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BISLD Rajasthan BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development 2017-18 - RRIDMA
2017-18

            BAIF Institute for
                 Sustainable
Livelihoods and Development

BISLD Rajasthan
BISLD Rajasthan BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development 2017-18 - RRIDMA
BISLD Rajasthan BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development 2017-18 - RRIDMA
CONTENTS
The Logo, Legacy                                        01-02

From the Desk of Regional Director                        03

I BISLD Rajasthan Programme                               04

Coverage                                                  05

II Thematic Progress at a Glance                          06

Livestock Development                                     06

Watershed Development                                     06

Climate Proofing                                         06-07

Tree Based Farming System                                 08

Natural Resource Management                               08

Women Empowerment                                         09

Community Health                                          10

Capacity Building                                         10

Research                                                  10

III Progress of CSR projects                            11-26

IV Progress of Government Funded Projects               27-35

V. Progress of People Organizations                     36-38

VI. Capacity Building & Functionaries                   39-42

VII. Philosophy, Governing Body, Management Committee   43-44

VII. Visitors                                           45-46

VIII. Glimpses in Media                                   47
BISLD Rajasthan BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development 2017-18 - RRIDMA
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                   The logo of BAIF Development Research Foundation (BAIF) endeavors to describe its
 THE LOGO          purpose of and commitment to sustainable development in rural India. It portrays a
                   critical natural resource, namely, land (depicted by crops, grass and leaves); it reflects
                   the usefulness of livestock (exemplified by a cow) which converts straw into milk
                   (illustrated by two milk bottles); it reveals the importance of agriculture industry
                   (demonstrated by a wheel) and innovation (shown by a microscope). Finally, it signifies
                   the resultant prosperity (represented by the petals of a blooming lotus, the national
                   flower of India). The circumscribing bell resonates with the laudable vision of the
                   Foundation. The Sanskrit inscription 'Ann Bahu Kuryat Tadh Vratam' denotes 'we pledge
                   to grow more food.'

                   Legacy
                   '.. India is poor because its villages are poor and the villages are poor because its
                   people are drastically unemployed or are under employed ...'
                   These words uttered by Mahatma Gandhi had such a telling effect on a young man in
                   Gujarat that he vowed to dedicate his entire life for improving the lives of millions of
                   poor Indians living in the villages. This selfless man was Dr Manibhai Desai.
                   In March 1946, Mahatma Gandhi visited a remote village Urulikanchan near Pune to
                   establish the Nature Cure Ashram to promote rural upliftment and community health.
                   The administration and farm management of the Ashram were entrusted to his trusted
                   disciple, Manibhai Desai who also worked closely with the local farmers, to find
                   solutions to their problems. He realized that small farmers need support to manage
                   their agriculture as an industrial enterprise. To transfer the livelihood of the rural poor
                   across the country, he decided to establish a Charitable Trust and local leaders
                   extended generous support.
                   To highlight the need for providing management support to farmers in the form of
                   appropriate technologies, critical inputs, skills and market linkage, he chose Bhartiya
                   Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) as the name of the organization. BAIF was
                   inaugurated on August 24, 1967 by the –then President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain. In
                   1988, the organization was renamed as BAIF Development Research Foundation, to
                   emphasize our focus on development research which calls for transfer of appropriate
                   technologies along with efficient systems and strengthening of the field network and
                   gross root level organizations.
                   In 2017, BAIF has completed 50 years' journey of development ensuring services to over
                   5 million families spread over 1 lakh villages in backward regions of 13 states in the
                   country.
                   BAIF is one of the foremost voluntary scientific organizations of India focusing on Dairy
                   Husbandry, Afforestation and Environment, Natural Resource Management, Tribal
                   Rehabilitation and Women empowerment, Holistic Cluster Development, Capacity
                   building and Climate Change. For more reading about BAIF, please visit www.baif.org.in
                   BAIF promoted a state society RRIDMA (Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development
                                      th
                   Management) on 30 January 1993 for its operation in Rajasthan. BISLD RAJASTHAN is
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a professionally managed, non-political and secular organization registered under Societies Registration
Act 1958. BISLD RAJASTHAN is committed to create opportunities of gainful self-employment for the rural
families, especially those disadvantaged sections of Society in Rajasthan, ensuring sustainable livelihood,
enriched environment, improved quality of life and good human values. This will achieve through effective
use of local resources, extension of appropriate technologies and upgradation of skills and capabilities with
community participation. In essence, the purpose of BISLD RAJASTHAN is a reflection of that of its
promoter, BAIF.
From the year 2016-17, all the field operations of BAIF has been shifted to a BAIF promoted not- for- profit
Company (registered under section 8 of the Companies Act, 1956) called BAIF Institute for Sustainable
Livelihoods and Development (BISLD). The operations of BISLD are spread over 4 regions: North, West, East
and South regions. Now, all the programmes of Rajasthan are managed by BISLD- North.
The programmes of BISLD are being implemented across 13 states of India through a team of senior
development professionals and field implementation staff. The operations are spread over the following
Regions:
   1. Northern Region – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and RAJASTHAN
   2. Eastern Region      – Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh
   3. Western Region      – Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
   4. Southern Region – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka
The Regional Headquarters of BISLD are located at Allahabad (North), Hyderabad (South), Ranchi (East)
and Nashik (West). The multidisciplinary programmes of BISLD and its Associate Organizations are spread
across 250 districts reaching out to over 5 million families.
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                                                            From the Desk
                                                                  of
                                                           Regional Director

