Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture

Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty

Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture

• Makes best use of the natural resources (biological and physical)

• By using local knowledge, skills and labor

• Community managed support systems

Main objective

• To sustain agriculture based livelihoods• Special focus on small and marginal farmers,

Women, tenants, agriculture workers• Technology

– Local natural resource based– Knowledge centric than product centric, hence

support only in the form of knowledge– Community Resource Persons

• Management– Community managed (SHGs)-financial and personnel

Program strategies

• Reducing cost of cultivation by adopting practices which involve low or no expenditure

• Resource persons to provide regular technical support in the village– Best practicing farmer in the village identified as village activist – Weekly group meetings in the fields for reviewing, researching,

trouble shooting and capacity building– Paid cluster activist for 5 villages– Technical support by experienced NGOs– Variety of resource material

• Program anchored and regularly reviewed by the Federation of SHGs at village, mandal and district level

Components

Non Pesticidal Management as stepping stone– Integrating management practices to prevent insects from

reaching damaging stage and damaging proportion – a natural ecological balance will ensure that pests do not reach a

critical number in the field that endangers the yield– nature can restore such a balance if it is not meddled with too

much, hence no chemical pesticides at all.– understanding the insect biology and crop ecology is important

to manage pests – it is not enough if reactive sprays are taken up during outbreak.

– Prevention rather than control/reaction is the key element to NPM

– crop diversity and soil health play an important role in pest and disease management

– that pest and disease management is possible with local, natural material

• Ecological– Healthy crop, healthy food, and healthy environment– Safe to farmers, workers, consumers and animals

• Economical– Increased net incomes – Reduction in health costs– Getting out of debt trap and marketing bondage– Farmers getting back the mortgaged lands

• Social capital: Enormous confidence on ecological agriculture, farmers showing great interest

NPM for Ecological, Economic and social benefits

The reach…

2006-07• 17 districts• 1050 villages• 2.0 lakh acres• 80 thousand farmers

2005-06• 10 districts• 450 villages• 25 thousand acres• 15 thousand farmers

2007-08• 18 districts

…aiming to reach 25 lakh acres across crops in all districts of AP in five years

Kharif Rabi1715 villages

4.7 lakh acres

1.72 farmers

1635 villages

2.03 lakh acres

1.20 farmers

SAVINGS 2006-07

S.NO CROP ACRESAvg.Savings/acre(in

Rupees)Total Savings(In Rupees)

1 Cotton 40425 5000 202125000

2 Paddy 50280 1000 50280000

3 Redgram 24329 1200 29194800

4 Groundnut 22998 800 18398400

5 Chillies 3757 15000 56355000

6 Others 26000 1000 30000000

  TOTAL     386353200

Moving forward…

• Seed bank networks: – Focus on local production and sharing– Maintaining crop and Varietal diversity– Last year 10 villages on pilot -groundnut– 2007-08 seventy villages-30 % seed requirement will

be met locally– Warangal-28 villages– Ananthpur-11 villages– Khammam-10 villages– Kurnool, Mahboobnagar, Guntur, Nalgonda-20

villages

• Special focus on improving soil health and productivity

• Improving biomass for composting and fodder

• Building natural base to move towards organic production

• Special focus on efficient management and use of groundwater, effective rainwater harvesting, social regulation

Convergence

• MoU with Spices Board to produce pesticide free chillies

• APEDA came forward to support the program• Convergence EGS to enhance natural resource

base and provide employment to agriculture workers, improving the lands of SC/ST, women, small and marginal farmers

• Overlaying with star procurement centres, dairying and food security

I. Consolidation & Gains (April – May 2007)

3 pilot village immersion and to fine tune strategy, modules.

Immersion program in all villages. ( 18 districts)

• Resource inventory• Technical / Management components• C.D – Film show – success stories

C.B. program to all Cluster Activists, Orientation to partner NGOs, Self Help Groups.

Resource material / crop wise manuals up to village level. Program guidelines prepared in Telugu after extensive discussions

with partners / stakeholders up to village level.

