annual report 2013-2014 - isap india

Annual Report 2013-2014

Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals

C O N T E N T

Indian Society of AgribusinessProfessionals (ISAP)

Vision

Mission

ISAP Interventions

Sustainable Livelihoods through Agriculture

ISAP-Monsanto India's Project SHARE

The Project Activities

ISAP-OCPF AES Project


Key Achievements of the Project

FPO Promotion and Value Chains

ISAP Interventions on FPOs

Leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Agricultural Development

Kisan Call Centre (KCC)

Community Radio Station (CRS)

e-krishaksahyogi

Skill Development

Vocational Training

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

Special Project (SGSY – SP)

SJSRY (Swarnajayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana-State Urban Development Agency)

Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM)

Odisha State Employment Mission (OSEM)

Odisha Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Finance Co-Operative

Corporation Limited (OSFDC)

Aajeevika Skill Development Program (ASDP)

Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP)

ACABC Program Highlights

ISAP's EDP Training Details

Success Story: A Change of Pace

Women Empowerment through SHGs and their enterprises

ISAP Intervention on SHGs

Rural Healthcare

Research Studies

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Sunil Khairnar ( Founder & Chairman)Sunil is has over 20 years of experience in agri commodities trading, animal feed husbandry, input sourcing, and consulting services. He also conceptualised and founded Indian Agribusiness Systems Pvt. Ltd (www.agriwatch.com ), Indigram Skill and Knowledge Initiatives Pvt. Ltd (www.glocaliskills.com) and Indian Society of Healthcare Professionals (www.ishpindia.org) spanning the fields of agriculture development, vocational skill development and rural healthcare. He was one of the founding members of the Rural Marketing Association of India (RMAI). He was associated earlier as Director with Mission Biofuels, GoI, and was on the board of Directors of International Food and Agribusiness Management Association for 2010-11. Sunil holds a BTech (Agriculture) degree and PGDM (IIM Ahmedabad).

Sudarshan K Suryawanshi (Chief Executive Officer)Sudarshan Suryawanshi is co-founder and CEO. With nearly 25 years' experience in agriculture and rural development, Sudarshan's expertise areas include community mobilization for forming producer organizations, integrated farming systems, market linkages, supply chains, water resource management, small & micro enterprises, international consulting and training. He has spent more than a decade working and travelling extensively and interacting with farmers in 27 countries across Asia and Africa. Sudarshan holds degrees in B.Tech (Agri) and M.Tech (IIT, Kharagpur).

Dr S Chandra (Director- Agriculture Extension)A former Director of ICAR's Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur and a former ADG-PIM (ICAR), Dr Chandra was a Rockfeller Fellow during doctorate and a Post Doctorate Fellow at IARI and University of Illinois, USA, respectively. An agriculture scientist from green revolution era, he developed wheat varieties, pearl-millet hybrids and chickpea varieties. He has experience of international collaborative research with Universities in Australia and USA, and with CGIAR Institutes like CIMMYT, ICRISAT and ICARDA. He was Director of a leading Seed Company specializing in hybrid rice, hybrid vegetables and tissue culture. He also worked as Secretary General of Indian Maize Development Association at PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Livelihood improvement and value addition /value chain development for backward and forward linkages of farmers towards sustainable agriculture are his forte. In his role as Director, Agriculture at ISAP, Dr Chandra advises on programme development strategy and heads the implementation of agri-based rural development programmes.

Vikas M KardileVikas has over 19 years of experience in Agriculture Commodity Trading, processing and supply chain management. He heads Shantikunj Solvent Ltd. a solvent extraction plant with annual turnover of INR 100 crore, as a profit centre. He is Vice President of RajaramSolvex Ltd, another solvent extraction plant of oilseed with annual turnover of INR 125 crore. He co-promoted India's leading agribusiness portal (www.agriwatch.com) and agribusiness trade Research Company. Vikas holds a B. Tech in Agriculture Engineering and PGDM from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Enhancing Rural Livelihood Opportunities

Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP)

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Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) Annual Report 2013-14

Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP)Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) is a non-government, not-for-profit organization registered under Section 25 of Indian Companies Act of 1956. Established in 2001, ISAP was pioneered by a group of agriculture and management professionals, having a belief that engagement with rural communities, specially small and marginal farmers, in terms of improving their agricultural practices is an effective way of helping them to pursue stable livelihoods and enhanced income, towards better quality of life. In this context, during its formative years, agriculture development was the primary focus of ISAP's intervention strategy with rural communities.ISAP operates with a constantly re-inventing approach, aligning its strategy and interventions in line with the changing dynamics of the challenges faced by rural communities in their efforts to achieve sustainable livelihoods for a better income and quality of life.In this context, during the course of ISAP's engagement with rural communities for more than a decade, it was increasingly felt that mere agricultural development and focusing only on small and marginal farmers would not make the necessary impact on the lives of the people in rural areas. In this regard, ISAP incrementally refined its intervention strategy of focusing only on agriculture development to a more comprehensive Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Approach, facilitating multi-pronged interventions on Sustainable Agriculture, Skill Development, Water and Sanitation (WatSan), and Women Empowerment. In terms of the target groups of its interventions, ISAP has broadened the horizon by including youth from BPL families, SC/ ST/ OBC, minorities and women to the existing focus on small and marginal farmers in rural India. ISAP has a dedicated full time staff of more than 250 professionals across 25 field offices in 16 States in India. During its journey of more than a decade, ISAP has been able to make a considerable impact on the lives of rural communities in general and among the BPL families and small and marginal farmers in particular. As on March 31, 2014, the outreach of ISAP's interventions covered 3500 villages, 250 blocks, 70 districts in 17 States in India.

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150,000 Farmer households, 4200 Agri-preneurs, 8000 BPL youth, 15,000 Women in 3500 Villages, 250 Blocks, 70 Districts in 17 States

Strengthening Rural Livelihoods for

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VisionTo improve the quality of life for socially and economically disadvantaged men and women.

MissionTo enhance livelihood opportunities for one million households in India through sustainable agriculture, skill development and market integration.

Major Accomplishments Mobilized and benefited lives of more than

150,000 farmer families in rural India by

helping them to achieve sustainable

livelihoods.

As an empanelled organization with Small

Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC),

Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, ISAP has

promoted 51 Producer Organizations

covering about 51,000 small farmers in

Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telengana,

Karnataka, and Maharashtra.

Trained more than 4000 agri-graduates

through the Entrepreneurship Development

Program (EDP), and helped 1200 of these to

set up their own ventures, with better job

opportunities for others.

Trained around 8000 BPL rural youth on

vocat ional sk i l ls , and faci l i tated job

placements for about 6000 trainees.

One of the first of its kind initiative by an NGO,

our Kisan Call Centre (KCC) in Madhya

Pradesh was selected among the forty

outstanding projects under Rashtriya Krishi

Vikas Yojana (RKVY) out of the 5500 projects

Thirty-one village level water treatment plants

were set up for access to safe drinking water in

rural areas.

Set up two hospitals of fifty beds each to

provide affordable healthcare services in rural

areas

Empowerment of more than 15,000 SHG

women, through facilitation of income

generation activities, and enterprises such as

Poultry, Goatery, Washing Powder making,

etc.

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Sustainable Rural

Livelihoods

Sustainable Agriculture

Skill Development

Water and Sanitation (Watsan)

Women Empowerment

ISAP Interventions

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ISAP is implementing Project SHARE (Sustainable Harvest - Agriculture, Resources, and Environment) that is envisaged as an end-to-end agriculture project focused on improving the socioeconomic conditions of 15,000 small and marginal farmers from 1050 villages across the states of Telangana (erstwhile Andhra Pradesh) Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Monsanto India Limited supports the four year project. The Project SHARE aims to enable small and marginal cotton and corn farmers to increase their crop yields and income by providing higher-yielding seeds and agricultural inputs, trainings and education on best agronomic practices, increased exposure to Krishi Vikas Kendras SAUs and modern technology demonstration units. In addition, farmers were organized in groups to enable their collective bargaining power and better market linkages. The project also facilitated the creation of Self Help Groups (SHGs) for women of the beneficiary households.The farmers involved in the project were organized into 802 groups across 16 blocks in three states. ISAP used the integrated tool of input, throughput and output for sustainable yield enhancement. It involved providing technologies & services on the input side for the farm production and market linkages/value chains on the output side. These 15,000 farmers became agents of change and imparted knowledge and skill to their fellow farmers.The project implementation activities involved awareness generating wall paintings, field demonstrations, trainings, farmer awareness Camps, Kisan Goshtis and exposure visits. Various topics related to agriculture were covered under the activities viz. quality inputs, good agricultural practices and importance of aspects such as soil health, Integrated Nutrient Management, Input sourcing, Pest management and Intercropping.Crop specific pre and post-harvest trainings are few of the important components of the project activities. These trainings are directed towards improving the quality of harvest via good time and methods, minimizing post-harvest loses and risk mitigation, reduce wastage, storage, market intelligence, linkages, and exploring better marketing options through buyer linkages/ meets, and possible aggregation at group level. Besides, learning and implementing best practices, through the ISAP interventions, the farmers were able to improve the technology and farm implements. Through these interventions, farmers have been able to reduce the total cost of production as well as increase their crop yields, and individual farm profits.

Sustainable Livelihoods through AgricultureSustainable Livelihoods through AgricultureISAP-Monsanto India's Project SHAREISAP-Monsanto India's Project SHARESustainable Yield Initiative for Improving Socio-economic Conditions of Small-Marginal Cotton and Corn Farmers

The Project ActivitiesInformation, Education and CommunicationInformation dissemination, Education and Communication being an important mandate of the project, it was done effectively with the help of wall paintings, posters and pamphlets, focusing on Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) specially for cotton and Maize crops. Through 1302 wall painting designed in local languages, agricultural issues like soil health, fertilizer application, critical stages of irrigation, intercropping, water management and other useful improved agricultural practices, were highlighted.