                             I am pleased to release the Annual Report of BISLD Rajasthan for the year
                             2017-18. After a developmental journey of its associate organizations (BAIF
                             and RRIDMA) spanning across 36 years, BISLD has continued a series of
                             milestone achievements in diversified sectors of rural development.
                             Establishment of Cattle Development Centers (CDCs), promotion of vegetable
                             and fruit cultivation, establishment of tribal co-operatives and generation of
                             livelihood opportunities for the poor families in the desert area are some of
                             the major achievements of organization.
                             A new partnership has been shaped up with HDFC bank to undertake holistic
                             development through sustainable management of agro ecology in 16 villages
                             of 4 districts in the state. The desert center in Barmer has been providing
                             services to desert communities by promoting uniquely designed livelihood
                             model with a combination of rainwater harvesting tank, ber plants and goat
                             rearing along with empowerment of people. Watershed management has
                             been also undertaken in Barmer area. This has resulted in increased
                             availability of water and fodder, scope for vegetable production through
                             harvested water and good returns through fruits leading to stabilized and
                             sustainable livelihood of people. Long-standing partnership with Hindustan
                             Zinc Limited has been helping farmers in raising their farm production over
                             27% in kharif. Farmers are fetching additional income of Rs. 40,000/- to Rs
                             45,000/- per annum from Wadi. Livestock development programme has
                             provided breeding and livestock management advisory services to 3.16 lakh
                             families through 454 centres. Promotion of household toilets and LPG
                             connections has benefitted 5000 families in Banswara districts, is also a
                             significant achievement.
                             I acknowledge the generous support of our esteemed donor agencies
                             including Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Dept. of Animal
                             Husbandry, Tribal Area Development Department (TADD), Govt of Rajasthan,
                             National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Hindustan
                             Zinc Ltd (HZL), Nidhi Foundation (Lafarge), CAIRN India, Department of
                             Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. I appreciate the efforts of
                             our developmental teams and the partner village communities, people's
                             representatives at various levels and the district administration in different
                             operational districts in Rajasthan.

                                                                                       Bharat K Kakade
                                                                                          Regional Director
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BISLD Rajasthan Programme
BISLD Rajasthan is operating following programmes:
1) Livestock based Livelihood
2) Land-based Livelihood
3) Natural Resource Management
4) Community Empowerment
5) Research and Dissemination
   The above programmes have evolved as per local requirements, are adaptable in nature and operate
   through:
   i)   People's Organizations which mainly comprise:
        a. Co-operatives
        b. Self Help Groups and
        c. Committees
   ii) Projects
   iii) Training

