JOHAR from

Rural Development Association (RDA)

JharkhandTo

All Participants of DBI Partners MeetAt: Puri From: 24-25 March 2014

About RDA

Working in W.B. and Jharkhand Working with around 20000 families through SHG Focus area of intervention:

Community institution building – SHG-Cluster-Federation, Farmers club & Water User Committee

Land and water based activity: Land development – 30’x40’ land bunding, 5% tank Irrigation infrastructure development – Seepage tank, DBI,

mLI Promotion of improved agriculture and horticulture

Livestock development – goat & Broiler poultry promotion

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About the DBI Area - Jharkhand

All the villages are surrounded by series of hills and reserve forest

Area is too interior and avg. 20 km far from block head quarter

Totally extremist operational area Communication mostly by bicycle More than 95% tribal populated People dependent on rain-fed agriculture, NTFP and

wage labour Very poor irrigation and other infrastructures Huge scope of NRM base activities, livestock

development and develop as model area/panchayat

DBI – Pipe based irrigation system

Objectives: Judicious use of natural resources and surface water Increase in irrigation area Bring more fallow land under agriculture Productivity enhancement through promotion of

improved agriculture practices Ensure round the year food security and income

enhancement of Rs.10,000/ family Drudgery reduction of women by ensuring household

water supply Additional nutrition by promotion of kitchen gardening Improvement in health status by make available

drinking water

Process Followed

Identification and finalization of sites with technical expert & community

Capacity building of Staffs & CSPs on project objectives, deliverables, technical training, handholding

Baseline data collection Promotion and capacity development of

community institution – WUA and SHG Resource mapping & pipeline laying designed by

community Trench digging, laying of pipes and fittings by

the community

Process Followed

Family based crop and credit planning, training-exposure and implementation of SRI, veg., pulses and mustard

Ensure participation of all hh (M & F) Bank linkage of WUA & SHG Transparency – all records maintained by WUS Stock maintained at all level Yield data collection and cases documented MIS maintained Sustainability - water charges collection and - own fund development by WUA

Orientation meeting and community institution building

Water User committee formed in each DBI site consisting male & SHG representatives. WUA maintaining all documents of material

procurement, bill, master roll & collection of water charges.

Resource mapping by community

Resource mapping on mouza sheet of the respective DBI villages done by the committee and designing the pipe line , point out the

Irrigation outlet and House hold water supply tap.

Technical Survey

Capacity building of the community

Yr-1: Achievement in brief

Activity Unit Plan: No. of

Unit

Achievement

PVC Pipe based DBI structure

No. of site

07 Selected 8 sites 4 sites completed 4 sites work is in last stage. Will be completed within 15th April

Household water supply

No. of family

100 Completed in 3 sites Another 3 sites work is in progress All sites will be completed within 15th April 122 families accessing water for hh consumption Significant impact on women drudgery and life of children Additional supply of water in 3 schools

Achievement in Brief

Activity Unit PLAN: No. of Unit

Achievement

AGRICULTURE:

SRI No. of farmer

200 167 families on 60.8 acres of land (36 dec/hh) Avg. productivity – 5.8 MT/ Ha. Additional food security – 2 months

Vegetables 120 o 204 families on 32.6 acres (16 dec./hh)o Additional coverage 23 acres

Pulses 25 o 60 families on 7.9 acres

Mustard 40 o 76 families on 17.8 acres (23 dec./hh)

Home garden

40 o 41 families – avg. 4 mt x 4 mt.

Community Institution:

8 WUA and all linked with bank 28 women SHG

Fund of 8 WUA – Rs. 7.2 lakhs

Improved technique of CROP cultivation and value chain system

Women Drudgery Reduction & Improvement in health-hygene

Addressing the women drudgery and hazard in this programme to supply door step water supply for house hold uses

Before DBI

Changes after DBI

Changes after DBI

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2nd YEAR PLAN

Activity No. Time plan

Selection of new staff & Training of all staff

Apl & May

New DBI site selection, orientation & application generation

7 March

Survey-design 7 20th April

WUA formation & Resource mapping 7 20th April

Trench digging & Intake structure 7 31st May

Procurement & delivery of materials 7 May

Main pipe laying and trench filling 7 15th June

HH water supply – trench digging, laying, fitting

Total 200 hh Oct, Dec-Feb.

Community based drinking water system 200 hh Apl-May:200

Crop based livelihood planning & list finalization

15 20th May

PoP based CROP promotion: Kharif & Rabi: SRI-500, Pulses-75, veg-300, oilseed-100 & home garden - 100

Jun – Feb.

Future Plan

Linkage with other stakeholders like PRI, MGNREGS, Govt. line dept. & bank for convergence.

Identification of such natural stream at remote tribal forest flange villages and propose to SDTT for support

Strengthening WUA and their management system

Promotion of new SHGs, cluster and Mcf system Develop proper MIS system Audio-visual case study documentation

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