During the course of the promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), about 600 posters and pamphlets were utilized in creating awareness amongst the farmers regarding the functions and advantages of FPOs. These printed posters and pamphlets were distributed widely among the farmers.

Rajasthan

Maharashtra

Telangana

The Project Geography and Farmers' Details

State Districts Total No of Block

Total No of

Villages

Total No of FIGs

Total No of

Farmers

Total

Amravati

Bundi Bhilwara

Adilabad

6235

16

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340100148214802

5000200030005000

15000

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Strengthening the Farmers Interest Groups (FIGs)

Mobilization of farmers was one of the most critical activities of the Project. In this regard, ISAP developed a Farmer Information Form (Kisan Soochna Form) and details of member farmers of all the 802 FIGs were filled. Alongside, record books of all the FIGs summarizing the details of the group members and their requirements for agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, seed, farm implements etc. were captured.

Through regular follow up meetings in the identified groups, by facilitating discussions and sharing on the farmers' experiences on crop condition, weather, input resource management, soil health, group finances, diseases and pest, etc. efforts were made to make the farmers more organized and efficient in terms of group functioning, planning and documentation. Success stories of innovative farmers were of great interest to farmers in these meetings.

Farmers' TrainingsISAP conducted trainings of farmers on pre and post harvest techniques. In these training programs, the resource persons included experts from the local offices of the Agriculture Department, APMC, KVKs, agricultural university professors, extension workers from other resource institutions as well as the progressive farmers. These programs covered topics such as scientific and technical methods of agriculture, the importance of soil and water testing, method of soil sample collection, crop specific cultivation technologies, post-harvest management, advantages of Farmer producer organization, procedure for its registration and functioning, among others.

Field Demonstrations

During the project year 2013-14, 170 varietal demos of 1 acre each were set up with Paras Sudarshan (hybrid) in Adilabad district of Telangana. In one of the demo plots, drip irrigation technique was also demonstrated to the farmers that increased the crop yields up to 11.5 quintals per hectare. Using the same variety, another 150 demo plots were established in Amravati district of Maharashtra. Few other demonstrations of drip irrigation in the farmers' field, under the technical guidance of the ISAP professionals, increased the crop yields up to 20 quintals per acre.

Another 100 demonstrations were organised in Kharif season with Maize and cotton being the important crops. The topics emphasized around these were pest control measures, IPM, INM,intercropping with pulses (pigeon pea, soybean, green gram, and black gram), irrigation techniques, optimum plant population, spacing and fertilizer dosages.

FIG Formation meeting at Daryabad, Amaravati

Winter maize training, Village Sawaipura, Jhajpur, Bhilwara

Cotton farm demonstration in Achalpur, Amravati

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FPO Registration During the project year 2013-14, the process of federating the FIGs formed in the previous years into FPOs, as well as the mobilization of farmers into FIGs, involving 15,000 project farmers in the three states were taken up simultaneously. ISAP followed it up by facilitating the election process in each of the FIGs for the post of President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and then the election of board members of the proposed FPOs. Through this process, the 16 FPOs that comprises of 15,000 farmers were facilitated registration under the Companies Act of 1956. ISAP also facilitated certificate of registration for these newly formed Producer Companies (PCs).

Farmers Awareness Camps/ Kisan Goshtis ISAP organized many Farmers Awareness Camps (FACs) as a means to sensitize the farming community about the project. Success stories of the farmers were discussed in these FACs, and the degree to which it could be replicated was emphasized. The project farmers share their experiences and problems in these camps, where even non-project farmers were also invited to attend.

Kisan Goshtis in Daryabad, Amravati

Exposure Visits Farmers in the project areas were taken for exposure visits to sites of successful demo plots, vermi-compost units, micro-irrigation demo, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), crop demo of Universities, Research Stations etc. During the project year 2013-14, twenty inter district exposure visits and five intra district exposure visits were conducted for capacity building of around 464 farmers. About one hundred and eighty one farmers were taken to successful demo plots depicting the good agriculture practices on cotton cultivation. Exposure visits involving 127 project farmers were conducted outside the district. These groups visited farm ponds, corn-processing unit like grading, sorting and packing, low cost farm machinery equipment centres, farm-demonstration plots etc.

Maharashtra Bundi Bhilwara

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Women Empowerment Initiatives through SHGs

Under the project SHARE, ISAP formed 347 SHGs of women in the project areas. Out of these, 121 are in Rajasthan, 126 in Maharashtra and 100 in Telangana.

During the project year 2013-14, the account opening process for the groups has continued, and 187 SHG accounts were opened. Major activities during the year focused on SHG meetings, trainings on skill development .

SHG meeting in Thokbarda, Amravati

and other income generation activities, for economic empowerment of SHG women. The group members were provided trainings on various streams like poultry, dairying, vermi-compost, washing power making, goatery, etc.

SHG training on skill development in village Bakara, Mandalgarh, Bhilwara

SHG training on vermicompost preparation, Bhilwara, Rajasthan

Particulars Achieved Particulars Achieved

IEC activities Exposure Visits

Farmers' Interest Group (FIGs) Forms

Share collection book

Posters

Wall Paintings

Pamphlets

FAC (including training on GAPs)

Group Meetings for Sustenance

(including training on institution building)

Field Demonstrations

Cotton-demo

Cotton-demo

15000

16000

3000

1302

Inter-district

Intra-district

Social Initiatives

Skill Development of Women SHGs & promotion of micro-enterprise

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60

3000

1302

30000

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51 Activities- FPO Formation

Farmer Mobilization 16000

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Election of Board of Directors (For 5 FPOs in each State)

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A brief of the Project Activities 2013-14

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ISAP-OCPF AES ProjectThe OCPF – Agricultural Extension Services (AES) Project was initiated in May 2010 in the backward north-eastern region of Karnataka, covering three districts with pigeon pea or red gram (Cajanus cajan) as the dominant crops in a project area of 200,000 ha. The project is being implemented by ISAP. The OCP Foundation Morocco supported AES project aimed at working with 10,000 pulse farmers, in the three districts of Karnataka, has resulted positively in increasing their productivity through adoption of modern agricultural practices such as micro-irrigation, improved soil health, conservation of natural resources, optimization of agri-inputs and farmer producer organizations.

The project's primary focus was on diversification of the cropping pattern of the farmers and enhancing their resource base to achieve economically viable livelihood options. Towards this end, the project has the following objectives:

Improving soil health, viz., the physical and chemical properties of soils Increasing crop productivity, with targeted productivity levels commensurate with agronomic potential Enhancing cropping intensity and resource base and to develop market and value chain linkages of the farmers Creation of institutional and technological sustainability through farmer organizations

The concept for project implementation is based on a comprehensive agri-development model, in which not only a viable high productivity technology is transmitted to the target population, but also it is backed by a solid infrastructural and value chain establishment, to empower farmers on a long-term basis for sustainable agriculture. This INPUT-THROUGHPUT-OUTPUT (or ABLE-ENABLE-SUSTAINABLE) model is unique and has been developed by the agri- experts of ISAP.

Throughput

Soil Testing & Analysis Soil treatment Quality Seeds and seed treatment Balanced Fertilizers Micronutrients Input supply chain

Farmer Training Custom Hiring Centers Plant protection Field Demonstrations Farm Advisory using ICT and

Farmer Call Center (KCC) Exposure Visits

Post harvest management Market Linkages Value addition through Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO)

Input Output

The ISAP-Bidar Sustainable Agriculture Model that deploys resources and delivers increased security to farmers

During the year, the following activities were carried out under the project:

Soil Testing aimed at soil fertility improvement while ensuring balanced plant nutrient management Field Demonstrations (demos with cluster approach- 5 demos in a cluster) - Targeted productivity Improvement Programme Crop Advisory (Extension) Services to farmers through contact and ICT support Training on crop management (including integrated management of weeds, pests, and diseases), water management (including

water management and resource conservation), post-harvest management, and group functioning (with leadership development and conflict management).

Exposure visit Market linkage Field demonstration Value addition to commodity at farm gate It was planned to ensure sustained growth of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) which had been set up earlier. In some cases,

these FPOs were brought together under a still stronger umbrella - the Agribusiness Centre.

OCPF – AES Project: Details of district covered and Farmers

District Block No. of Farmers

Gulbarga

Bidar

Afzalpur, Aland, Chitapur

Basavakalyan , Bhalki

Raichur

Total

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2700

900

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Soil testing is one of the most basic prerequisite to improve soil fertility towards better yield of crops. In this regard, farmers were sensitized and educated on the methodology for performing soil testing. In the presence of farmers, soil samples were drawn from each of the selected one-acre plots, properly packed and labelled, and sent to soil testing laboratory for analysis on available nutrient contents of N, P, K, S, Zn, B, Fe and Mo.

Based on the soil test, reports were developed for all 3000 farmers. individually, each farmer was issued a Soil Health Card that included not only the status of available soil nutrient but also the advisory on adoption of integrated nutrient management of the crop.

