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Project Title : Enhancing Water and Livelihoods Security and Improving Water Productivity in Tribal Dominated Paddy Fallow Rainfed Agro Eco System of Odisha

Organisation :
Lead Organisation : ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar

Objectives :
1.   To intervene and improve livelihoods through improved crop planning, rain water harvest and management, its multiple use for higher water productivity and improved on farm and off farm income of the farm households.

2.   To have farmer-scientist interface enabling involvement of researchers for continuous interaction with farm conditions, facilitating innovations, participatory knowledge enrichment and sustainable management of farming at individual household, farm community and village level.

Interventions :

1 Agriculture ScienceLine transplanting, SRILine transplanting of paddy in 15 ha and crop diversification under kharif vegetables 60
2 Agriculture ScienceSRILine transplanting of paddy in 20 Ha land and crop diversification through kharif vegetables 60
3 Agriculture SciencePaddyLine transplanting of paddy in 20 Ha land and crop diversification through kharif vegetables 60
4 Animal ScienceFisheryThree IFS in three villages including pisciculture in 3 farm ponds undertaken by women SHG groups constisting 30 memebrs (Released fingerlings as per recommended stocking density).30
5 Animal ScienceFisheryScientific pisciculture in 3 community ponds were demonstrated eith help of three farmer groups constisting of 30 memebrs. Fish fingerlings released during 2018-19 were harvested in 2019-20 with production of fish worth Rs. 11 Lakh rupees. The farmer groups made corpus fund out of that and procured fingerlings for 2019-20 by themselves. Thus the intervention is now self-sustainable.30
6 Animal ScienceFisheryScientific pisciculture in 3 community ponds were demonstrated eith help of three farmer groups constisting of 30 memebrs. Fish fingerlings released during 2018-19 were harvested in 2019-20 with production of fish worth Rs. 11 Lakh rupees. The farmer groups made corpus fund out of that and procured fingerlings for 2019-20 by themselves. Thus the intervention is now self-sustainable.30
7 Enterprise BasedTraining Three number of farmers trainings were conducted during 24-26th of October 2018 at Khuntapingu, Mahalarpada and Jamda under Saharpada block of Keonjhar, Odisha villages were conducted involving 405 no of farmers in total on integrated farming, livelihoods improvement and increasing farmers income through scientific farming. 405
8 Enterprise BasedTrainingThree number of farmers trainings were conducted during 6-8th of August 2019 at Khuntapingu, Mahalarpada and Jamda under Saharpada block of Keonjhar, Odisha villages were conducted involving 370 no of farmers in total on integrated farming, livelihoods improvement and increasing farmers income through scientific farming. 370
9 Enterprise BasedTrainingThree number of farmers trainings were conducted during 6-8th of August 2019 at Khuntapingu, Mahalarpada and Jamda under Saharpada block of Keonjhar, Odisha villages were conducted involving 370 no of farmers in total on integrated farming, livelihoods improvement and increasing farmers income through scientific farming. 370
10 Horticulture ScienceVegetable and horticulture1500 tissue culture banana planting materials and 600 pineapple suckers were distributed. Vegetable cultivation in 50 ha (300 farmers in 3 villages)300
11 ICTSocial media WhatsAppIdentification of field problems based on photos through Whatsapp group and problem solving by experts300
12 ICTWhatsApp groupSolving field problems through WhatsApp groupof farmers and experts300
13 Mechanization and MarketingThresher, Pump, WeederThree centrifugal pumps of 3 H.P capacity with 250ft conveyance pipe with each pump supplied in 3 villages for lifting the water from harvested rainwater ponds, 10 cono-weeders for weeding in transplanted rice fields300
14 Mechanization and MarketingPower threshing and sprinkler irrigationSprinkler irrigation system was given to 15 farmers having borewell in three project villages. Sprinklers sets with ten HDPE pipes and three raisers were distributed to each farmer. Efficiency of use of sprinklers in vegetable cultivation is under observation. Nine number of electric paddy threshers cum winnowers given in 2018 are being used by farmers in 3 different villages to farmer groups for reducing labour cost and reducing drudgery of farm women. Three centrifugal pumps of 3 H.P capacity with 250ft conveyance pipe with each pump supplied in 3 villages during 2017-18 are used by farmer groups for lifting water from harvested rainwater ponds, 10 cono-weeders given in 2017-18 are being used for weeding of line transplanted paddy fields300
15 Natural Resource ManagementWater consevationDuring Kharif 2018, insitu rainwater conservation through raising of the bund heights, rainwater conservation through ponds and wells, increasing water use efficiency of harvested rainwater through piped irrigation, line transplanting of paddy, SRI demonstrations, scientific irrigation scheduling (Constructed under IWM by District Watershed Mission) for drought proofing and improving water productivity. 300
16 Natural Resource ManagementWater conservation and water use efficiencyThree centrifugal pumps of 3 H.P capacity with 250ft conveyance pipe with each pump supplied in 3 villages for lifting the water from harvested rainwater ponds, 10 cono-weeders for weeding in transplanted rice fields300
17 Natural Resource ManagementIrrigation Water managementDuring Kharif 2019-20, activities such as increasing water use efficiency through rainwater through sprinkler irrigation, line transplanting of paddy, SRI demonstrations, Polythene mulching in vegetable cultivation for moisture conservation, popularization of short duration hybrid paddy varieties, scientific irrigation scheduling for drought proofing and improving water productivity were done. 300
Events :

1 ICAR - Indian Institute of Water Management Farmer TrainingTraining on water use efficiency, crop planning, resource utilisation were carried out in 3 villages.Three farmers’ training programmes entitled “Doubling Farmers’ Income by Enhancing Economic Water Productivity: Jal Shakti Abhiyan”, were organized at Khuntapungu, Malarpada and Jamuda villages on 06th, 07th and 08th August, 2019, respectively. A total of 249 farmers and farm women attended the training programme. Project Director, Watershed Mission, Keonjhar and SMS from KVK Keonjhar participated the trainings as resource persons. Scientists of ICAR-IIWM made people aware about the importance of Doubling Farmers Income and Jal Shakti Abhiyan. Scope of different interventions related to modern agricultural water management practices, micro-irrigation, and water harvesting structures, water conservation, rice crop management system, crop diversification, horticulture and fishery for doubling farmers’ income were discussed during the trainingFarmerKhuntapingu, Malarpada and Jamuda of Saharpada block, Keonjhar, Odisha130119 8/6/2019
2 ICAR - Indian Institute of Water Management Distribution of sprinkler irrigation sets to farmersFifteen farmers from three villages (Khuntapingu, Malharpada and Jamuda) of the Farmers first project site were called and explained about the operation and advantages of the sprinkler irrigation system. These farmers have their own bore well. The sprinkler sets were distributed to them. FarmerKhuntapingu, Malarpada and Jamuda of Saharpada block, Keonjhar123 10/18/2019