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Implementing Agency :
Lok Vikas
JFPR Component :
D – Modernizing Poor’s Technology
JFPR Subcomponent :
Others
Project Title
:
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Development of local Bhungroo system
as a solution to
environment-friendly on-farm
livelihood options to the marginal
farmers in Sami taluka of Patan
district.
Project Objective
:
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To increase the income of 500 BPL
family members of the project area
and thereby facilitate them to come
above the poverty level .
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To enable the marginal farmers to
reap positive output from their land
in spite of paucity of water in this
drought and earthquake affected
project area.
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To introduce the farmers to
ecologically and economically
sustainable innovation in
agriculture.
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To institutionalization of the
process through the SHG
interventions.
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Replication of the innovation in
critical saline and drought prone
region.
Project Area :
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Sami taluka of Patan district.
Total Project Cost
:
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Rs. 99,16,000, JFPR contribution Rs.
57,54,000
Project Duration
:
Targeted Beneficiaries
(No of BPL families, other households, tribals
etc)
Project Outputs And
Monitorable Indicators :
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By the end of the project period 500
BPL family members will be brought
above poverty line. Total income
generated would be between Rs
29,20,000 to Rs 1,49,20,0000 during
the project period.
Key Implementation Activities
:
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Collection of Monsoon rainfall and
water pocket formation through the
Bhungroo.
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Water lifting from Bhungroo and
irrigation for cash crop like Cotton
or cumin in at least 10 vighas of
land through one Bhungroo.
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Agro input need support to the BPL
members by the SHG/cluster
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Expert Technical guidance on the
innovation to the BPL members
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Institutionalization process for the
project
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Media, communication and
documentation
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Project Strategy Workshop
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Monitoring and Evaluation
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Staff budget
Implementation Arrangements
And Partnerships
:
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Active BPL members will be
identified, they will be given the
support with the help of SHGs for
collection of runoff surface water,
filter it and develop a series of
Bhungroo in their won fields.
The stored water will be reused for
winter cropping with higher return.
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