Soil Testing

Collection of Soil Sample in Munnali Village, Aland Block under the supervision of ISAP's Field Executive

Distribution of Soil Health Card to demo farmers of Village Kinni Sultan

Taluka No of

farmers Median Mode Mean Minimum Maximum Standard Deviation

Afzhalpur

Aland

Chittapur

Raichur

Bhalki

Basavakalyan

180

58

60

100

100

100

157.02

157.02

157.02

173.84

154.215

159.82

145.81

173.84

151.41

179.45

145.81

145.81

164.4181

163.0131

162.5317

180.6798

160.8539

164.517

100.94

78.51

72.9

102

106.55

117.76

278.12

297.22

235.53

405.01

257.96

261.31

34.73

33.72

30.44

47.05

34.58

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Available Nitrogen (Kg per hectare) in the fields of project farmers in different blocks of Project Area as per the soil analysis in May 2013

During the year, based on the philosophy of "Seeing is believing", ISAP set up 250 small scale demonstration of one acre and six large scale demos of 25 acre covering the entire project areas. Comprehensive extension support was provided to the farmers involved in these demos in the form of soil testing, varietal selection, input sourcing and expert advisory throughout the season. These demos were targeted at exhibiting the effect of full package of practices of pigeon pea cultivation towards achieving highest yield per unit area, and maximize cropping intensity, wherever possible. In Gulbarga and Raichur, TS3R variety was used, whereas in Bidar, BSMR 736 variety was used in these demos.

Farm Demonstrations

Yield performance of direct sown row planted pigeon pea and intercrops in SSDs during the year

in Karnataka

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Afzalpur

Aland

Chitapur

Basavkalyan

Bhalki

Raichur

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Total 250

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The six large-scale demos were laid out with full package of practices, involving contiguous farmers, to demonstrate the large area impact of technology recommended to the farmers. These farmers were trained on GAPs with the support of scientists from KVK and ARS, Raichur. Further, these farmers were facilitated seeds, seed treatment material, fertilizers, and in certain areas, PUSA Hydrogel was provided for conserving water in the soil zone and enhancing crop productivity. A few trials were also done with farmers on homeopathic preparation aimed at enhancing the production of pigeon pea crop. The following table and graph demonstrates the yield in small scale and large-scale demos:

Village

Aurad

Firozabad

Kinni Sultan

Halli

Hallpurga

Hudgi

Normal PoP demo plots Control Plots PoP+Hydrogel PoP+Homeopathy PoP+DNP Application

Yield (q/ ha) Yield (q/ ha) Yield (q/ ha) Yield (q/ ha) Yield (q/ ha)

16.95

16.9

17.3

18.75

19.25

19.75

18.5

17.75

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17

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17

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18.25

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Effect of specific production inputs on pigeon pea yield in large-scale demonstrations in six locations

Demonstration of seed treatment method to the demo farmer

Mixing of Hydrogel with Soil at large demonstration site

Training and Exposure Visits Training is an integral component of the project. In this regard, ISAP facilitated expertise of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Gulbarga, Bidar and ARS, Raichur for providing extension support to the project farmers. Also, a proper training module was developed for the project farmers and extension officials in terms of trainer' manual, methodology and advisory on Dos and Don'ts on farm. The corresponding literature was prepared in local Kannada language.

Sowing with dibbling technique at Village Kinni Sultan Visit of Project Farmers to Seed Processing unit of ARS, Bidar

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ICT in Agriculture (Kisan Call Centre – Farmers' Helpline)

Since, large number of farmers are involved in the program; ICT plays an important role in agriculture extension support. Since inception, a toll-free helpline (1800–425-5052) has been functional to answer the farm related queries of the project farmers. During the year, the KCC experts at Gulbarga responded 21021 calls. Maximum calls received (7031 - 34%) were on nutrient management, which was followed by plant protection (4593 – 22%) and seed (4170 – 20%). Maximum calls were received from Afzalpur block (4833-23%) followed by Aland (3241-15%). Number of calls was almost equitable from rest of the blocks (ranging 12-13%). Around 12% calls were received from the non-project area. Around 57% calls were received on red gram, 20% on Bengal gram (chickpea) and 22% on other crops and allied agricultural activities. Also, other means of ICT were also deployed to provide advisory to the farmers, which included voice message broadcasting system and training through farm animation video. On report of any pest or disease incidence in any area, a precautionary voice message (in Kannada) with appropriate advisory is being sent out to the project farmers through Voice Broadcasting system. In addition, animation farm clips were used to train farmers.

Besides the above, Training of Trainers (ToT) for ISAP's field staff was done using the above material. In turn, these field staffs conducted 300 on field trainings (one in each village) on demo sites. These were also accompanied by conducting exposure visits for the farmers. In this regard, farmers were taken on exposure visit to the field of Sadanand Gowda in Doddabalapur village (Bangalore), who is a practicing IFS professional. In addition, project farmers were taken to Krishi Mela in Dharwad and Raichur. Through these, farmers were provided opportunities to interact with the scientists and other industry stakeholders on learning newer technologies for cropping and allied agriculture activities. To promote the indigenous low cost technology for preventive measures and with the objective of reducing the number of agro chemical sprays in the crop, 23 farmer entrepreneurs were provided training and handholding support for making herbal/Matka pesticides.

OCPF-AES Project farmers in exhibition area at Krishi Mela, Dharwad

Project farmers training at KVK Gulbarga on sampling technique for soil testing through animation Video

Making of Matka Pesticides in a clay pitcher

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Integrated Farming Systems

During the year, in order to enable the project farmers to generate consistent and sustainable income from the project activities, the concept of Integrated Farming System (IFS) was introduced in the project. In this regard, few farmers were identified, and provided with the technical and financial support to initiate dairy, goatery, bio-digester, biogas plant, vermi-compost unit, and shade net houses. A proper need assessment of identified farmers was carried out which assisted in finalizing the work plan and the corresponding financial and material support to initiate these activities.

Under this initiative, a total resource based convergence has been planned to deploy by-products form one activity as an input for another allied activity in a cyclic manner. There is a strong focus on generating daily cash supply that the farmers feel, will alleviate their present plight. In addition, these synergies are going to help minimize production costs and maximize returns per unit area from all activities put together. The selected farmers will serve as demo units and will be mentors for other farmers in their respective blocks, whom they will train as well as handhold in integrated enterprise development.

Goatry unit of Shivanand Gadoor Biogas Unit

S. No. Activity Quantity Support from the project Farmer Beneficiaries

Dairy production and dairy products

1

Goatery 2

Biogas 3

Vermicompost Units 5

Shade net6

16 cows

55 Females + 6 Males

4 units

1 unit

8 units

Bio digester 4

3 Units

Provided cows & buffaloes to IFS farmers. Technical support provided for purchase and maintenance of milk animals

Arranged good quality breed of goats for selected farmers. Provided handholding support in setting up of goatery units

Four farmer were provided assistance in setting upof Bio gas plants

Mahadev Nagure was assisted in establishing bio digester

Mahadev Nagure was assisted in setting up of 8 vermi-compost units

Three farmers from project area were provided shade net for protected horticulture

Shamrao, Shivanand Belle, Prakash Naik, Sahadev Biradar, Kallapa Kashinath, Basavraj

Shamrao, Gundappa Dhulgonda, Shivanand Garoor, Shivanand Belle, Sahadev Biradar, Kallapa Kashinath

Shamrao, Sahadev Biradar, Kallapa Kashinath, Basavraj

Mahadev Nagure

Mahadev Nagure

Gundappa Dhulgonda, Shivanand Garoor, Basavraj

Activities undertaken:

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Institutionalization of project farmers has turned out to be a forceful activity that supports sustainability of production as well as the extension and market linkage efforts by generating larger quantities of marketable surplus and provides opportunity for aggregation and influencing the market forces by sheer volumes. Accordingly, ISAP facilitated organization of farmers' group in different villages into a higher-level organization called the Farmer Producer Organization (FPO).

During the year, as many as six FPOs have been registered in the project area under the Cooperative Societies Act. These FPOs were provided support for market integration (both, for input sourcing and output marketing) with existing supply chain under OCPF-AES project. These FPOs were also provided support for setting up of Agribusiness Centres (ABCs). Agribusiness Centre is one of the most important outputs of OCPF- AES Project as it serves as a coordinating resource centre for the multifarious manufacturing and trading activities. It is designed to deliver all local needs of the farmers and is connected with ISAP Call Centre to disseminate required know-how to the farmers including the market information for important mandis. It houses an FPO office, Input Store, small warehouse (output store), value addition unit (Dal mill), custom hiring centre, nursery and vermi-compost unit.

For sustenance of FPOs, handholding support is being provided to start with the input business before they move on to output business. These FPOs are being assisted in getting statutory clearances for input licences (Seed, Fertilizers, Pesticides, feeds, etc.) that will enable them to deal in farm related inputs. Three of the FPOs, viz., Afzalpur Farmers' Federation, Negilyogi Aland Farmers' Federation and Jai Kisan Souharda MCS, have already secured their input licences. Efforts are being made to enlarge the coverage area and product range (production systems) with a view to assist them not only for commodities like pulses, but also the products of farmers, viz., seeds, vermicompost, bio pesticides, dal, etc.

Select FPOs are provided revolving funds (working capital) to conduct their business at a reasonable scale for profitable results. Two of the FPOs (Jai Kisan Souharda and Negilyogi Aland Farmers Federation) which were finding it difficult to get power connection for their processing unit, were helped by ISAPfunctionaries to get across the hurdle in meeting the right connections in power companies. Processing units of these FPOs are now in functional mode. Assistance has also been provided for proper packaging of pulses. Support was also provided to Negilyogi Aland Farmers Federation for setting up of planting material nursery for use by farming community of the area. This nursery started with 10,000 saplings of brinjal, tomato, and chilies available to anybody.

Promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations

Following are some of the key achievements of the project:

Land Ownership Pattern: The number of small and marginal farmers have decreased from 55% to 49%, and the medium farmers increased by the same measure (6%) during the course of the project.

Farmers using micro-irrigation: has increased from 8% in 2009 to 20% in 2013

Productivity and income from Pigeon Pea cultivation: The productivity of pigeon pea in farm area has doubled from 7.8 q/ ha to 15.45 q/ ha. It has also translated into an collective earning of INR 109 million per year for the project farmers as compared to their income in 2009, thereby, enhancing their livelihood and income for better living standards.

