INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (INRM) UNDER MGNREGA

INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (INRM) UNDERMANAGEMENT (INRM) UNDER

MGNREGAMGNREGADR. NITIN. B. JAWALE, IAS

DIRECTOR SPECIAL PROJECTS, ODISHA

PR DEPT ODISHA & PRADAN

INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (INRM) APPROACH FOR MANAGEMENT (INRM) APPROACH FOR

CONVERGENCE INCONVERGENCE INMGNREGS


The highland region of Orissa

Vicious cycle of poverty


Traditional agriculture

Poverty Resource degradation

Poor husbandry

Low productivity

Vicious cycle of povertyVicious cycle of poverty


• “A conscious process of incorporating multiple aspects of natural resource use into a system of sustainable management to meet explicit production goals of farmers and other land users as well as goals of the wider community”

• An approach for rational utilization of land, water and forest as an integrated system to achieve and sustain potential agricultural productivity

INRM APPROACH OF CONVERGENCE TO MGNREGS

A typical village in the highlands of Odisha



MGNREGA & INRMMGNREGA & INRM


PLAN & STRATEGYPLAN & STRATEGYPLAN & STRATEGYPLAN & STRATEGY

Systematic approach in Kandhamal

• Allocation of villages to selected NGOs• Placement of teams by NGOs• Allocation of GS by govt• Baseline survey (village level and household

level)• Fortnightly review at block level and monthly

review at district level• Indicators for assessment


•Allocation of villages to selected NGOs

•Placement of teams by NGOs

•Allocation of GS by govt

•Baseline survey (village level and household level)

•Fortnightly review at block level and monthly review at district level

•Indicators for assessment

Systematic approach in Kandhamal


Village level planning

The plans for village Ballisuga of Kandhamal district:Demands for ponds, 30X40 model with plantation, land leveling, dugwell, gully plugsRequires Rs 16,49,528, 78% of which is labour costGenerates 14,253 labour-days of employmentCan engage 86 households of the village for two years

Our experience suggests that an investment @ Rs 18,000/- per ha is required (at minimum wage Rs 90/-) for comprehensive land and water resource development, where nearly 80% is towards wages


COMMUNITY BASED RESOURCE MAPPING


StrategyEnabling Environment for people

Govt.

NGOs

A Coherent Approach to Change


• Reduced dependency on unskilled labor• Reduced uncertainty in and increased

returns from agriculture• Sustainable and remunerative use of land

and water resources• Pallisabha is in charge of planning,

execution and monitoring• Improved quality of life for rural

community

Visualized goalsVisualized goals


• Beyond watchdog• Educating community and motivating them to

act• Focusing on both employment as well as asset

creation• Showing the way for addressing people’s

issues• Sensitization of govt officials• Jointly smoothen process in the interest of

people

Role of NGOs


• Recognizing NGOs’ role and legitimizing it with proper guideline

• Selection of experienced NGOs• Clear-cut procedure for inclusion of activity

in shelf of projects, approval of people’s plans, their execution, measurement, timely payment and closure

• Regular review mechanism for timely redressal of issues

Govt role & support to NGO


• Job cards to all interested households• Bank/PO account for all the registered

households• 100 days of employment to all interested• Capacity building of GS• Protection of kharif crops against drought• Increase in area under second crop• Increased coverage under plantation• Reduction in distressed migration

Indicators


Possible interventions


Implementation flowchartPallisabha approves and submits with GP

Village committee prepares plans with GS’s help

JE/AE/EE & BDO approve

Work order issued to GS

Work starts

PRADAN NGO

Payment through bank/PO

Bill preparation, MR submission

Measurement by JE

MR issued to GS

Implementation flowchart


Activities

WATER HARVESTING TANK



HorticultureHorticulture

• Fruit tree plantation: Rs 46,500/- per ha, 63% labour, 221 pds• Timber plantation: Rs 33,000/- per ha, 66% labour component, 175 pds• Grassland dev: Rs 4,100/- per ha, 66% labour component, 30pds

Staggered TrenchStaggered Trench

Rs 16,000/- per ha, 171 pds


Gully PluggingGully Plugging

Rs 6,000/- per plug, 25% labour component, 16 pds


30-40 with Plantation30-40 with Plantation

Rs 9,000/- per ha, 90 pds


Land Levelling & BundingLand Levelling & Bunding

Rs 20,000/- per ha, 210pds


Low land tankLow land tank

Rs 5,500/- per tank, 89pds


WHT (5% model)

Sarabani Patra had 10months food security from 2 acres of land. She constructed a WHT (25X25X8ft) and did SRI. She got 4.8q in place of 2.5q.


Land leveling

Kunimani patra has 5 acres of agricultural land but could only use 3 acres. She levelled 0.75 acre of unused land and got 6q of paddy


30-40 model

Sapita dandia treated 50d of her land with 30-40 model and constructed a well. She started cultivating Potato, Brinjal, Bitter-gourd, Tomato, Beans and Pea and earned Rs 68,000. She purchased land, got her daughter married and repaid the loans.


Changing cropping practices


SL No Verity crops& SRI Before 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

1 SRI 0 15 40 60

2 Brinjal 3 8 15 25

3 Tomato 2 6 11 20

4 Potato 4 9 20 35

5 Pea 3 5 30 45

6 Beans 0 4 10 15

Change of income


5% Model5% Model

• Rs 38,000/- per ha, 400 pds



• 33 families completed 100 days’ employment

• 72 families got more than 80 days’ employment

• Migration is zero• 6 families could meet the expenses of

their daughters’ marriages without loans• Image of village has changed

Other benefits

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