A Co-operative is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily co-operate for their mutual social,
economic and cultural benefit. It is a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members. It is
generally ongoing in nature.
A Self-Help Group is a village-based financial intermediary usually comprising 10-20 local women or men. It
typically comprises a group of micro entrepreneurs having homogeneous social and economic backgrounds,
all voluntarily coming together to regularly save small sums of money, mutually agreeing to contribute to a
common fund and meet their emergency needs on the basis of mutual help. It particularly gives a common
platform for women to empower themselves and enhance their social status. It is generally ongoing in nature.
A Committee is a smaller group of persons representing a larger group of persons, organized in a manner to
arrive at decisions after discussions and deliberations within the group.
A Project works with a pre-determined budget and well-defined deliverables. It is generally of a fixed duration.
Training is imparting, upgrading or updating of knowledge, skills (domain and soft) and competencies. It has
the specific goal of improving the capability, productivity and performance of the trainee. It is generally of a
fixed duration; however, the need for training is perpetual and goes well beyond acquiring the initial
qualifications and stays relevant throughout working life.
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   Coverage
   BISLD RAJASTHAN has built
   an organization and
   infrastructure to undertake
   projects across Rajasthan to
   uplift the marginalized sections
   of the society so that they can
   improve the quality of life and
   enhanced livelihood with
   dignity. The map below depicts
   the operational districts
   covered.

    Table: 1.1 Programme Coverage in Rajasthan

                             Agriculture based   Livestock based    Watershed     Silvipasture
     S.No      District
                                Livelihood          Livelihood     Development   Development
     1        Alwar                                  
     2        Ajmer                                                                  
     3        Bhilwara                                                               
     4        Bundi                                                                 
     5        Banswara                               
     6        Bharatpur                              
     7        Barmer                                                                 
     8        Baran                                                                  
     9        Chittorgarh                                            -
     10       Dausa                                                  -
     11       Dungarpur                                              -
     12       Jaipur                                                 -               -
     13       Jhalawar                                               -               -
     14       Karauli                                                -               -
     15       Pratapgarh                                             -               -
     16       Rajsamand                                              -               -
     17       S. Madhopur                                            -               -
     18       Sirohi                                                 -               -
     19       Tonk                                                   -               -
     20       Udaipur                                                               -
     21       Nagaur                                                 -               -
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                   II Thematic Progress at a Glance
Livestock Development
The Programme is being scaled up through 397 livestock development Centers in 20 districts of the state. The
centre provides door step services to ensure breeding and post pregnancy follow up with animal husbandry
advisory. Total 5,77,035 Artificial Inseminations have been done in current year. It is 6.59 % higher in
comparison to last year which was 5,41,331. BISLD Rajasthan is following state animal breeding policy and
emphasizing on indigenous breed development under livestock programme as indicated in below diagram.

                                                                Trend of Results

                                                             We are operating 397
                                                              CDC and out of this
                                  Total 6,05,224 female
                                                                   358 Cattle
                                      calves (cow &
                                                             Development centres
                                  buffalo) were born till                                   About 80-85%
                                                              are working in self-
                                    March 2018 and                                        farmers are linked
                                                             sustained mode and
                                     2,38,335 are in                                     with dairy society for
                                                                 their centre in
                                  milking, average milk                                     milk marketing
                                                             charges (local youth)
                                  production is around
                                                              are earning average
                                      7 to 8 ltr/day
                                                               Rs. 14,000/- to Rs.
                                                              16,000/- per month.

Watershed Development                                       Climate Proofing Programme
BISLD RAJASTHAN is implementing watershed                   BISLD Rajasthan is focusing on climate proofing
development programme in Barmer district with               issue through watershed plus programme and
the assistance of NABARD & Cairn Foundation                 various climate smart interventions in different
through co-funding approach. This is proposed in            projects. Four watershed projects are being
2000 Ha. area. Activities of capacity building              implemented through set of climate proofing
phase are being implemented in Bhadaka and                  interventions with financial assistance from
Bothiya watershed in Bayatu block of Barmer                 NABARD.
district. Interventions like arid plantation, Goat
development through breeding buck, fielding
bunding, grass seeding, fodder promotion solar
stoves, etc. have been completed during capacity
building phase.
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Table: 2.1 Coverage of Smart Interventions through various Projects