Moving Forward

Capacity Building Program, Marketing CRPs for NPM over lay with “Star Procurement Centres”.

• Kharif Plan 2007

•

• Rabi 2007-08

• Extensive Field Visits, interaction with Stakeholders, to strengthen program• • Extensive Field Visits interaction with Stakeholders, to strengthen program

• SERP visited 91 out of 92 NGOs and other MMS Managed villages/ Fields, in 18 districts

• Interacted with Farmers / samakhya Members.• Categorization of NGOs/Mandal/Districts - on

No.of

Mandals

Clusters Villages Acres

(Lakhs)

Farmers

lakhs

- NPM 218 338 1715 4.17 1.72

- NPM in Marketing village

0.58

-Total 4.75

Institutional Strengthening

SHG/Farmers

• NPM sub-committee at Village, Mandal, Zilla formed.

• Meetings / Discussions every month.• Performance of CA/VA (NGO) reviewed.• Payment of salaries of VA/CA and facilitation fees of

NGOs by Samakhyas.• Field inspection by members & SHGs• Further Capacity Building for members planned

December/January.

Farmer Field Schools Stabilized• Fixed day every week• Sub group for ever 20 – 25 farmers• Convener, Co-convener for every sub-group

• Best practicing farmers• Out of 2, one woman farmer

• Field Based activity• Study of beneficial Insects• Preparation of Life Cycle of Harmful Insects

• Sharing of learnings in the village• Further Capacity Building of Convener, Co-convener planned at district level in January –

February

Farmer CRPs – • Identification Placement – December – January.

• Identification Placement – December - January• Exposure Visits / Field Days in progress.• Farmer Registration fee – collected 21 lakhs / 53 lakhs

Lead NGO and DPM NPMs (for each district)• Vehicle for extensive tours• Joint Field visits• Attending Z.S/MMS, review meetings• Hand holding support to Samakhyas• Special focus on MMS (by DPM NPM) with out support of NGOs

Communication Network• Access E-Mails through SANET by all NGOs/DPM (NPM)• Data – base, cell nos of NGO, DPM, CA, VA SHG members

important SMS through Way2sms site• Video Conference on NPM/Marketing every fortnight with NGOs

– CAs – Samakhyas – DPM – Farmers• Sharing learnings• Monitoring of program• Plan – Next Fortnight / Month

Further Action On

• Establishing Call centres • Establishing Cluster resource centres• Evaluation grading mandal NGO / CA / VA.

Convergence Spices Board – Commerce Ministry, GOI, Interested in Pesticide Free chillies for expor

• Promised delivery 2000 MT• Tie up with Dr MV Rao for quality check• Quality Control Inspectors at Village Level

APEDA - Examining our proposals to strengthen

• NPM extension support structure• Post harvest Infrastructure

Convergence with EGS

• Enhance natural resource base• Improving lands of SC/ST/SF/MF/POP/Poor• Providing employment to agricultural workers• Overlay with Star Procurement Centres, dairying and Food Security• M.O.U with GOI for 182 crores over 5 years – organizing farming in rainfed areas

• Benefits - Rs.5400/ha• Total Benefit 1485 crores / 5 years• 25 lakh acres, 5000 villages, 10 lakh farmers.

Moving Forward• Enhancing Managing Natural Resources

– Bio Mass plantation Improvement Soil health and productivity

• Providing enabling microbial activity through applications of Panchagavya Jeevamrutham Soil Mukha (leaves) Rainfed composting Tanksilt application Azolla in paddy fields ICRISAT Field trials – proposed on Farmer Field (pilot)

scaling up

• Focus on Vegetables• NPM – vegetables around Hyderabad – Marketing the HACA

outlet – pilot run• Tie up with Rythu Bazars in Hyderabad, Efforts on

• Reclaimed the Land from mortage

• SF / MF taken additional lands on lease for NPM cultivation

• Big farmers are preferring NPM SF / MF for share cropping to save their investment on in puts

VO CORPUS fund / Revolving Fund Purpose:

