Integrated Natural Resource Management(INRM)

under MGNREGS

in Kandhamal District

The initiativeThe pilot project “INRM under MGNREGS”

launched on 10th Nov’09 in the districtPlan was to take up 300 villages in 7 blocksAll the stakeholders have been sensitized and

oriented on INRMInvolvement of 8 NGOs as facilitating agency

and PRADAN is the nodal NGO

Kandhamal contextAnnual rainfall is high (1521.8 mm), but the

distribution is unevenUndulating land with low soil fertility, erosion

of top productive soilUpland-66%, medium-22%, lowland-12%High forest coverage(72%), degrading stage Low productivity of crops(paddy-1.6t/Ha),

paddy grain produced per capita-134.5 kgAverage food sufficiency-4-6 months, 78%

families are below poverty line

Contd….

Farm based livelihoods are monsoon dependent

Low productivity of Agriculture and animal husbandry.

High dependence on forest: depleting forest resource.

Poor land husbandry with reducing carrying capacity

Lack of appropriate ideas to enhance carrying capacity of land whose quality varies widely

Livelihood of the people are subsistence agriculture, NTFP collection and seasonal wage labour

The way forward to enhance acceptance and awareness under

MGNREGS

Given the endowment nobody should remain workless and should not go hungry. So family

based integrated NRM to enhance overall productivity looks to be a potential option. In-situ water harvesting has to be the beginning.

Requirement of in-situ water harvesting

In-situ harvesting and recycling ensure better access/control and address issues of equity

Though this area receives fairly good (1600mm) rainfall per annum, still paddy fails due to frequent dry spells.

About 850 mm of monsoon rain runs off, leading to degraded land resource

Run-off volume is much higher at the valleys causing submergence

Water holding capacity of the soil is low. Appropriate treatment can enhance absorption of

water by soil and improve productivityAround 10% land under water bodies can facilitate

percolation of 50% of runoff

An approach to

Natural Resource Management

Process involves:

Locating the position of the individual plots of a holding in the micro watershed

Their treatment with appropriate technology matching with purpose and needs of the family

Ridge Line

Lowland

Drainage point

Upland

Medium upland

Medium Lowland

In medium uplands and medium lowlands we identify places for constructing small water harvesting structures like 5% model pits

Lands at the upper catchments of these are treated with in-situ soil and moisture conservation measures like 30 x 40

These 30 x 40 model patches are covered under plantation for:

1. Better soil & moisture conservation

2. Generating income and sustaining the interest if these poor people in these patches

The gullies are either plugged or transformed to water harvesting structures

To recycle the seepage water at the valleys tanks are constructed in the lowlands

Agro-horticulturelink

Other plantationslink

5% WHSlink

Seepage tanklink

A typical treatment

Fisherieslink

Sabai + 30X40link

Gully plugginglink

Big tanklink

Purpose of upper catchments’ Treatment

Checking degradation

Diversifying land use to reduce vulnerabilities

Enhance income of poor families through timber/fruit tree or grass plantation

Checking siltation of the harvesting structures at the down stream

Enhancing percolation to enrich moisture regime

Purpose of In-situ Water Harvesting Structures

5% model:To save paddy crop from dry spells providing

life saving irrigationIncreasing moisture regime

Seepage tank:Tapping sub surface run-off / recycling

harvested water upstream to irrigate second crop after paddy

Progress madeSystem has been streamlined relating to

planning, execution and monitoring All the BDO, AE, JE, GRS, EO and GS have

been given training on INRM The GP and PS members are sensitized

around INRM and given exposure for further execution under MGNREGA

Work has been initiated in 220 villages and about 1.3 crore rupees has been spent.

Current senarioIn these 7 blocks the expense from INRM has

become significant in terms of total block’s expenses under MGNREGS.

Acceptance of people for INRM work has been enhanced after the first payment

The villagers are now more involved in pallisabha and panchayat decisions.

In the INRM villages more job card holders are now involved in work in comparison to previous year.

Now more demand is coming from the people from nearby villages.

Contd…

People in these vilages have taken SRI in their treated plots

Productivity from wasteland has improved through agro-forestry or agro-horticulture (Mango plantation in 300 Ha)

PRI persons like block president, Sarpanchas, Zillaparsad members etc have been given exposure to INRM work

Now block officials from other blocks are coming to these blocks to see the work and replicate the same.

Keys to successPeople with shared concern at the coreComprehensive and long term programmeEquitable distribution of benefits with plan

for all the resources and families of the village

Utilization of farmers’ knowledge in developing micro-plan

Involvement of NGOs with rigorous monitoring at different level

Focus on capacity building of all the stake holders

Ways forwardSaturation of Panchayat under INRMTraining of villagers and youth around

different farm based livelihoodsStrengthening the existing village level plans

with taking new villages in the existing and new blocks

Strengthening the existing monitoring system and processes timely payment

Seepage tank

Land degradation

Bund strengthening with soil from the pit

5 % -pit

Barren Upland

5 % pit 5%-with SRI

Fruit tree plantation

Land deterioration Farm pond

Gullies Loose boulder check

Process of INRM ImplementationSubmitt

ed to block

Plan preparatio

n

JE, AE, BDO

approval

Work order issue

Village-Work starts

District for FS

District for TS, > 10 lakh

PRADAN

Payment through bank/PO

Bill preparation

, MR submission

Measurement by

JE

MR issue to GS

Village level planning

Work order issue and work in progress

Work order issued by BDO of village Dedimaha

Work-in-progress in the village dedimaha

Awareness and Trainings

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