Implementation of DBIAn Experience of RCDC

Introducing DBI -The Objectives

• Moving from forest protection to conservation & management of local eco system.

• Management of local food supply chain for food availability during lean period.

• Agricultural development in un irrigated upland.

• Improving availability of drinking water for household consumption.

• Building local institutions

• Empowering women

Intervention

• RCDC intervened with DBI in two phases in 8 tribal habitations and eco sensible hotspots.

• 1st Phase started as new experience in the year 2012.

• 1st phase intervention focused only on DBI.

• The 1st intervention produced good result with notable community contribution in 4 villages of 2 districts.

• The 2nd phase was implemented in 4 villages from 2014 and continuing .

• 2nd phase includes both DBI and Hydraulic Ram Pump.

1st Phase Implementation Gandhamardan Hill Area

75% tribal communities

Total command area:

303 Acre

Total beneficiaries: 180

HH

Total sanctioned

budget:1892000/-

Community

contribution: 24000/-

Cost per Acre: 6244/-

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:• To provide assured source of irrigation to the un-

irrigated uplands of poor and marginalized farmers.

• To provide irrigation to Kharif crops and irrigation to Rabi and Summer crops.

• To enhance and strengthen livelihood portfolios of the local communities through supporting improvement in farm lands, in-situ moisture conservation and better agricultural practices.

• Empowering the farmers, especially the tribals to enhance their food security, to increase their income and help in the overall improvement of their livelihood issues

• People adopting sustainable practices for development of agriculture and allied services

• Strengthen Institutional capacity of PRI and Government agencies.

2nd Phase Implementation ( on going)

4 tribal populated villages of Nabarangpur

80% tribal communities

Total command area: 1182.78 Acres

Total beneficiaries: 322 HH

Total sanctioned budget: 3,769,678 lakhs

Community contribution: 413600 /-

Cost per Acre: 3187.1

GOAL: Sustainable land, water and forest management for ecological and livelihood security through community led Diversion Based Irrigation in 4 villages of Nabarangpur districts.

OBJECTIVES: • Enabling small and marginal farmers to have

access to irrigation facilities for agricultural production enhancement and enhancing farmer friendly and eco friendly cropping with optimum usage of available water

• To capacitate community and their organizations for effective land, water and forest management.

INFORMATION AT A GLANCE 1st Phase Implementation

Name of the village

Command Area

in Acre

Summer in Acre

Kharif in Acre

Rabi in Acre

Beneficiary Total Project

Cost

Contribution Cost per Acre without

contribution

Mahulpali 85 30 85 60 23 455,500 240,000 5358.8

Nuapali 78 20 78 40 35 425,500 5455.1

Dudumdarah 80 5 80 30 76 538,000 6725.0

Bhadkibhata 60 50 46 473,000 7883.3

303 55 293 130 180 1892000

240,000 6244.2

INFORMATION AT A GLANCE2nd Phase Implementation

Type of the DBI Structure

Proposed no. of HH to be benefited

Irrigation potential generated after DBI (in Acre)

Kharif Rabi Summer Total (Gross) Area

Pipe based Hydro ram pump feed project.

93 154.08 30 44.07 228.15

Pipe based Gravity feed project.

44 165.88 18 36.2 220.08

Pipe based Hydro ram pump feed project.

119 401 50 29.5 480.5

Pipe based Gravity feed project.

66 201.1 30 22.95 254.05

Agricultural Interventions

• 55 acres of non irrigated upland brought under cultivation.• 4 nos of Crop Plan and 4 nos of Water Management Plans developed at the

community level • Orientation on SRI, Organic Farming and Natural Pest Management (NPM)• Demonstration of SRI by 28 farmers in 22 acres through supply of 2 nos of SRI tools in

each project village ( marker, weeder, sprayer, puddler, winder and seed kits)• Gurji (rare millets) cultivated in 38 acres by 25 farmers.• Sunflower cultivated in 11 acres.• Mixed farming being adopted by 82 farmers.• MGNREGA plan developed and approved in Gram Sabha on agriculture related works

like Nadep Composting, Vermi Compost, organic manure and azolla. • Linkages with line departments and others for agriculture related works.