• Establishing custom hiring centres• Plan Bullocks, tillage equipments• Neem pulversers• Spray equipments

• NPM shops to supply • panchagavya

• Registration fee collected from NPM farmers – Average Rs.4000/VO

• V.O. seeking linkage with Financial Institutions and SERP

• Under GOI funding of Rs.182 crores – rainfed Organic Farming

• Provision made for 1.2 lakhs/ village• Exploring other funding agencies like

• APEDA• Species Board etc.,

Sl.No

Name of the District

No.of

NGOs/MMS

   

NPM CROP WISE DETAILS  

PADDY

COTTON

G NUT VEGR

GRAM

CHILLY

CASHEW

CASTOR

SUN FLOWER

ONION

TOMATO

Mixed

crops

BHENDI

PULSES

SOYA

OTHERS

Total Acres

     

1 Srikakulam 5 11752 0 1849 1364 1224 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 16682

2 Vizayanagaram 7 24714 1177 3667 1674 168 1810 6224 0 0 0 0 0 0 14246 0 4490 58170

3 Visakapatnam 10+1 11907 0 280 1542 863 0 5516 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2716 22824

4 Guntur 3 6061 28 0 200 55 3065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 504 9913

5 Nellore 3 13763 603 2007 153 0 1469 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 669 18664

6 Kurnool 3 4615 160 3374 0 2025 520 0 600 1950 500 220 0 50 0 0 0 14014

7 Ananthapur 8+3 5710 0 91500 1087 6350 341 0 0 4417 0 0 0 0 0 0 2738 112143

8 Chittoor 5 1530 0 3121 839 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 437 6035

9 Kadapa 8 2857 1131 4722 904 2611 843 0 0 533 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13601

10 Rangareddy 2 1181 738 548 1632 48 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 4384

11 Nizamabad 1 500 - - 112 98 42 - - - - - 0 - - 0 757 1509

12 Medak 5+5 9562 0 500 414 3335 0 0 0 0 0 0 9953 0 0 0 5777 29541

13 Mahabunagar 4 9610 1754 4459 1130 10811 742 0 8795 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1288 38589

14 Nalgonda 11 11751 5455 1151 418 5789 1109 0 4004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 529 30206

15 Warangal 6 16045 6994 0 205 0 4094 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10037 37375

16 Khammam 5 14579 10567 1199 1328 2542 3140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 681 34036

17 Karimnagar 2+10 5482 1737 0 0 2791 0 0 184 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 510 10704

18 Adilabad 1+10 11409 72 0 167 1687 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 534 2470 16339

  Total 118 163028 30416 118377 13169 40505 17511 11740 13583 6900 500 220 9953 50 14246 534 33997 474729

NPM Kharif Action plan (Including Stat Procurement Centers - 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the DistrictNo.of NGOs/MM

S

No.of Mand

als

No.Clusters

No.of villag

esNPM Acres

No.of Farme

rs

1 Srikakulam 5 8 10 50 16682 7500

2 Vizayanagaram 7 17 27 135 58170 22300

3 Visakapatnam 10 + 1 12 17 93 22824 5701

4 Guntur 3 13 15 74 9913 3313

5 Nellore 3 11 14 70 18664 14042

6 Kurnool 3 7 9 45 14014 13893

7 Ananthapur 8 + 3 23 76 385 112143 25477

8 Chittoor 5 7 7 39 6035 2211

9 Kadapa 8 11 11 56 13601 4551

10 Rangareddy 2 2 3 15 4384 1054

11 Nizamabad 1 2 2 10 1509 491

12 Medak 5 + 5 18 24 121 29541 7009

13 Mahabunagar 4 12 31 163 38589 14830

14 Nalgonda 11 15 20 100 30206 9528

15 Warangal 6 9 20 100 37375 14212

16 Khammam 5 18 24 120 34036 9831

17 Karimnagar 2 + 10 17 12 53 10704 3637

  Total : 118 218 338 1715 474729 172493

NPM - Rabi action plan - 2007-08.

