Farmer FIRST Programme (FFP)

Project Details

Project Title : Ensuring Food and Nutritional Security through Integrated Farming Systems in Western Uttar Pradesh

Organisation :

Lead Organisation : ICAR-IIFSR, Meerut

Objectives :

1. To identify existing farming systems and their constraints

2. To formulate farming systems models involving main and allied enterprises for different farming situations for leveraging farming for resilient food systems

3. To ensure optimum utilization of available resources and effective recycling of farm residues within the system

4. To maintain sustainable production systems without damaging resource and improvement in overall profitability of farm households

Interventions :

S.No.	Category	Technology	Major interventions	No. of Farm families participated
1	Agriculture Science	Livestock Module	Integration of piggery for livelihood security.	15
2	Animal Science	Livestock Module	Integration of backyard poultry for livelihood security	24
3	Animal Science	livestock's module	Integration of goatry for livelihood security.	9
4	Animal Science	Livestock Module	Balanced nutrition in milch animals through mineral mixture, Calcium & Vitamin mixture	460
5	Animal Science	livestock's animals	Deworming and Ectoparasite management (Fentas PLUS, Taktic 5%, Flupor)	200
6	Entrepreneurship Module	The women's group has gained expertise in the development different products viz. blended squash, mixed jam, pickling techniques, ginger paste, value addition in sugarcane including ready to serve, nutritionally enriched jaggary production etc.	Women Self Help group (Devanjali Mahila Samuh) Registration. No. 353883 with 10 active members has been formulated in Satheri village, Dist Mujaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh for the skill enhancement of women farmers including rural youths in secondary agriculture activities as a diversified income generating avenue under Farmer First Project. Different trainings and capacity building programmes on value addition and processing of various products have been delivered to the women’s group. The group has gained expertise in the processing of spices, cereals and millets, fruits and vegetables, sugarcane into different value added products viz. turmeric, coriander, powder, chilly powder, ginger paste, gram flour, rice flakes, maize flour, wheat porridge, mixed flour, pearl millet flour and biscuits, vermicelli, mango, lemon, chilly, aonla pickles, guava based mixed jam, blended squash, water chestnut flour, nutritionally enriched jaggary production etc. Apart from this they have been trained in packaging of various products under different packaging material. The group has also gained experience on branding, labeling, marketing and maintaining of sale records by selling the developed products through various exhibitions, farmer fairs, door to door marketing, order on phone calls etc. The group has developed around 820 kgs of processed products and earned around Rs 55,000/- net income by selling various value added products.	10
7	Horticulture Science	Exotic vegetable based system	Introduction of exotic vegetables for higher profitability	5
8	Integrated Farming System	Integrated crop management	i. Introduction of HYV of late sown wheat and mustard varieties. ii. Line sowing and Fertilizer management in wheat. iii. Weed Management	301
9	Integrated Farming System	Integrated crop management	i. Introduction of HYV of late sown sugarcane. ii. Line sowing and Fertilizer management in sugarcane. iii. Weed Management in sugarcane	659
10	Mechanization and Marketing	Drudgery reduction module	Drudgery reduction through improved small tools	800

Events :

S.No.	Organisation	Event	Objective	Target Group	Venue	Male Participated	Female Participated	Dated
1	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research	Discuss the problems in agriculture	Group meeting with farmers	Farmer	uttar pradesh , muzaffarnagar , sathri	20	0	12/14/2016
2	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research	Dignitaries visiting adopted farmers' fields	Dr J K Jena , DDG Fisheries and Animal Science and Dr N V Patil, Director, CIRC Meerut visited fields of afrmers adopted under FFP	Farmer	Bhangela Village of District Muzzafarnagar	5	2	6/30/2019
3	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research	Introduction of new sugarcane variety (CoPk 05191)	1. To introduce new sugarcane variety in western plain zone. 2. To demonstrate paired row trench method of sugarcane planting 3. To display mustard showing as an inter crop with Autumn planted sugarcane.	Farmer	Uttar Pradesh , Muzaffarnagar , sathri	6	0	10/24/2018
4	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research	Use of improved small tools for drudgery reduction among farm women	Drudgery reduction and improvement of working efficiency	Farm Women	Uttar Pradesh , Muzaffarnagar , Sathri, Bhangella	0	250	3/29/2017
5	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research	Training of value added jaggery production to Self-Help Groups (SHG)	To devolved the skill among women farmers / rural youth for alternate income generation.	Self Help Group	ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram, Meerut U.P. 250110	0	10	12/15/2017
6	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research	Training on value addition of farm produce (2 nos)	To developed the skill among women farmers for processing of fruits and vegetables.	Self Help Group	ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram, Meerut U.P. 250110	0	10	11/10/2017
7	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research	Training on value addition of farm produce (2 nos)	To developed the skill among women farmers for processing of fruits and spices.	Self Help Group	ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram, Meerut U.P. 250110	0	10	11/24/2017
8	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research	Mahila Krishak Goshthi cum Nutritional Health Camp	To provide the nutrition education to the farm families specially women and children in order to improve their nutritional status.	Farm Women	Bhayengi Bhangela village, District Mujaffarnagar	40	100	3/9/2017