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Implementing Agency :
Aga khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP)
JFPR Component :
D – Modernizing Poor’s Technology
JFPR Subcomponent :
Others
Project Title
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Increasing income of the poorest
farmers in the tribal district of in
the Bharauch and Narmada by
integrating irrigated agriculture,
drip based fruit and vegetable
cultivation and animal husbandry.
Project Objective
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The objective of the project is to
follow an integrated approach
towards enhancing incomes from both
farm and allied activities by using
the available resources to the most
optimum level of Bharauch and
Narmada district.
Project Area :
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Jhagadia, Valia, Dediapada & Sagbara
taluka of Bharauch and Narmada
District.
Total Project Cost
:
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Rs. 1,26,63,000, JFPR Grant – Rs
33,69,600
Project Duration
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Targeted Beneficiaries
(No of BPL families, other households, tribals
etc)
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300 BPL families in 30 Villages..
Project Outputs And
Monitorable Indicators :
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By this intervention the difference
in net income of the households will
be to the tune of Rs. 13000 to
14000. Assuming a repayment of Rs
3000 to 4000 towards the loan for 3
to 4 years. The farmers would have
Rs 10000 as surplus cash per year.
The income gain from horticulture
has not been captured in the above
figures since all the gains would be
from the 5th year onwards. The
monitoring indicators would be
increase in annual income of the
selected households & reduction in
migration.
Key Implementation Activities
:
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Providing access to irrigation
through the construction of a group
well.
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Maximizing the production from the
given resources through a
combination of agriculture, fruit
tree cultivation and vegetable
cultivation with the use of drip.
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Providing an alternative source of
income.
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Training & capacity building of the
farmers.
Implementation Arrangements
And Partnerships
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All the above activities would be
carried out by AKRSP in tandem with
village institutions. In almost
every village under AKRSP program,
there is a village institution
consisting of the farmers of that
village. The extension and loan
recovery activity would be carried
out through an extension volunteer.
The extension volunteer is usually a
farmer of that village itself who
shoulders the activity wise
responsibility of diffusion of
information after they are exposed
to and trained in it. It is planned
that there would one such extension
volunteer for every 25 to 30
households.
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