Post on 25-Dec-2015
Integrated Natural Resource Management(INRM)
under MGNREGS
in Kandhamal District
The initiativeThe pilot project “INRM under MGNREGS”
launched on 10th Nov’09 in the districtPlan was to take up 300 villages in 7 blocksAll the stakeholders have been sensitized and
oriented on INRMInvolvement of 8 NGOs as facilitating agency
and PRADAN is the nodal NGO
Kandhamal contextAnnual rainfall is high (1521.8 mm), but the
distribution is unevenUndulating land with low soil fertility, erosion
of top productive soilUpland-66%, medium-22%, lowland-12%High forest coverage(72%), degrading stage Low productivity of crops(paddy-1.6t/Ha),
paddy grain produced per capita-134.5 kgAverage food sufficiency-4-6 months, 78%
families are below poverty line
Contd….
Farm based livelihoods are monsoon dependent
Low productivity of Agriculture and animal husbandry.
High dependence on forest: depleting forest resource.
Poor land husbandry with reducing carrying capacity
Lack of appropriate ideas to enhance carrying capacity of land whose quality varies widely
Livelihood of the people are subsistence agriculture, NTFP collection and seasonal wage labour
The way forward to enhance acceptance and awareness under
MGNREGS
Given the endowment nobody should remain workless and should not go hungry. So family
based integrated NRM to enhance overall productivity looks to be a potential option. In-situ water harvesting has to be the beginning.
Requirement of in-situ water harvesting
In-situ harvesting and recycling ensure better access/control and address issues of equity
Though this area receives fairly good (1600mm) rainfall per annum, still paddy fails due to frequent dry spells.
About 850 mm of monsoon rain runs off, leading to degraded land resource
Run-off volume is much higher at the valleys causing submergence
Water holding capacity of the soil is low. Appropriate treatment can enhance absorption of
water by soil and improve productivityAround 10% land under water bodies can facilitate
percolation of 50% of runoff
An approach to
Natural Resource Management
Process involves:
Locating the position of the individual plots of a holding in the micro watershed
Their treatment with appropriate technology matching with purpose and needs of the family
Ridge Line
Lowland
Drainage point
Upland
Medium upland
Medium Lowland
In medium uplands and medium lowlands we identify places for constructing small water harvesting structures like 5% model pits
Lands at the upper catchments of these are treated with in-situ soil and moisture conservation measures like 30 x 40
These 30 x 40 model patches are covered under plantation for:
1. Better soil & moisture conservation
2. Generating income and sustaining the interest if these poor people in these patches
The gullies are either plugged or transformed to water harvesting structures
To recycle the seepage water at the valleys tanks are constructed in the lowlands
Agro-horticulturelink
Other plantationslink
5% WHSlink
Seepage tanklink
A typical treatment
Fisherieslink
Sabai + 30X40link
Gully plugginglink
Big tanklink
Purpose of upper catchments’ Treatment
Checking degradation
Diversifying land use to reduce vulnerabilities
Enhance income of poor families through timber/fruit tree or grass plantation
Checking siltation of the harvesting structures at the down stream
Enhancing percolation to enrich moisture regime
Purpose of In-situ Water Harvesting Structures
5% model:To save paddy crop from dry spells providing
life saving irrigationIncreasing moisture regime
Seepage tank:Tapping sub surface run-off / recycling
harvested water upstream to irrigate second crop after paddy
Progress madeSystem has been streamlined relating to
planning, execution and monitoring All the BDO, AE, JE, GRS, EO and GS have
been given training on INRM The GP and PS members are sensitized
around INRM and given exposure for further execution under MGNREGA
Work has been initiated in 220 villages and about 1.3 crore rupees has been spent.
Current senarioIn these 7 blocks the expense from INRM has
become significant in terms of total block’s expenses under MGNREGS.
Acceptance of people for INRM work has been enhanced after the first payment
The villagers are now more involved in pallisabha and panchayat decisions.
In the INRM villages more job card holders are now involved in work in comparison to previous year.
Now more demand is coming from the people from nearby villages.
Contd…
People in these vilages have taken SRI in their treated plots
Productivity from wasteland has improved through agro-forestry or agro-horticulture (Mango plantation in 300 Ha)
PRI persons like block president, Sarpanchas, Zillaparsad members etc have been given exposure to INRM work
Now block officials from other blocks are coming to these blocks to see the work and replicate the same.
Keys to successPeople with shared concern at the coreComprehensive and long term programmeEquitable distribution of benefits with plan
for all the resources and families of the village
Utilization of farmers’ knowledge in developing micro-plan
Involvement of NGOs with rigorous monitoring at different level
Focus on capacity building of all the stake holders
Ways forwardSaturation of Panchayat under INRMTraining of villagers and youth around
different farm based livelihoodsStrengthening the existing village level plans
with taking new villages in the existing and new blocks
Strengthening the existing monitoring system and processes timely payment
Seepage tank
Land degradation
Bund strengthening with soil from the pit
5 % -pit
Barren Upland
5 % pit 5%-with SRI
Fruit tree plantation
Land deterioration Farm pond
Gullies Loose boulder check
Process of INRM ImplementationSubmitt
ed to block
Plan preparatio
n
JE, AE, BDO
approval
Work order issue
Village-Work starts
District for FS
District for TS, > 10 lakh
PRADAN
Payment through bank/PO
Bill preparation
, MR submission
Measurement by
JE
MR issue to GS
Village level planning
Work order issue and work in progress
Work order issued by BDO of village Dedimaha
Work-in-progress in the village dedimaha
Awareness and Trainings
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