Enhanced ability to negotiate with the markets: Through organization of farmers into farmer groups and FPOs, they are now in a better position not only to source their inputs at discounted prices, but also in selling their produce at a better-negotiated price.

Use of Better Agronomy for crop cultivation: Agronomic inputs that help farmers to realize risk-free and better levels of yield or income from crops raised are now well understood by the farmers.

Preference for varieties: Through the project intervention, the farmers have now been able to narrow down their choices on varieties of pigeon pea from the earlier half a dozen to now just two; best suited to low and relatively better rainfall conditions too.

Key Achievements of the Project

Project farmers (3000)

2009 2013 Difference Value* (@ INR 30

per kg)

Area under pigeon pea (ha)

Production (quintals)

Productivity (q / ha)

3690

29,520

7.8

4260

65,836

15.45

570

36,316

7.65

INR 109 million / annum

Year wise Area, Production and productivity of pigeon pea (Red gram)

Dal Mill

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Enhanced level of mechanization in farming: Increased usage of mechanization in farm operations has been witnessed. Moreover, farm machinery centres opened by farmers' group in the project has enabled them to hire them at considerably reduced prices

Establishment of Nursery and Dal Mill: Through the FPOs, the farmers have been able to establish vegetable nurseries and dal mills in the project areas

Local private traders

Direct sale to mills

Negotiate with buyers

0.00

0.00

100.00

Percentage of project farmers Marketing

Purchase of inputs at discounted prices from FPO / input dealers

To nearest APMC

63.5

42.86

FPO Promotion and Value Chains In India, ISAP has pioneered the work on promoting and strengthening the FPO structure as a tool to address the challenges of access to investment, technology, quality inputs and integration with markets, which the small and marginal farmers face. In recognition of its work, Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) housed within the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India has empanelled ISAP to promote FPOs in the states of Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Moreover, in Karnataka, SFAC has entrusted ISAP with the responsibility of bringing all FPOs in Karnataka under one State Level Federation.

ISAP has organized 51,000 farmers in 51 FPOs around commodities such as pulses, vegetables, etc. in 2013-14

Farmer ProducerOrganisations

Farmer Interest Groups (FIG)

Project Farmers

Sustainability through Farmer Producer

Organizations

Approach

Formation of Groups

Imparting technical know-how

Forward and

backward linkages

Infrastructural development and back-up

Farmer Groupsas agents of

change (FPO)

Methodology

Vegetable Nursery at Tadkal

Rajasthan

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Telangana

Madhya Pradesh

S No. State Locations No. of FPOs No. of Farmers Commodity/ Crops 1.

2.

4.

3.

Bundi,Bhilwara, Jaipur, Tonk, Sawai Madhopur

Amravati, Pune & Nashik districts

Gulbarga, Bidar & Raichur

Adilabad

15

12

10

10

4

1500

1200

10000

10000

4000

Maize, Pulses & Vegetables

Cotton, Vegetables

Pulses

Cotton & Pulses

Total51 51,000

5. Rewa & Sidhi Pulses

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NVIUC, a unique end-to-end program of Department of Agriculture is focused on enhancing production, productivity and profitability of vegetable farmers in selected districts of different states. Promotion of FPOs is a critical component of the initiative, directed at providing capacity building and skill enhancement trainings to participant farmers on appropriate farm inputs, modern technology, through farm field schools, extension services, and ensuring enhanced productivity.

The initiative envisages diversification in product range of the FPOs through value addition at the association and farm levels, and combining it with access to sustainable markets, through integration with existing opportunities, as well as creating new opportunities in the markets.

The main objectives under NVIUC (National Vegetable Initiative for urban cluster) programme are following:-

To create a robust institutional structure within the community for livelihood diversification in the vegetable value chain and establishment of farmer producer organizations (FPOs) to enable rights based approach to agricultural development and growth in the region.

To enable access to opportunit ies of knowledge enhancement and economic security for vegetable growers through capacity building and training support.

To combine scientific knowledge extension services for productivity enhancement with access to sustainable markets for agricultural growth and reduction in incidences of poverty in the region.

Creation of new markets in partnership with existing market infrastructure for promotion of sustainable and healthy consumerism.

ISAP is implementing the project in selected blocks in Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

ISAP Interventions on FPOs

National Vegetable Initiative for Urban Cluster (NVIUC) ISAP is implementing the NVIUC program in the states of

Rajasthan and Maharashtra. In Rajasthan, it is working in five blocks of Jaipur district of Rajasthan. ISAP has engaged 5046 farmers from these blocks in the program. These farmers were organized in 274 Farmer Interest Groups (FIGs) and in 6 FPOs. In Maharashtra, it is working in six blocks of Pune and Nashik districts, involving 5318 farmers.

NVIUC in Rajasthan & Maharashtra

District Blocks No. of farmers

No of FIGs

Registered FPOs

Jaipur Bassi, Chaksu, Boraj, Bagru and Jhotwara

5046 274 6

Nashik Dindori, Niphad, Nashik 2580 129 3

Pune Junnar, Khed, Ambegaon

2738 146 3

The activities under the program were divided into six phases. Some of the key activities undertaken by ISAP within the program are as follows:

Phase I- Pre Project implementation Phase – In coordination with the State Nodal Agency, ISAP conducted the baseline for NVIUC in Rajasthan, and submitted its detailed implementation plan.

Phase II – Enhancing capacity for Surplus Farm Production – The following activities were taken up during this phase:

Identification of Potential areas Initial introductory meetings with the farmers Initiation of discussion for formation of FIGs and

Identification of LRPs Formation of FIGs Training programmes for LRPs / FIGs

Phase III – Implementation for Surplus Farm Production plan – Towards increasing productivity, IPM/INM/IPP and identifying value-proposition for setting FPO, the following activities were undertaken

FIG meeting Tal. Boraj Rajasthan

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Collective and Stabilize New Surplus Production System - During meetings with Farmer Interest Group (FIG) Members, various issues were discussed regarding the modern agriculture cultivation practices, IPM, INM, pre and post-harvest management of the crops and problems faced by farmers during cultivation of vegetables. Awareness generation as well as handholding of farmers was done on the importance of soil testing and the methods of collection of soil samples. Farmers were helped in finalizing fertilizer doses for their field based on the soil testing results. ISAP also distributed information/guidance book on crops like Pea, Onion, Chilly and Tomato for easy identification of pest and diseases.

Hand holding support on Productivity Increase – ISAP provided handholding support for increasing crop yield, IPM/INM/IPP and identifying value propositions for setting up of FPOs. In this regard, ISAP created and shared desired resource material to FIGs, conducted trainings, meetings and exposure meetings to accomplish the set targets of the project phase.

Kisan Sabha/ Goshtis Exposure visit Training of Farmers

No of Kisan Sabha

No of FIG member

participated

No of Exposure visit No of FIG member

participated

No of Training Conducted

No of FIG member

participated

1522 16862 4 66 37 2466

District

Nashik

Kisan Sabha/ Goshtis Exposure visit Training of Farmers

Pune

TOTAL

No of Kisan Sabha

No of FIG member participated

No of Exposure

visit


No of Training Conducted


510

645

4648

7169

2

4

26

103

53

35

14

64

1155 1155 1155 1155 1155 1155

Phase-IV-Pre-formation Stage of FPO - The fourth phase of implementation involved process related to FPO formation. It included identification of leading farmers and selection of President, Secretary and Treasurer of the FIG. Through meetings, farmers were encouraged to start business ventures from their small savings and select board of directors towards providing shape to the Farmer Producer company. Selection of board members was followed by a workshop on bye-laws and business plan of the company. After registration of the company, ISAP focused on facilitating Mandi license and Agri input license to start business of trading and agri-inputs (seeds and fertilizers).

Phase V – Strengthening of FPOs-The fifth phase focused on strengthening the FPO through the following steps: The processes were oriented around capacity building of

project farmers/FIGs for yield enhancements, and connecting these groups to input agencies and potential buyers. FIG members farmers were introduced to various buyers such as local aggregators, retailers and wholesalers in Jaipur.

In addition to the above initiatives of direct linkages of FIGs with the markets, ISAP also initiated activities; wherein FIGs are being trained to value add at the farm level by sorting / grading and retail packaging of vegetables for direct retailers. By such initiatives, farmers have started realising better returns for their vegetables.

ISAP assess the essential needs of the farmers like quality agriculture inputs, modern horticultural practices, training on pre and post-harvest management. For fulfilling the need, ISAP FPO Coordinator collected demand from FPO for fertilizers and seeds to develop marketing linkages for Agro inputs

A workshop was organized to develop MIS system at FIG level, FPO level and state level. Training has been arranged on maintain book keeping of the companies, documentation of Minutes of Meetings at FPO level, Business Management, Soft skill etc.

ISAP also encouraged FIG members and BODs to select educated youths from their area for handing over the responsibility of CEO, Marketing Manager and Accountant of the FPO.

Business planning exercise for the FPO involving the board of directors

For Rajasthan Program

For Maharashtra Program

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Phase VI - In this phase, FPOs were encouraged to start business of their own interest. FPOs were assisted in getting their PAN Cards and other statutory clearances. In Rajasthan, there are total five FPOs and all the FPOs have got their PAN cards. So far, out of five FPOs three FPOs (Boraj Kisan Agro Producer Company Ltd, Aashu Kisan Agro Producer Company Ltd) have opened their bank accounts rest three are under process. In addition, the preliminary documentation work before applying for TIN has been completed.