              Area specific      Tree                  Roof top       Community
                                                                                                            Salinity     IRESA
District          crop         Based       RWH         water          weather         IPM      INM
                                                                                                          treatment      Bio gas
              management      Farming                harvesting        station
Ajmer         650 Families       50

Alwar         600 Families       50                                                                                    10 Families
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Bhilwara      300 Families       150

Barmer                           656       300          26
                                         Families     Families

Banswara                        1800

Baran         600 Families       50        50                                                                          10 Families
                                         Families

Chittorgarh   600 Families       200                                                                                   10 Families

Jaipur        400 Families       50

Rajsamand     300 Families       150                                                                        100
                                                                                                          Families

Udaipur          6000            110       700                           300         300         300
                Families                 Families                      Families    Families    Families
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Tree Based Farming System (WADI)
Tree Based Farming System is a very effective model of livelihood for tribal community which was introduced
by Dr. Manibhai Desai in Valsad district of Gujarat in 1980s. Looking at the success of the model, it was
replicated by NABARD and Department of Tribal Development.
What is WADI?
WADI is the approach of tree based farming system focused on family as a unit of development. The system
includes one-acre land aiming crop diversification including fruit plants, forestry plants on the boundary,
vegetables & food crop as intercrop and water management & water resources on farm along with women
development in family.

Purpose:
 To promote livelihood through crop diversification
 To develop an opportunity to sustain livelihood for
  small land holders
Family Outreach
 So far 26000 families have been associated with
  WADI and 1800 families have been benefitted in
  current year.
Benefits:
 Avg. Annual income of INR 20000 from cash crop in
  initial two years
 Avg. Annual income of INR 50000 from fruits and
  farm forestry after 8 years
 Fuel wood & fodder from forestry plants
Trend of Impact
Total 10000 families have got full employment from
WADI by earning of above INR 50000 per year per acre.

Natural Resource Management
NRM is one of the most important interventions of
BAIF programmes to ensure gainful employment for
rural poor. Interventions like Water Resource
Development, Water Management, Soil conservation,
Pasture development and Roof top water harvesting
are being promoted through various projects in the
state. The constructed structures and water
management systems have significant role in
changing socio-economic status of farmers.
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                               Table: 2.2 Profile of different NRM works in State

                                          Roof top                                                Gravity Drip
                                                         Tanka for         Field
                 Earthen       Pacca        water                                             irrigation systems
   District                                               desert         bunding    Khadin
                Structures   Structures  harvesting                                                for water
                                                        community       (In RMT )   (Nos.)
                  (Nos.)       (Nos.) structures (Nos.)                                          management
                                                          (Nos.)
  Ajmer                                                                                               13
  Barmer            3                        69            26            1709         75             184
  Baran            30                                                                                 50
  Bhilwara                                                                                            55
  Chittorgarh                    3                                                                   137
  Rajsamand                                                                                           53
  Udaipur          11                                                                                 29
  Total            44                                                                                511
  Area             88            6                                         34        150             102
  covered
  in ha

