintenance Lump sum As Per Requirement

v) Capacity Building    a) Formation of V O (Social Mobilization) No. 32

b) Benchmark Survey No. 32

c)

Human Resource Development    - Training of Staff No. 4

- Training of VOs No. 32

- Training of Farmers No. 32d) - Number of Staff to be Trained No. 39

e) - Number of Farmers to be Trained No. 500

Physical Activity Scope Financial Year 2008-09: District Peshawar

Physical Activity Scope Financial Year 2008-09: District Peshawar (Cont’d)S.No. Activity /.Item of work Unit Scope of Work

vi)

Market Linkage Development    - Crop Specific Groups No. 32

- Crop Specific Clusters No. 3vii) Establishment of Implement Pools No. 5

viii) Input Sale and Marketing Centers No. 1

ix) Establishment of Animal Health Units No. 4x) Women Income Generation Units No. 300

xi) Technical Assistance / Experts No. 2

xii) Planting of Crops Acres 9000

xiii) Productivity Enhancement % 4

xiv) Income Diversification Intervention No. 150

xv) Revolving Fund /Govt. Equity No. 32xvi) Loan Disbursement. No. As Per Requirement

xvii) Planting of Crops. No. 9000

xviii) Productivity Enhancement % 4xix) Income Generation Activities No. 0

Training Schedule for Year 2008-09

S.No Item

Scope of Work

Profile

No of Participants

PMC

U

DISU

Peshawar

Charsadda

Swabi

Bannu

D.I.K

han

1 Short Training (2 Weeks) 12 Staff 280 12 -- -- -- -- --

2 TOT (facilitators) 12 Staff 280 12 -- -- -- -- --

3

Rabi Farmers Field School 5 Staff / Farmers / VO 200 -- 1 1 1 1 1

Kharif Farmers Field School 5 Staff / Farmers / VO 200 -- 1 1 1 1 1

4 Sub-Total Trainings 22 Staff / Farmers / VO 960 24 2 2 2 2 2

Transfer of Technology Schedule for Year 2008-09

S.No Item

Scope of Work

Profile

No of Participants

PMC

U

DISU

Peshawar

Charsadda

Swabi

Bannu

D.I.K

han

5

Rabi Field Meetings 160 Staff / Farmers / VO 5000 -- 32 32 32 32 32

Khairf Field Meetings 160 Staff / Farmers / VO 5000 -- 32 32 32 32 32

Marketing Field Meetings 160 Staff / Farmers / VO 5000 -- 32 32 32 32 32

6Rabi Field Day 160 Staff / Farmers / VO 5000 -- 32 32 32 32 32

Khairf Field Day 160 Staff / Farmers / VO 5000 -- 32 32 32 32 32

7Seminar (in Rabi) 5 Staff / Farmers / VO 200 -- 1 1 1 1 1

Seminar (in Khairf) 5 Staff / Farmers / VO 200 -- 1 1 1 1 1

8 Sub-Total Transfer of Technology 810 Staff / Farmers / VO 25400

-

162 162 162 162 162

9 Grand Total 832 Staff / Farmers / VO 26360 24 164 164 164 164 164

Income Diversification Intervention Schedule for Year 2008-09

S.No Item

Scope of Work

PMC

U

DISU

Peshawar

Charsadda

Swabi

Bannu

D.I.K

han

1 Dairy Farm (Buffaloes or Cows) 160 -- 32 32 32 32 32

2 Goat / Sheep Farm 160 -- 32 32 32 32 32

3 Cattle Breed Improvement Farm 60 -- 12 12 12 12 12

4 Fish Farm 60 -- 12 12 12 12 12

5 Poultry Farm 60 -- 12 12 12 12 12

6 Off-Season Vegetable 60 -- 12 12 12 12 12

7 Any Other Item Suitable -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8 Grand Total 560 -- 112 112 112 112 112

Statement Showing Reported Area Statistics and Target of Rabi 2008 in Respect of CMP-II Districts: area in acres

S. No Name of District

Reported Irrigated Area of Crop 2005-06 Reported

Cultivated Area of Project

Villages in acres

Corresponding Target

Area in Each of Project District

Rabi Crop Target Area 2008 in acres

Wheat

Sugarcane

Total Wheat

Sugarcane

Total

1 Peshawar 78,828

29,406

108,234

15,922

8,715

6,347

2,368

8,715

2 Charsadda

56,09

4

77,34

5

133,43

9 8,198

10,745

4,517

6,228

10,74

5

3 Swabi 49,422 9,143 58,565

20,617 4,716 3,980

736 4,716

4 Bannu 24,711 1,730 26,441

17,306 2,129 1,990

139 2,129

5 D.I.Khan 87,477 20,510 107,987

21,492 8,695 7,044

1,652 8,695

Total Area in acres 296,532 138,134 434,666

83,535 35,000

23,877

11,123

35,000

Percentage of Crop-wise Distribution 68.22

31.78 100.00     68.22 31.78

100.00

Cost Sharing by Farmers/beneficiaries

Item Cost ShareProject Farmers

Remarks

Inputs Nil 100% Through RF(10% Handling Charges) SOP5000 acres

Implements Pool

80 % 20% VO 20% Rent No Handling Charges (sop) IP 55

Income Diversification

80 % 20% 7% Handling Charges to Vo RFRe (sop) ID 560

Animal Health Care Unit

100 % ==== Free of interest After grace period of 6 months return loan in 24 installments AHU 20

• Organizes and empowers farming community through establishment of VOs.

• Meets micro-credit needs of small farmers at village level through RF.

• Replaces subsistence farming with entrepreneurial farming through adoption of new technologies..

• Ensures capacity building of small farmers through training and financial assistance .

• Integrates crop and water management aspects for getting maximum output.

• Human resource development for skill and knowledge advancement that leads farmers to quick adoption of production technologies.

• Sustainable in nature.