In Maharashtra, all FPOs were assisted in opening of bank accounts, PAN cards and input licences. So far, out of total six FPOs, four FPOs have got their PAN cards. All these our FPOs have also obtained input licences and started the input business. FPOs, which have got both PAN cards and input licences include Maulikrupa Agro Producer Copany Ltd, Darana Agro Producer Company Ltd, Sri Satwaji Baba Agro Producer Company Ltd and Narayangad Agro Producer Company Ltd. Two Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) namely Sri Satwaji Baba Agro Producer Company Ltd and Narayangad Agro Producer Company Ltd has started output business as well.

Under SFAC's Pulses programme, ISAP has promoted fifteen FPOs in the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka and Telangana. Together, the program has involved 15791 farmers in four districts.

National Initiative on Improvement of Pulses

Pulse Programme

for Rajasthan Rajasthan

Swai Madhopur TonK and Bhilwara

5625 282 5

Pulse Programme

for Karnatakakarnataka Bidar 5500 250 5

Pulse Programme for

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Adilabad 4666 233 5

Registered FPOs

Name of the Projects

State District No. of farmers

No of FIGs

In Rajasthan, all the five FPOs have been registered under the companies act. After registration of all the FPOs were asked to start a business of their own interest. To motivate farmers to start a business they were taken to Agribusiness Centre of Negilayogi Aland farmers federation village Tadakal, Taluka Aland, district Gulbarga. To start a business they need to get statutory compliances i.e., opening of bank accounts, get a Permanent account Number, Taxpayer Identification Number etc. All the FPOs have got their PAN cards and have opened their bank accounts, apart from applying for TIN numbers. Kedarnath Kisan agro Producer Company limited have got their TIN Number to start a business of their own interest.

Status of FPOs in Rajasthan under the Pulses Improvement Project

All the FPOs have been registered under the Cooperatives act. After registration of all the FPOs, the focus was on strengthening of farmer producers' organisation, marketing linkages and developing business plan. For this, FPOs were encouraged to start the business of their own interest. FPOs were assisted in opening of bank accounts, in getting the Permanent Account Number (PAN) and implementation of business planning. All the five FPOs set up in Karnataka under FPO pulses program in Bidar district have got their PAN numbers. Handholding support was also provided in getting statutory clearances to start a business of their interest. FPOs were provided assistance in getting input licences such as insecticides, seeds, fertilizers and output licences. So far, one FPO i.e. Jai Kisan Sauharda Multipurpose Co-Operative Limited, block Bhalki, District Bidar Karnataka have started its agribusiness centre, which is comprised of a mini dal processing unit. Milling at this processing unit has helped FPO members to realize substantial increase in return against their produce. Other facilities at Agribusiness Centre in Bhalki include warehouse, farm mechanization centre & input store. This FPO has also secured output licence for trading of agriculture products and has applied to NABARD for term loan to scale up their business activities. This FPO has plan to start Vermi-compost unit and plant nursery in the same premises.

Status of FPO in Karnataka under Pulses Improvement Project

Farmers visit at Agribusiness centre Negilayogi Aland farmers federation, village Tadakal Taluka Aland district Gulbarga

18


Another FPO, Basveshwar Souharda Mul t ipurpose Cooperative, Basavkalyan has taken land on lease for starting similar agribusiness.

Mini dal processing unit of Jai Kisan Sauharda Multipurpose Co-Operative Limited, block Bhalki,

District Bidar Karnataka

Water tank and Tractor top purchased by Jai Kisan Sauharda Multipurpose Cooperative Ltd.

All the five FPOs have been registered under the companies Act. Further, handholding support was provided by ISAP in getting statutory clearances like Permanent Account Number (PAN), Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), opening of bank accounts, getting input and output licences etc. So far all the FPOs have opened their bank accounts, got their PAN and TIN numbers. They were also asked to start a business of their own interest. It may be an input or output business. They have applied for input licences.

Status of FPO in Telangana under Pulses Improvement Project

Honourable minister Mr Shreedhar releasing book at ANGRAU University

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The existing systems of delivery of agricultural inputs, its purchase and use of agricultural output have not been efficient in India. The inadequacy in delivery of appropriate inputs in a timely, qualitative and cost effective manner, affects the produce and the productivity of the small and marginal farmers, resulting in loss of crop and income, leading to increased vulnerability. In India, to facilitate this, only about 0.12 million extension workers are available to provide technical support to 118.7 million cultivators. In this regard, ISAP has been one of the first organizations in agriculture to leverage the potential of ICT in bridging this information and communication gap. ISAP's ICT based innovations are primarily targeted to address the information requirements of small and marginal farmers in the rural areas. The objective is to help farmers increase their crop productivity, optimize their resources, increase in realization and improve their livelihood options. Based on the local conditions and rapid penetration of mobile telephony within rural India, ISAP's ICT based solutions to facilitate farm extension services include Kisan Call Centre, Community Radio Station and animated videos through the e-krishaksahyogi initiative.

Leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Agricultural Development

ISAP has been running KCCs since 2008. The first of its KCC was set up in 2008 in Bhopal with the support of Government of Madhya Pradesh. Between 2008 and 2012, the KCC answered more than 500,000 farmers' queries, with increase in the number of queries every year. Presently, ISAP runs KCCs at Kota in Rajasthan and Gulbarga in Karnataka. ISAP's KCCs are multi-lingual. ISAP's KCC is based on an open source software that has a sophisticated MIS in the form of an inbuilt knowledge management system, that captures the entire milieu of advisory services provided. Simultaneously, it provides backend data support to the knowledge workers. Experts answer farmer queries related to agronomic practices and pest outbreak. The domain experts attend to queries related to agriculture, market prices, weather forecast, and government schemes, among others. These queries also undergo analysis at regular intervals, to identify any pattern for possible epidemic, for which then, timely advice can be beamed by state agencies through TV, radio etc.

Kisan Call Centre (KCC)

Accolades

KCC Bhopal received the Manthan Award South Asia 2009-10 in the category e-enterprise and livelihood

KCC, Bhopal was selected amongst the 40 outstanding projects under RKVY from 5500 projects all over India

Received the National e-governance award for the implementation of "Soochna-se-Samadhan" program

Realizing the immense potential of "Community Radio' as an effective medium to disseminate information, related to agri-extension services to the farmers within a reception range, ISAP established its first agriculture based Community Radio Station (CRS) at Sironj in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh. Popularly known as "Kisan Vani" at FM 90.4, the CRS in Madhya Pradesh is catalyzing the process of rural empowerment in the surrounding 400 villages in the range of 40 kms around Sironj. Incidentally, it was the second agriculture based CRS in the country, and the first dedicated CRS on agriculture in Madhya Pradesh.

ISAP CRS Model has the following salient features:

Covers rural population within a radius of at least 25 kms Provides regular information and update to farmers – good

agricultural practices, introduction to new techniques, updated information on the weather forecast, mandi price

Advice to farmers on issues such as plant protection, irrigation, INM, among others

Disseminate information on government schemes related to agriculture, health, education, water etc.

Rejuvenate the local culture by providing space to the local artists in the area

A periodic Impact assessment Survey is done by a third party to analyze the usefulness of the information that is disseminated through the CRS.

ISAP is in the process of setting up of 10 CRSs for State Agriculture Department of Rajasthan in the districts of Bhilwara, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Sikar, Kota, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur.

Accolades

ISAP's CRS "Kisan Vani" has received several accolades for its contribution to rural empowerment and promoting local culture. Some of these are:

National Award in 2013 received from Shri Manish Tiwari, the then, Hon'ble Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

Centre for Good Governance (CGG) placed "Kisan Vani" amongst the top five radio stations in India

In its report "Impact Analysis", NIRD, Hyderabad recognized and appreciated the efforts of CRS – Kisan Vani

Rajya Sabha TV broadcasted a special thirty minutes p r o g r a m o n C R S " K i s a n V a n i " S i r o n j https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc7R-vJs1mU

Community Radio Station (CRS)

20


In India, with about 263 million farmers, including cultivators and agricultural labourers engaged in agriculture, the corresponding number of agriculture extension workers is merely 0.12 million.

Inadequacies in the existing system to facilitate critical information in the input-throughput-output process of agriculture, severely affect the farmers' produce and the productivity. This results in loss of crop and income for the farmers, leading to increased livelihood and food insecurity. In this regard, ISAP has been one of the first organizations in agriculture to leverage the potential of ICT in bridging this information and communication gap.

In India, the growth of mobile subscribers in rural areas has outstripped the growth in urban areas. Taking cue from this, I S A P l a u n c h e d i t s e - k r i s h a k s a h y o g i ( w w w . e -krishaksahyogi.org) program, that attempts to address the problem of accessibility of useful and timely information by small and marginal farmers, to achieve the objectives mentioned above. Through e-krishaksahyogi, ISAP is making efforts to:

e-krishaksahyogi

provide timely and useful information on proven cropping techniques in the most appealing, effective, timely and intelligible manner.

connect farmers with experts by using 3 G technology (live video conferencing).

link farmers to markets, where they can see live auctioning of agriculture produce in mandis and can interact with traders.

provide advance information on weather and crop advisory based on the weather forecast

e-krishsahyogi in a nutshell

Collaboration with QUALCOMM's Wireless Outreach Program to provide latest agriculture information on production technologies, market and weather by using 3G technology.

To deliver the latest scientific technology in crop management to farmers across rural India using low cost audio clips and high quality 3D animations.

Farm Clips of 2-3 minutes Videos compressed in the format that can be run in low cost mobile handsets.

These videos can be transferred to another mobile through blue-tooth technology

The program is executed through an applet, that is installed in a tab or a mobile, it offers gateway to solutions for farmers to find specific farm related queries viz. 3-D animation videos or multimedia slideshow videos, accessing useful information in the audio, picture and text format, live conferencing with experts, watching live auction in mandis , among others. These audio/ videos are either shown to a group of farmers through the battery operated projectors or transferred to the mobile phones of farmers in compressed 3gp format through pen stick or Bluetooth, which they can see any time. This helps the farmers to gather information in real time, and in a cost effective manner.

