Case StudyCase StudyUnfolding The Fruits Of Success

IWDP-IV watershedNowrangpur, Orissa

G B Reddy, IFS

Director cum Special Secretary,

Orissa Watershed Development Mission

03.02.2011

Institutional DeliveryInstitutional Delivery

• Separate PD (Watersheds) office with technical team

• Full time PIAs with 10-15 watersheds

• Two technical teams with PIA ( fulltime WDT and LST)

• Process guidelines

• CLWs at watershed level

• Cluster Level CLRCs for Capacity building

Well Being Ranking (WBR)……..Well Being Ranking (WBR)……..

HH well being ranking……..HH well being ranking……..

Participatory Planning………Participatory Planning………

Social Map preparation

Social Map……..Social Map……..

Display of Social Map

Project ProfileProject Profile• Dandasara MWS under IWDP-IV• Village- Dandasara, block-Umerkote, Dist-Nowrangpur• Total Households:165

• Year of start:2004-05

• Treatable Area: 500 ha

• Included under Jeebika: 2008(livelihoods component and tech support under State Plan)

• Livelihoods components @ 3500/- per ha

• MLP for Livelihoods conducted

• HHs categorized into VP/Poor/Manageable and well off

Banamali Sahoo

• A distress migrant from village- Dandasara,

• Falls under poor category• 48 years old• A family of eight

members• 2.5 acres of dry land

under rainfed paddy• Production was

insufficient to feed a large family

• Acute poverty

Project interventionProject intervention

• Facilitated Participatory Planning– Focus on very poor and poor (through WBR)

• Problem identification– Large family– Low Social Capital– Indebtedness– Poor Crop Planning– Resources Constraints– Traditional practices

Key interventionsKey interventions

• Excavated a small pond of 7 feet deep and 60x60sq.feet

size with project assistance of Rs.10,000/- during 2008

• Took Rs.5,000/-RF (through His wife from SHG)

• RF used for cultivating French bean, tissue culture banana

and arhar on the bunds ( nutritional security)

• Released 1000 fingerlings in the pond

• Technical inputs provided by the Project

• Received an income of Rs. 7000/- from Pisciculture during

2009

• This income motivated him to deepen the pond up to 12 ft

to store more water for productive use.

Farm Pond of Sri SahooFarm Pond of Sri Sahoo

Changes in CroppingChanges in CroppingNow, he has a diversified Cropping system

Kharif: Paddy/maize (appropriate land use)Rabi: 1.60 acre of his land has been covered under various crops

Mustard -1.00 acreTomato -0.30 acreGround nut -0.10 acreBrinjal - 0.20 acre

Thereby crop intensity increased by 64%

Smt. & Sri Banamali Sahoo are engaged in harvesting of kharif maizeSmt. & Sri Banamali Sahoo are engaged in harvesting of kharif maize

Mustard cultivation undertaken by Sri Sahoo Mustard cultivation undertaken by Sri Sahoo after harvesting of monsoon maizeafter harvesting of monsoon maize

Tomato Cultivation undertaken by Sri SahooTomato Cultivation undertaken by Sri Sahoo

IncomeIncome

• Current earning from farm : Rs. 27,000/- per year • Increased income motivated him to go for petty

business managed by his wife

Banamali’s wife in her Grocery Shop Banamali’s wife in her Grocery Shop per day sale ranges from Rs 400-500per day sale ranges from Rs 400-500

Outcomes/ImpactOutcomes/Impact• Regular Income• Nutritional Security to family• Improved health condition reduced

expenditure on health• Increased saving habit• Better quality of life • Stopped migrating• Diversified livelihoods through petty

business/pisciculture/diversified farming