                                                                     Women Empowerment
                                                                     Organization believes that family is the unit
                                                                     of development and woman is the back bone
                                                                     of any family. There is no meaning of
                                                                     development without women empowerment.
                                                                     WADI Tukdi, SHG, Kitchen Garden, Micro
                                                                     finance, Health literacy, financial literacy and
                                                                     preference of women-headed families are
                                                                     successful approaches for favor of women
                                                                     empowerment. Following indicators are
                                                                     significant to measure the progress of
                                                                     current year.
                                                                      222 hand pumps have been repaired or
                                                                       installed due to initiatives of women
                                                                       groups.
                                                                      175 women have been associated with
                                                                       Income Generation Activities like goat
                                                                       keeping, Manihari shops, tailoring,
                                                                       sanitary napkin etc.
                                                                      3000 families have been associated with
                                                                       Ujjawala Gas Connection or solar stoves
                                                                       to improve standard of living.
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Community Health
To lead qualitative life, health is one of the issues in rural areas. Awareness camps, WASH, adoption of
sanitary napkins, soak pits, clean home, regular immunization, eye camps, health camps and sensitization
through SHGs are common interventions under multi-disciplinary projects and it is being achieved through
cluster development approach.
Capacity Building
The organization focuses on capacity building of different stakeholders through following training models.
 Focused Technical Training cum exposure visit (Agriculture, Horticulture, Fishery, Climate change, livestock,
  Research, information & technology, etc.)
 Pre Activity Training (Before implementation of activity)
 Post Activity Training (Training for post management of activity)
 Training on institution building (Training on 3-tier systems from farmer groups to apex people organization)
 Training for project leaders and team (Result Based Management, Communication, Personality
  development, etc.)
 Training for different stake holders (FIGs, SHGs, VDCs, POs, Farmers, etc.)
Progress
9296 farmers have been trained during the year, 241 trainings were organized for primary and secondary POs
and 1504 youth professional were trained and 100 community resources persons were trained during the year.
Research
Organization emphasizes on applied research and helps to provide possible solutions for area specific
problems of Farmer's field. Research also provides new technologies and directions to farming community. It
is being achieved through state & central research team at various research farms of BAIF. Following topics
have been studied during the year.
Topic 1: Comparative study between different accessions of cactus in arid area.
Treatments: Three treatments were taken on Barmer campus to assess the growth of various accessions.
Treatment-1: Accession-1280, Treatment -2: Accession-1270, Treatment -3: Accession-1308
Conclusion: Accession 1280 have recorded maximum plants height (81.2 CM), cladodes length (32.6 CM) &
cladodes thickness (2) Cm while accession 1270 have recorded No. of cladodes/ plants (8 No) & cladodes
breadth (19.7) Cm). Accession No 1308 having more succulents.
Topic 2: Comparative study between different mulching practices in arid plantation at Barmer.
Treatments: Three treatments were taken on Barmer campus
Treatment -1: Grass mulching, Treatment -2: Tal-ya tray, Treatment -3: Plastic mulching
Conclusion: Plastic Mulching had good performance based on thickness of stem and number of branching of
Ber plants.
Published Research Article: A Research Paper published in Environment Conservation Journal on qualitative
estimation of Carbon stock and carbon sequestration in small holder agro forestry farms mango and Indian
gooseberry in Rajasthan based on field work at Wadi in Jhadol & Garhi blocks .
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                      III Progress of CSR projects
                                   Table: 3.1 Major Projects & Partners

          Title of the project      Partner      Covered    Covered                         Major
 S.No.                            organization
           (Project period)                      villages   districts                   interventions

   1      Sustainable             HZL              185         05         Integrated Livestock Development
          Agriculture                                                     Centre,
          Management And                                                  Area specific Crop Management, Tree
          Development by                                                  Based Farming, Vegetable Production,
          Human Action for                                                Salinity Treatment, Farmer Interest
          Nature(2016-2021)                                               Groups & strengthening, Scientific
                                                                          interactions, Innovative practices,
                                                                          Rural Agro Enterprises

   2      Sustainable             HDFC             16          04         Integrated Livestock Development
          Management of Agro                                              Centre,
          ecology for Rural                                               Area specific Crop Management, Tree
          Transformation-                                                 Based Farming, NRM, Renewables
          Holistic approach                                               energy, Community health , Farmer
          (2016-2021)                                                     Interest Groups, VDC & strengthening,
                                                                          Dissemination of technologies
                                                                          through farmer days
   3      Natural Resource        CAIRN India      89          1          Rain Water Harvesting, Silvipasture,
          Management & Farm       Limited                                 WADI, Goat development, Technology
          Based for Livelihoods                                           demonstration, Capacity building
          in CAIRN area at
          Barmer. ( 2017-2018)
   4      Improving Farm          Mahindra &       40          2          Package of Practices for Kharif & Rabi
          Productivity and        Mahindra                                crops, High tech. Vegetable, Capacity
          Constant Engagement     Company                                 building
          with Farmers
          (2015-2020)
   5      Integrated Live Stock    VIKRAM                                 Integrated Livestock Development
          Development              Cement                                 Centre
          (2016-2021)
   6      Integrated Live Stock    Sanwariya                              Integrated Livestock Development
          Development              Temple                                 Centre
          (2017-2022)
   7      Integrated Live Stock    Prakratik                              Integrated Livestock Development
          Development              Society                                Centre
          (2012-2017)
   8      Integrated Live Stock   RUJFIL           32          1          Integrated Livestock Development
          Development                                                     Centre
          (2018-2023)
   9      Integrated Live Stock   Geeta dham        1          1          Animal Breeding at Goushala
          Development             Goushala
          (2017-2022)
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LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
The programme was started in the year 1980 with an aim to provide sustainable employment and livelihood
through better dairy practices to the cattle rearers of Rajasthan. It operates through Cattle Development
Centers (CDCs) and provides door to door Artificial Insemination (AI) services, advice on calf rearing, cross-
breeding, health and vaccination, green fodder demonstration, Vermicomposting and other allied services.
Objectives of this programme are to create an asset for livelihood development (generate employment,
income and nutritional security) and ensure benefits to the families from lower socio-economic strata and the
women.
During 2017-18 following were implemented in partnership with Tribal Area Development Department, Vikram
Cement, Hindustan Zinc Limited.