Members of ISAP's promoted vegetable Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) are receiving regular updates on cropping techniques, market prices, weather and weather based advisory through the electronic medium. Cropping and other proven agriculture techniques are provided in video form (short duration animation clips) and the rest of the information is provided in handheld devices (applets/ mobile handsets) using e-krishaksahyogi contents.

Mobile based ICT solution for Agri-extension

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In the last few decades, the Indian economy has undergone transformation from agriculture to manufacturing and services sectors. During the same period, in absolute terms, number of people employed in agriculture has declined, and increased migration, mostly seasonal is being witnessed from rural to urban areas. However, a large amount of labour force cannot be absorbed in the manufacturing and services sectors due to lack of appropriate skill sets. Moreover, it is estimated that the working population i.e. between 24 to 59 years in India will be more than 700 million by 2020. An estimated 500 million of these, including the temporary migratory population from rural to urban areas, will require acquiring some kind of skill training to gain employment. More than 75% of the 50 to 70 million jobs to be created in the next five years, will fall in the unorganized and informal sector, and require at least basic skill sets. High growth sectors like manufacturing, automotive, retail, trade, transport, construction, hospitality and healthcare are likely to provide large scale employment. In the rural areas, there is a need to create opportunities of employment through imparting appropriate skills in labour intensive industries such as agricultural food processing, livestock, floriculture, horticulture etc. Large government programs like National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) are providing opportunities both for wage employment and skill development of the rural youth. However, the challenges for skill development of such a large population are huge, and would require consolidated and convergent efforts of the stakeholders, along with innovation such as Public-Private Partnership, among others.

A set of following parameters helps in advancing the skill development.

Education/Employability Mismatch Training for employment Market led curriculum Establishing forward linkage Training model – initiated in Urban and transition to address

the exploitation of migration, centres set up in rural areas for safe and skilled migration.

Skill Development

ISAP envisage to train and place 30000 BPL youth in suitable jobs to provide livelihoods for them in next 5 years. ISAP strategy on skill development includes vocational training for below poverty line (BPL) youths in various agro and non-agro trades as well through Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) specifically for unemployed agriculture and allied sector graduates. Through these initiatives, ISAP has improved the employability of BPL youth, as well as has facilitated trained agri-preneurs setting up their own business venture. In its pursuit of enhancing employability of rural youth and creating a cadre of agri-preneurs, ISAP has implemented national as well as state specific government programs.

During the year, ISAP's interventions on skill development included the following activities:

SGSY-SP is a project under the aegis of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, aimed at skilling rural youths of BPL family, women, minorities and other marginalized people of the rural strata, and thereby providing them wage employment for a sustained livelihood. Under the project, ISAP trained rural BPL youth in basic technical and job skills in automotive, electrical, healthcare, hospitality, retail, sales etc. preparing them for the entry level jobs, aimed at improving their employability and quality of life. Alongside, the aspirants were also trained in Communicative English, work readiness and basic IT to address their overall skill gap. ISAP successfully implemented the project in 22 districts covering Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. To its credit, ISAP managed to reach out to the youth living in some of the most difficult terrain. Nearly, 25% of the target groups were in the severely affected Maoist regions of Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

Vocational Training Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana Special Project (SGSY – SP)

State Districts Trained Placed

Madhya Pradesh

Balaghat, Dewas, Dhar, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Sagar, Sehore, Shajapur,Vidisha

2383 1896

Chhattisgarh Dantwad, Bastar, Sukma

460 418

Maharashtra Akola, Amravati, Nashik, Sindhudurg, Solapur 1252 894

Odisha

TOTAL

Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Koraput, Sundargarh

944

5039

838

4046

22


The project was supported by Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Govt. of Odisha. It aimed at providing long term livelihood, either in the form of self-employment or wage employment, to unemployed urban youths of BPL family, women and minorities, by imparting skill based training to them. The trainees were provided training in domain such as electrical, hospitality, sales and marketing. ISAP implemented the project in selected districts of Odisha viz. Ganjam, Jharsuguda, and Sundargarh that have high concentration of ST, SC and other backward communities.

SJSRY (Swarnajayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana-State Urban Development Agency)

SUCCESS STORY Jyotsna Dungdung of Sankraposh village in Sundargarh district lost her father at an early age. Her mother's earning was insu�cient to feed a family that included her three sisters and two younger brothers. However, she encouraged Jyotsna to continue her studies, and Jyotsna passed XII standard. Nevertheless, studying further became di�cult every day.Meanwhile, she came to know about ISAP's mobilization for vocational training in her village. She saw a ray of hope to change the fortune of her family and herself, as she decided to undergo training in hospitality domain. She learnt about hospitality beyond cooking, and quickly acquired the professional competency in the domain. Casual training, guest lectures and other hands on experiences during the training, helped her to remain motivated and focused. She also learnt communicative English during the training. She immediately got a job in Housekeeping in Sodexo, Raigarh (Chha�isgarh) and now earns Rs. 3200 and other incentives per month. Now she has become a worthy contributor to her family's income. Her mother is happy for her daughter and applauds ISAP's e�orts in facilitating her to realize her dream. Jyotsna now aspires to become a General Manager in a reputed star property someday.


Orissa Jharsuguda

Sundargarh

Ganjam

154

67

135

108

33

99

TOTAL 356 240

SJSRY Project at a glance

The project was initiated & sponsored by Panchayati Raj Department, Govt. of Odisha with an objective to provide livelihood opportunities in the organized sector to rural BPL youths, women, SC/ST/OBC and other minorities by skilling and training them. The trainees were provided training in domain such as electrical, sales and marketing, hospitality, BSPA, Welding etc. ISAP trained and helped rural youths to find wage employment in the organized sector of districts like Khurda, Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Kandhamal, Koraput, etc.

Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM)


Orissa Jagatsinghpur 231 175

Jharsuguda 240 211

Kalahandi 233 165

Kandhmal 151 139

TOTAL 1680 1314

Keonjhar 177 108

Khurda 166 134

Koraput 72 60

Mayurbhanj 201 126

Sundargarh 209 196

OLM at a glance

The project under the Department of Employment & Technical Education & Training, Government of Odisha aims to alleviate poverty by delivering market led skill development training program to unemployed youths ( both rural & urban), women & others, making them skilled, thereby employable. The participants are being provided training in domain such as retail sales & marketing, hospitality, F & B Executive etc. ISAP successfully implemented the OSEM project in districts like Koraput, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda & Sundargarh and provided placements to trained unemployed youths across Odisha.

Odisha State Employment Mission (OSEM)


Orissa Jagatsinghpur

Jharsuguda

Koraput

44

184

47

21

153

41

TOTAL 356 240

OSEM at a glance

Mayurbhanj 169 134

Sundargarh 71 62

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The OSFDC project sponsored by ST & SC Welfare Department, Govt. of Odisha targets particularly the poor Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and other scavenger groups to make them employable by providing placement linked skill development training program. Students were trained in domains like Bed Side Patient Assistance (BSPA), Electrical, and Hospitality. ISAP with a pragmatic approach trained & provided sustainable livelihood to such target group in districts like Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj & Sundargarh of Odisha effectively.

Odisha Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Finance Co-Operative Corporation Limited (OSFDC)


Orissa Kandhmal

Keonjhar

Mayurbhanj

33

43

28

30

22

25

TOTAL 158 122

Sundargarh 54 45

ASDP is the skill and placement initiative of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Aajeevika Skills has its origins in the 'Special Projects' component of the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY). The project will target poor rural youth between the age of 18 and 35 years, People with Different Ability (PwD), victims of trafficking, manual scavengers, transgenders, rehabilitated bonded labourers and other vulnerable groups. The project will take the target groups through the following distinct steps:

Awareness building within the community on the opportunities

Identifying rural youth who are poor Mobilising rural youth who are interested counselling of youth

and parents Selection based on aptitude Imparting knowledge, industry linked skills and attitude that

enhance employability Providing jobs that can be verified through methods that can

stand up to independent scrutiny, and which pays above minimum wages

Supporting the person so employed for sustainability after placement

During this period, ISAP has initiated the project in seven districts of Odisha i.e Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Mayurbanj, Keonjhar, Khurda, Koraput and Jagatsinghpur. It has mobilized about 1500 participants for the program.

Aajeevika Skill Development Program (ASDP)

Outreach of ISAP Implemented Skill Development Projects

Sl. No. Project Under Process Trained Placed

OSFDC

MES

ASDP

200

86

167

86

Total

1500

SGSY

OLM

OSEM

SUDA

5039 1676

518

356

4046 1313

400

240

7869 6252

5

6

7

1

2

3

4

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The increased fragmentation of agricultural land and its inability to absorb the entire labour force throughout the year results in large scale unemployment and underemployment, leading to increased migration to urban areas, and forcing these migrants to live in unhygienic conditions in the urban slums. Increased rural entrepreneurships will arrest the migration of people from rural to urban areas, ease concentration of industrial units in urban areas, balance regional growth, and bring public good infrastructure like power, roads, bridges etc. in rural areas. Apart from promoting and protecting art and handicrafts, it will also catalyze the process of check on social evils, increase in literacy rate, education and raise awareness of rural youth on avenues for entrepreneurship as a career. Altogether, self-employment with make the rural community prosperous with sustained and increased income, and improve its quality of life.

Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP)

Types of Business Ventures incubated by ISAP under ACABC program

Agri Input distribution Stores, Poultry Units, Dairy farms, Mushroom production centre, Veterinary units, Nursery units, Seed production units, Floriculture Units, Protected horticulture, production units, Apiculture units, Custom hiring units, Goatry units, Piggery units, Organic farming of vegetables, Fish culture

Agriculture and allied Graduates / Post Graduates / Diploma Holders / 10+2 eligible

No age bar. Even retired people eligible for training Loan eligibility up to Rs. 20 lakhs for the trained agripreneurs

which attracts back ended subsidy @ 36 % for general candidates and 44 % for SC/ST, OBC, Women and Hill area candidates

12 ISAP-Training centres covering 12 states of Assam, Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir , Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, West Bengal and Rajasthan.

ACABC Program Highlights

In this regard, under the aegis of the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), ISAP is running Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) in 12 states of India. The initiative is part of the Agri Clinic and Agri Business Centres (ACABC) scheme of Ministry of Agriculture. EDP training is provided to unemployed agriculture and allied sector graduates. After training, ISAP provides active handholding support to these trained agri-preneurs for setting up their own business ventures. ISAP has trained over 4000 students in Assam, Chattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. 1200 of these have already established their agri-ventures.

Duration: 60 days with one year of handholding support post training Soft skills: communications, language, IT literacy and such

other skills those are essential in a job or business environment

Business skills: negotiation, sales, accounting & financial aspects, banking, credits, personnel management, market survey and such skills required for any business activity

DPR preparation skills: training in preparation of detailed project reports to secure credit support from the banking system

Support in establishment of enterprise, preparation of project report, bank credits, investment and marketing linkages

Mentoring and guidance services

ISAP's EDP Training Details

�Helping farmers gives me a sense of satisfaction", says 50 years old Mr. Keshav Lal Patel. In 1980, he graduated in Dairy Technology from Gujarat Agriculture College in Anand, Gujarat. He �rst worked at state level dairy federation for around four years, and thereafter for the Regional Rural Bank, Bank of Baroda for 28 years, rising to the level of Manager, learning the nuances of rural areas in context of agriculture and allied sectors. This motivated him to start his own venture. "There is a lot of scope in the �eld of agriculture and agribusiness but not many dare to enter it," he says. Utilizing the opportunity, Keshav Lal underwent the two months ACABC training program conducted by ISAP at Baroda Training Centre, Gujarat. "I decided to undergo the training because during my career span I saw how reluctant farmers were to try out new ideas. They hesitate to take risks. I wanted to be a role model to them. I am going to venture into agribusiness by utilizing the one acre of land area I own near Himmatpur," he says with con�dence. He started giving farm advisory services to the farmers on co�on and groundnut crop in the year 2011 bene��ing around 800 to 900 farmers in 8 villages. The advisory specializes in crop speci�c cultivation practices, INM, IPM, animal husbandry etc. Most often, he visits the �elds of farmers, diagnose the problems, and suggest the appropriate possible corrective measures. After the completion of ACABC training in the year 2013, he started a small dairy farm of his own with three cows with a total �nancial outlay of around Rs. 1, 85,000. He looks forward to expand his business and establish a large-scale dairy enterprise. He managed to establish and run his venture with his own resources. "I shall be applying for bank loan if required for the business expansion in the coming years" he added. With a small-established agri venture, he is earning around Rs.5 lakhs per annum with hope to expand his mini dairy farm into a pro�table agri venture in near future.

Success Story: A Change of Pace

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Poverty has many dimensions and stems from several factors – economic, social and cultural. Although lack of opportunities for livelihood and denial of opportunities are largely seen as major causal factors for poverty, they are aggravated in the Indian context in case of women. In this context, the SHG movement in India that was initiated by NABARD in 1992 as a major initiative to combat poverty by providing access to financial services to the poor, particularly women, has resulted in empowerment of poor women. In terms of mobilization, it is the largest development initiative in the world. In the initial phase of the SHG movement, the emphasis was more on mobilization of poor women into SHGs, and on facilitating credit and saving services. Gradually, the movement matured and the focused also moved on to encourage and help SHG women initiate their own enterprises. In this direction, federations of SHGs is an aggregation of large number of SHGs, and had the potential to leverage its collective strength to seek larger loan for starting the enterprise or better services at a lesser rate from service providers. However, banks were not comfortable with the federations of SHGs. Recently, NABARD SHG bank linkage program in a new avatar called "SHG Version 2" and the large programmes of the government like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) have provided further impetus in facilitating skill development as well as creation of enterprise of women SHGs in India.

Women Empowerment through SHGs and their enterprises

ISAP Intervention on SHGs Through its various programs, ISAP has worked for the development of SHGs in its project area. ISAP promoted SHGs are present in Bundi and Bhilwara districts of Rajasthan, Amravati district of Maharashtra, Adilabad district of Telangana and Gulbarga, Bidar and Raichur districts of Karnataka. The cumulative summary of the SHGs promoted by ISAP is presented in the table. During this period, ISAP implemented NABARD-SHG Bank linkage in Bundi and Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. ISAP's project strategy involved forming small, cohesive and participative groups of the poor, encouraging them to pool their thrift regularly, and use the pooled thrift to make small interest bearing loans to members. The intervention involved formation of the groups, opening their bank accounts, inculcating financial discipline in them through regular savings, and credit link with banks for income generation activities.

ISAP has also provided trainings to women SHGs on skill development related to streams like poultry, dairying, vermi- compost, washing powder making, goatery, etc. Apart from skill development trainings, the other key activities of self-help groups include organising regular meetings, savings and interloaning, credit linkage with nationalized banks, discussion on social and development concerns and income generation activities. Some income generation activities started by SHGs promoted by ISAPs are:

Poultry Goatery Community Farming Washing Powder making

Group strengthening meetings of SHGs is the instrument that ISAP utilizes effectively to motivate SHG members to have bank account, and discuss important issues viz. the possible income generation activities that could be feasible for women at their doorstep. Some of the possible income generation activities in accordance with the market potential that were discussed during these meetings - pickle making, snacks making, bag making, vermicomposting, handicraft making, collective farming, collective fisheries, candle making, vermicelli making, stitching, etc. Empowerment through SHG Development is an ongoing process in ISAP and ISAP aims to empower all the women from the small holder farming families associated with it.

Group strengthening Meetings of SHGs members in Amravati, Maharashtra

Total 831

State No. of SHGsRajasthan

MaharashtraTelangana

Karnataka

497

128

128

78

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During this period, the construction of the two hospitals that ISAP had undertaken, was completed. These are 50 bedded hospitals with separate male and female wards, operational theatre, X-Ray unit, Doctor's chambers, USG unit, pre and post-operative units and other support facilities. The two hospitals are envisaged to provide affordable healthcare services in the two blocks of Murshidabad district.

Rural Healthcare

Within around 21% Indians are affected by water-borne diseases annually, a substantial number of these get affected by chemical contamination of water. In this regard, ISAP has set up 26 Arsenic removal plants in four blocks of Murshidabad district in West Bengal. Each plant has 2000 litres capacity storage tank to serve 250-300 families every day.

Safe Drinking Water

ICT Enabled Health Helpline

ISAP has also started an ICT enabled rural health helpline to deliver essential health care advice for the people living in hinterland areas within no access to regular medical support system.

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Apart from intervening in areas such as sustainable agriculture and skill development, ISAP has also carved a niche for itself in the area of conducting evaluation studies for large national and state level programs. During the year, ISAP engaged in the following evaluation studies:

Research Studies

Mid-Term Evaluation of Dairy CattleDevelopment Program in Jharkhand The Government of Jharkhand entrusted ISAP the responsibility to conduct Mid-term evaluation of the Dairy Cattle Development Program, that BAIF Development Research Foundation was implementing in the State of Jharkhand. The mid-term evaluation was done primarily to assess the appropriateness of the program's concept and design, review efficiency and adequacy in its implementation and management, review the results and document the learnings. Through the process, it was envisaged that the exercise would result in providing specific recommendations towards improving the efficiency, effectiveness, impact and management arrangements of similar projects in future. The evaluation study was conducted by adopting participatory methods of data collection. The focus of this exercise was to draw lessons from the project results (outcomes), impacts and performance against the indicators set for the project. A team comprising of 30 experienced baseline supervisors and enumerators (well versed with the survey areas) were deployed to execute the baseline survey. The sample size for the survey was 8415 that included 6840 beneficiaries, 760 non-beneficiaries, 760 DCDC In charge, 24 officials from BAIF, 24 DDP and 7 BAIF Zonal officers. The conclusion of the exercise was submitted in the form of findings, achievements and recommendations on the program.

Evaluation of Milch Cattle Induction Program, Jharkhand The Evaluation Study of Central Milch Cattle Induction Program was undertaken by ISAP on behalf of Directorate of Dairy Development, Govt. of Jharkhand covering the period of XI Five Year Plan, with a view to assessing the scheme's impact and evaluating operational roles of various stakeholders, identifying constraints and bottlenecks and suggesting areas for improvement. The study was based on the analysis of both primary and secondary data collected from different stakeholders of the scheme viz. beneficiaries of the scheme, bankers, District Dairy Development Officers etc. Information through semi-structured questionnaires was collected from at least 10% of the beneficiaries across the state. Random sampling method was used to select the beneficiaries. These beneficiaries were selected from the 5 year plan period to record changes with time. Following are some of the findings and recommendations from the evaluation study:

Secondary sources Department of Animal Husbandry, other government departments,

other databases

Data information and collection

Data analysis & interpretation

Draft report Feedback and comments

Final report

Primary Sources Milch cattle Programme

beneficiaries

Survey Design

The Milch Cattle Induction Program by Jharkhand government was intended to provide subsidy for induction of high yielding milch cattle with a view to boost the milk production of the State and to provide gainful self-employment opportunity to the rural families. Under this a prototype scheme was implemented for the 2 Cattle/Buffalo, 5 cattle/Buffalo Mini Dairy, 10 Cattle/Buffalo Midi Dairy, 20 Cattle/Buffalo Commercial Dairy, 50 Cattle/Buffalo Modern Dairy scheme and large Dairy farms with the subsidy and bank loan. During the five year period of 2007-12, nineteen scheduled banks had participated in the scheme under the Milch Cattle Induction Programme. Around 70% of the beneficiaries covered under the scheme have taken two cattle scheme followed by five cattle scheme. Ninety-six of the inducted milch cattle were having 2-3 lactation at the time of induction and 70% of inducted milch cattle were having calf of 15 days along with the animal. 83% percent of the cows and 98% of buffaloes inducted under the cattle induction program were physically verified. Majority (87%) of the farmers have sold the cows after keeping them for minimum two-three lactations. With the introduction of crossbred cattle & buffaloes, the average milk production has increased from 1.23 litres/day/animal to 6.23 litres/day/animal. Income of the two- cattle dairy farmers have increased up to 20,000 annually.