Sl.No

Name of the

District

No. of

NGOs/MMS

Paddy

Chilly

G.Nut

Pulsus

Banana

Cashew

Sesamum

Soya

Castor

SF Veg.Other

s

Total

AcresGr.gram

Beg.gram

Bl.gram

Cowpea

1Srikakulam 5

2428302

1 2309 1541 0 1732 0 0 905 0 0 0 0 1749 0 13685

2Vizayanagaram

7641 0 500 9183 0 14883 0 2880 7499 4236 0 0 0 1938 0 41760

3Visakapatnam

10 + 2 1269 120 237 497 0 993 0 0 3552 771 0 0 289 579 0 8307

4 Guntur 3 0 0 0 0 0 900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 900

5Nellore 3

14313 527 1927 0 0 744 0 0 0 25 0 0 400 153 0 18089

6 Kurnool 3 2370 0 1578 0 0 1578 0 0 0 0 0 0 1426 310 0 7262

7Ananthapur 8 + 3

9669 01565

6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3460 1276 390 30451

8 Chittoor 5 + 1 1493 0 1422 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 322 1111 198 4546

9 Kadapa 8 1144 198 1284 0 1012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2079 700 0 6417

10

Rangareddy 22601 0 12 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1858 0 4481

11

Nizamabad 1 + 1230 326 136 88 120 259 0 0 0 0 112 0 100 160 150 2388

12

Medak 4 + 54833 0 838 0 7400 0 37 0 0 0 0 308 3042 972 224 17654

13

Mahabunagar 32992 453 2958 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 510 210 733 19 7875

14

Nalgonda 118513 14 481 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 604 0 9616

15

Warangal 68850 0 2350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 40 13350

16

Khammam 51762 467 617 956 0 483 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 513 334 5132

17

Karimnagar 1 + 94697 0 36 55 179 20 78 0 0 25 0 0 27 0 0 5117

18

Adilabad 1 + 93626 50 451 0 1057 350 0 0 0 119 0 0 221 218 0 6092

  Total : 1167143

1517

63279

2 12324 9778 21942 115 2880 11956 5176 112 8181157

61298

4 135520312

2

NPM Rabi Action plan - 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the DistrictNo.of

NGOs/MMSNo.of Mandals No.Clusters

No.of villages

NPM AcresNo.of

farmers

1 Srikakulam 5 8 10 50 13685 5466

2 Vizayanagaram 7 17 27 130 41760 23649

3 Visakapatnam 10 + 2 12 17 93 8307 5795

4 Guntur 3 13 15 69 900 7574

5 Nellore 3 11 14 70 18089 25367

6 Kurnool 3 7 9 9 7262 2111

7 Ananthapur 8 + 3 23 113 526 30451 11302

8 Chittoor 5 + 1 6 7 39 4546 1858

9 Kadapa 8 11 11 49 6417 3123

10 Rangareddy 2 2 3 15 4481 1054

11 Nizamabad 1 + 1 3 3 13 2388 707

12 Medak 4 + 5 18 24 121 17654 7350

13 Mahabunagar 3 6 8 40 7875 3253

14 Nalgonda 11 11 20 68 9616 5173

15 Warangal 6 9 20 100 13350 6892

16 Khammam 5 18 24 110 5132 2726

17 Karimnagar 1 + 9 17 12 53 5117 2842

18 Adilabad 1 + 9 16 16 83 6092 4675

               Total : 116 208 353 1638 203122 120917

Consortium on Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture

SERPPMU

State Level Secretariat CSAState level

Executive committee

District level Zilla Samakhya(District Federation of women’s SHGs)

District committee of NGOs

District Rural Development Agency(Coordination)

Mandal level Mandal Mahila Samakya(Federation of WomenSHGs)

NGOs, KVKs

Village level Farmer Field Schools

Village Resource Centres

Grama Sangham(Village Organisation of women SHGs)

Cluster coordinator(for 5 villages)

Village activist

Implementation and financial management Technical Support