– Provided 5 no’s saplings of fruit and vegetable (lemon, mango, papaya, banana and drum stick) for nutritious intake to 78 families.

– Supported 6 farmers with 2000/- for establishing vermi compost unit.– To manage pest incidences naturally 15 farmers were supported with Rs. 1000/-

each.

Food Grain Pulses Oil seed Tubber crops

Vegetables Other 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

11

5 6

1

6 5

22

129

5

1411

Types of crops: A comparison between before and after DBI

After Before

Income from cultivation

Crop Total farmer

Total lands ( in Acres)

Total Production in KG

Value ( in Rs)

Paddy( Dalua) 37 26 32200 354200Groundnut 19 12 7000 288000Sunflower 12 8 6000 600000Tuber 6 1.5 120 6150Lady finger 40 3.5 3500 140000Pumpkin 22 2.5 2500 75000Brinjal 15 3.5 4200 105000Cucumber 15 1.25 1200 24000Potato 1 0.25 40 480Jhudanga 8 1 400 8000Leaf vegetable 3 0.5 2000 4000Total 178 60 59160 1604830

After the DBI works 178 farmers in 04 villages have cultivated paddy (summer variety), groundnut, sunflower, tuber, lady finger, pumpkin, brinjal, cucumber, potato, Jhudanga and leaf vegetables in 60 acres of land yielded 59160 KGS (crop wise details given below) value of Rs.1604830.00. This income has enhanced the income and food security thereby.

Other Impacts of DBI

• Increased protection and conservation of forest by the local community.

• Judicious water management by the water user group.

• Increased sustainable harvesting of forest produces at the upper catchment of streams.

• Reduction in conflict related to water use.

• Reduction in workload on women.

• Participation of women in agriculture.

• Nutritious food availability in backyard.

Community Institutions Around Dbi

• Revival of Gandhamardan Surakhya Action Committee.

• Gujerpali (rotation of traditional weapon) by villagers to protect the forest and water catchment area.

• Formation of water user group.

• Identification of eco-sensitive zones and development of management plan to restore the threatened species.

• Revival of Forest Right Committees.

• Community claims submitted under section 3(1) and 3(2) of FRA.

• Monitoring committee formed in three villages.

– Recruitment of volunteers

– Stocks list maintained

– Labour contribution record maintained

– Conflicts are resolved by the committee at village level.

CHALLENGES FACED

• Big farmers and vested interest groups misguided the marginal and small farmers.

• Panchayat Election developed political groupism among the villagers.• Legal issues regarding conversion of forest land in non forestry activities

– Forest Conservation act 1980– Forest Conservation rules 2003

• Community contribution for excavation with the help of contribution of labourers

• Excavation through the hilly region was extremely difficult due to hard rock and stones.

• NTFP dependency in the region was a major hindrance during the excavation as almost all the forest dwelling communities depended on NTFP for livelihood.

• Heavy rainfall affected the pipe line during excavation.• Developing the self confidence of villagers was extremely difficult and they

felt hard to believe that diverting water for irrigation could be done without electricity and even questioned its sustainability.

Learnings

• DBI- the new experience for RCDC towards livelihood enhancement of community

• Strong institution backed with proper mobilisation in regular interval leaves rumour with no room.

• Regular interaction and participation in Gram Sabha helped to build up good rapport with PRI members.

• Used FRA and notifications as a potential tool to claim over the forest land by the community for implementation of DBI project.

• Regular follow up by community (memorandums, interface)

• Transparency board

• Constructive engagement with the Forest department enabled for execution of the project even in the Reserve Forest area.

• Direct involvement of community in all aspects of the execution of project resulted in confidence building and thus achievements.

STEPPING STONES

ENRICHING LIVELIHOOD ENHANCING GREENERY

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