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From the findings, it becomes obvious that lack of adequate knowledge and awareness of the scheme among the stakeholders remained a major factor that has acted as a deterrent to the balanced regional spread of the programme. Extension will be the single most critical tool for the development of dairying in Jharkhand. The involvement of NGOs working in entrepreneurship development and motivating the farmers to adopt dairying on commercial scale will be very important. The farmer have to be educated through discussion and demonstrations, on the relative importance of various practices and options that could be exercised in the field of animal nutrition and animal health for maximising the productivity. The resources available locally (cattle and buffalo farms belonging to NGOs or progressive farmers) would be used for demonstration / motivation of farmers.

Dairy Cattle Development Centres and Milk route as marketing of the milk produced was found to be one of the major problem among the beneficiaries. With the formation of Dairy Federation in the state, it is likely that these issues would be addressed on priority basis.

Recent developments of breeding technologies have made it possible for rice scientists and breeders to develop new rice varieties in a shorter period than before. Several stress-tolerant rice varieties, for example, have been developed and released in South Asia in a short period by a project called Stress- Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia (STRASA), which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, since 2008, and many new varieties are in the pipeline. Since 2010, the National Food Security Mission of India has scaled-up the dissemination process of the stress-tolerant rice var iet ies through mini -k i ts d is t r ibut ions and block demonstrations in Eastern India. As the dissemination efforts of stress-tolerant rice varieties and other new varieties continue, there is a strong need to establish a rice monitoring system immediately to record the diffusion process of new rice varieties in coming years and guide the dissemination efforts of the new varieties in a timely manner.

The monitoring system should be designed to answer the following questions: a) Does the diffusion of the new varieties meet the expected speed? b) Is the diffusion of the new varieties sustainable even after dissemination efforts subside? c) Are there any constraints to the diffusion of the new varieties? d) How accurate is farmers' variety identification?

Rice Monitoring Surveys - IRRI

Does the adoption of the new varieties increase rice productivity or mitigate crop losses due to abiotic stresses. Because the diffusion of the stress-tolerant rice varieties is still in the initial stage, this is a good time to establish the rice monitoring system. Therefore, it was proposed to establish a rice-monitoring project called Rice Monitoring Survey: South Asia (RMS-SA). As one important component of the RMS-SA, IRRI entrusted ISAP to conduct a survey in four Eastern India states: Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. The proposed project will have two major objectives with some specific questions:

a) To estimate adoption rates of rice varieties and areas under the varieties in Eastern India b) To identify rice varieties that farmers grow by using DNA fingerprinting. To conduct the rice monitoring surveys, IRRI has identified survey areas. The total sample size is 6,000 in Eastern India. RMS –SA Survey will cover 55 districts covering 380 blocks and 758 villages across the four states. The estimated number of villages in a district and block will be 14 and 2 respectively. IRRI has selected the survey villages based on the criteria mutually established by IRRI and BMGF.

Audited Accounts

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DEEPAK ROSHAN & ASSOCIATESCHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

FORM NO. 10 B

[See rule 17 B]

Audit report under Section 12 A (b) of the Income Tax Act. 1961,In the case of charitable or religious trusts or institutions

We have examined the balance sheet of M/S INDIAN SOCIETY OF AGRIBUSINESS PROFESSIONALS for the year ended 31st March 2014 and the Income and Expenditure account for the year ended on that date which are in agreement with the books of the account maintained by the said society/ institution. These financial statements are the responsibility of the society/ institution management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.We conduted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in India. Tjhiose standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examing on a test basis, evidence supporting the amount and disclosures in the financial statement. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principle used and significant estimates made by the management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.We have obtained all the information and which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of the audit. In our opinion proper books of accounts have been kept by the head office, educational unit and the branches of the above named trust visited by us so far as appears from our examination of the books, and proper returns adequate for the purpose of audit have been received from branches not visited by us, subject to the Comments given below:In our opinion and to the best of our information, and according to information given to us, the said accounts subject to the notes thereon give a true and fair view:

(1) In the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the above name society as at 31.03.2014

And

(2) In the case of statement of income and expenditure account, of the Excess of Income over Expenditure of its accounting year ending on 31.03.2014

The prescribed particulars are annexed hereto.

FOR DEEPAK ROSHAN & ASSOCIATESCHARTERED ACCOUNTANTSFRN: 008936C

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INDIAN SOCIETY OF AGRIBUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

23, Zamrudpur, Community Centre, Kailash Colony, Delhi -48

Particulars Note No. As At 31.03.2014 As At 31.03.2013

Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2014(All amount are in INR)

I. EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

(1) Shareholder’s Funds(a) Share capital (b) Reserves and Surplus

(2) Non-Current-Liabilities(a) Other Long term liabilities

(3) Current-Liabilities(a) Trade payables(b) other current liabilities(c) Short-term provisions

II. Assets

(1) Non-current assets(a) fixed assets (i) Tangible assets(b) Other non-current assets

(2) Current assets(a) Trade receivables(b) Cash and cash equivalents(c) Short-term loans and advances(d) Other current assets

23

4

567

8

9101112

100,000.0069,370,053.07

100,000.0054,270,443.74

1,064,874.73 1,621,759.40

9,942,150.00133,180,428.40

1,174,548.04

8,267,027.0054,907,111.68

1,673,670.04

214,832,054.24 120,840,011.86“Total”

22,269,326.57 24,220,536.16

50,780,782.2425,383,449.48

508,870.00115,889,625.95

54,998,467.0022,052,103.86

1,175,212.0018,393,692.84

“Total” 214,832,054.24 120,840,011.86

for and on behalf of Board of Directors


Place: New Delhi

Date : .... Day of ......... 2014

For DEEPAK ROSHAN & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants

Firm Registrations Number:- 008936C

RITU RAJPartner

Sd/-

M.No. 412812

20 Aug

Sd/-

Sudarshan K Suryawanshi

Sd/-

Dr. S Chandra

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23, Zamrudpur, Community Centre, Kailash Colony, Delhi -48

Income & Expenditure A/c For The Year ended 31.3.2014(All amount are in INR)

for and on behalf of Board of Directors


Particulars Note No. As At 31.03.2014 As At 31.03.2013

IncomeGrantProject ConributionInterest Incomeother Income

ExpenditureDepreciationEmployee Benefit ExpensesProject & Field Expenses Other Expenses

13141516

8171819

88,574,490.1535,991,951.651,430,591.311,373,767.37

173,488,732.5221,789,231.003,274,314.983,765,811.00

127,370,800.48 202,318,089.50

3,510,106.1725,145,755.0016,872,443.0066,742,886.98

3,069,459.7416,998,092.0020,572,085.00137,710,112.87

112,271,191.15 178,349,749.61

Rs. 15,099,609.33 23,968,339.89

“Total Income”

“Total Expenses”

“Excess of Income Over Expenditure”

Place: New Delhi

Date : .... Day of ......... 2014

For DEEPAK ROSHAN & ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants

Firm Registrations Number:- 008936C

RITU RAJPartner

Sd/-

M.No. 412812

20 Aug

Sd/-

Sudarshan K Suryawanshi

Sd/-

Dr. S Chandra

Words of Gratitude

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We, at ISAP are deeply thankful to all our partners and developmental agencies who share and support our endeavours for the upliftment of rural communities and farmers. We are also grateful to global funding organizations, government, and non-government bodies including corporates, donors/sponsors, and all others who have contributed in fulfilling our dream of sustainable livelihood, empowering farmers, raising productivity, women welfare, skill development and providing direction to youth. ISAP's efforts in agricultural extension, skill development, self-help, and Agri-ventures would not have been possible without the generous help and vision of both government and other non-government institutions in promoting these activities. We are indeed obliged to them for their contribution in these nation building activities. ISAP's involvement with rural community and farmers are two sides of the same coin. As we wish to continue our journey in this direction, we look forward to strengthen our association with all the participants and it is gratifying for us to record our appreciation to all. It is our pleasure to mention hereunder some of the donors, sponsors and associates who have supported us:

Words of Gratitude

Government of India

Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation, GoI Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) Naional Institute of Agriculture Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad Ministry of Defence Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA)

State Governments/Departments

State Institute of Agriculture and Extension Training (SIAET), Bhopal Directorate of Dairy Development, Government of Jharkhand State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Chhattisgarh Maharashtra State Horticulture & Medicinal Plant Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM) Odisha State Employment Mission (OSEM) Orissa Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Finance Cooperative Corporation Limited Maharashtra Agricultural Competitiveness Project (MACP), Government of Maharashtra

International Organizations

OCP Foundation- Morocco - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - Qualcomm, USA

Private Sector

Monsanto India Jubiliant Bharti Foundation Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) Abt Associates

Partner Organisations

American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI, USA International Rice Research Institute, Manila State Institute of Rural Development, Guwahati National Productivity Council (NPC), Delhi


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