Improving Food Security through Sustainable Agricultural Practices - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Land Resource Government schemes People & agriculture Forest land Right Mid Day Meal Institutional building NREGS Anganwadi Crop seed promotion Annpurna Yojana Skill enhancement PDS Improving Food Security through Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Strengthening Local Biodiversity Management Project villages: Sarwani, Ven, Baran, Panninal, Ghagri,Pavati, Khajoori, Dhaikhera, Samarjhap, Kalipol District: Udaipur Country: India Kehitysmaayhdistys Pääskyt ry U-landsföreningen Svalorna rf. | The Swallows of Finland

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ascertaining living standards Baseline survey Baseline survey having repercussions on food availability Implementation Implementation Survey conducted in 7 villages covering 1 07 households. Objectives Objectives Output & Outcome Output & Outcome Ascertain living standards and their � repercussion on accessing food crops. “ Are We Really Secure? –Let's fill up Gaps in Food Security.” � Understanding on the dynamics Per capita need of food is 1 .8 kg; 60 kg grain available from PDS; ICDS � � among the components which affects makes available one time diet. the living standards. Lack of nutritional grains; monthly income is ? 1 1 49/-. � Agriculture is directly proportional to poverty and impinge its effect on � food availability. Land can be best utilized by cultivation of minor millets and vegetables � which also address livelihoods.

Self Help Groups Self Help Groups empowering women Implementation Implementation Adaptation Adaptation Before onset Before onset Women groups addressed on food Women attended meetings security; individual and group No SHG; rare women empowerment regularly; taking part in decision and leadership meetings; SHG orientation; continuous making; learning GAP. inputs of GAP and SHG benefits. Objectives Objectives Output & Outcome Output & Outcome Way forward ay forward Strengthening local institutions; bring : 5 SHGs formed in 5 villages with 69 Formation of women SHG empowerment; decision making; members; a total of ? 24,830 savings federation for big loans and leadership; safeguard savings; gathered; knowing importance of SHG collective gain. collective addressing of issues in development; participation in project activities and addressing issues of food security.

ensuring grain seed Grain Seed Bank of M Grain Seed Bank of Minor Millets inor Millets availability in the home and village Implementation Implementation Adaptation Adaptation 80 kg seeds provided to 20 SHG Before onset Before onset women with 4 kg each; 2 kg each of Grains preserved & next year Diminishing cultivation practices of Proso, Foxtail; Kodo and Finger millet sowing; planned for large area minor millets; lack of cultivar seed. provided. sowing; willingness to sale Output & Outcome Output & Outcome Objectives Objectives Way forward ay forward 9 women promoted seed bank; Reintroduce minor millets; maintain Collective farming for better gains; Average of 4 kg production recorded grain and seed availability; promote shifting agriculture; mixed with 1 kg sown; 2 ha land covered; dry traditional agriculture; addition of cropping. land farming; sown on slopes; row quality grain in the diet. sowing introduced; grains preserved for food.

vegetable gardens Nutrition G Nutrition Garden arden promising nutrition all the time Implementation Implementation Vegetable seeds provided to 46 Before onset Before onset Adaptation Adaptation women along with promoting GAP; Diminishing cultivation practices of Seeds of Bhindi, Brinjal, Chilli, Spinach, Involvement in food; seeds vegetables; lack of diversity Bottle gourd, ridge gourd, Cluster preserved; seeds and seedlings bean; Radish, Carrot, pea, cabbage. sold. Objectives Objectives Output & Outcome Output & Outcome Introduce vegetables cultivation 30 women practiced nutrition garden; Way forward ay forward practices as the set of GAP; introduce Average of 1 7 kg production recorded Collective farming for better gains; seeds; maintain grain and seed per household; ? 50 saved per day; local vegetable kiosks for sale; availability; addition of nutritious change in land use; sown on slopes; shifting agriculture; mixed vegetables in the diet. nursery raising; row sowing of seeds; cropping. bed cultivation; plant supporters.

promoting good agricultural Training raining on Crop Cultiv on Crop Cultivation ation practices Adaptation Adaptation Implementation Implementation Before onset Before onset Preparation and spraying of cow 3 trainings; 99 women and 62 men Lack of knowledge and skills on minor dung water and five leaf extract; participated from 5 villages. millets cultivation and vegetables. retardation in pest infection. Output & Outcome Output & Outcome Objectives Objectives Way forward ay forward People practicing row sowing of Reintroduce traditional agricultural millets; learned cultivation of millets; Exposure visits; practical village practices as a set of GAP; ex-situ nursery raising of vegetables; weeding based hands on trainings; more conservation of traditional crops; skill and ploughing; promotion of organic expert involvement. enhancement. farming; familiarization with nutritional values of crops.

leading advocacy on Biodiversity Management Committees Biodiversity Man agement Committees biodiversity management Adaptation Adaptation Building advocacy forums; linkage Before onset Before onset Implementation Implementation with panchayats; building village No BMC. 3 BMCs for with 27 members in 3 markets. villages. Features Features Output & Outcome Output & Outcome Objectives Objectives Promotion of traditional crop � People collecting traditional seeds and Managing bio resources; revival of seeds; Preparing PoP understanding their value and floral diversity for strengthening Composting pits � promotion; understanding role of ecosystem; revival of traditional and Address village peopele � forests; compost pits prepared by 6 sustainable agriculture through Documentation of traditional � people. advocacy. agricultural practices Linkage with gram panchayats. �

community sensitization on Awareness Camps wareness Camps food security issues and savings Implementation Implementation Objectives Objectives 2 Awareness camps in the form of folk theatre organised in 2 villages; 1 45 people attended camp. Aware and sensitize people of saving habits; cultivate minor millets; promote organic farming. Output & Outcome Output & Outcome People aware on importance of minor millets and vegetable farming; understood importance of savings.

awareness and IEC material IEC material promotion of GAP Implementation Implementation 3 posters - Importance and Adaptation Adaptation Development Method of Nutrition Garden, Importance of Minor Millets People like the infographics and to Human Body and Preparation of following the practices. Objectives Objectives Organic Manures. Promote GAP on vegetable cultivation; Output & Outcome Output & Outcome organic manure preparation methods Way forward ay forward and nutritional values of minor millets. Following the pictorials people started Spots to be prepared. row sowing of seeds, covering of nursery with green net and FYM; supporters promoted for fruit growth; nursery and bed preparation; preparation of five leaf extract.

conservation of Community Kno Community Knowledge Registers wledge Registers floral diversity Implementation Implementation 45 types of species of forests documented with pictures and samples; herbarium file developed Way forward ay forward Objectives Objectives Establish village based library of Conservation of floral diversity. Output & Outcome Output & Outcome tropical dry deciduous forest of the region. People participating in the species identification and documentation of their uses.

Thank you! Presentation: Darpan Chhabra Project Coordinator E-mail: darpanchhabra9@gmail.com Field support: Shanker Sharma Field Coordinator Lokesh Meena Field Coordinator Prayatna Samiti 26/27, Mahaveer Colony Bedla Raod, Udaipur 31 3 01 1 Rajasthan, India