                                      Districts covered               20
                                      Centres (no.)                  397
                                      Blocks covered                 121
                                      Villages covered             7455
                                      Families covered           378199
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The main activities performed through programme are:
 Breed Improvement
 Close follow up
 Vaccination and deworming
 Farmer's training
 Green Fodder Demonstration
 Castration
 Linkages with Dairy & Animal Husbandry Department

                  Table 3.2: Performance of the Livestock Development Programme (2017-18)

       S. No.     Type of
                                                                    Families     Total Artificial   Average AI
                   Center   Districts     Centres    Villages
                                                                    covered      Inseminations     per Month
                  (Model)

           1       MADA           1          08           97          7288           15888            166

           2        TSP           2          15          203          4922           9068             50

           3       NGO            1          02           28           836           2681             112

           4       BAIF           20        358          6909        360607         537192            125

           5        CSR           4          12          194          3496           10380            79

           6       PO’s           1          02           24          1050           1846             77

                  TOTAL           20        397          7455        378199         577055            121

   Table 3.3 Following Models are being practiced in BISLD Rajasthan Livestock Development Programme

  Model              CSR                   TADD                    MADA                  NGO            BAIF Model

 Support        Fully supported        Fully supported         Fully supported      Fully supported     AI Calving

Services        Comprehensive          Comprehensive           Comprehensive        AI, PD, Calving     AI, Calving
                  package                package                 package

Sustainable Livelihood through Integrated Livestock Development Programme
The project was started in January 2015 in partnership with Vikram Cement Plant, Chittorgarh with an objective
to improve household income through proven animal husbandry practices in 16 villages of Nimbahera block of
Chittorgarh district.
The specific objectives of the project are to create an asset for livelihood development (generate employment,
income and nutritional security), Ensure benefits to the families from lower socio-economic strata, Promote
employment generation, small entrepreneurship and environment friendly system.
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The aim is to provide efficient breeding services at the doorsteps of farmers with scientific approach. The
project is designed on Cluster based approach to cover the block of villages to create greater impact.
Conservation of indigenous breeds and crossbreeding with non-descript animals, Integration of breeding with
training, fodder development and health care, Support services like vaccination camp and nutritional advice.
We have planned to utilize the trained local youth to take over the operation in due course and simultaneously
establish linkages with Dept of Animal Husbandry for health care and with milk union for milk marketing.
The Project will be implemented initially for 5 years which may be extended mutually and/or modified as per
the need of the community.

                        During year
                        Total AI done         1438
                        Total Calves born     287(189 Cows & 98 Buffaloes)
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During this year, 1404 animals of 263 beneficiaries were dewormed, 2200 animals of 277 beneficiaries were
vaccinated & fodder demonstration was done on 156 plots.
Key Results
1.   Total No. of A.I. done during the year is 577055 which is 6.59 % higher in comparison to last year i.e.
     541331.
2.   51413 Male & 49360 Female born during the year.
3.   Total families benefited since inception 377160 and during this year 20759 families have been benefited
     within 7455 villages.
4.   Rajasthan state has achieved second position in Breed improvement programme within entire BAIF.
5.   173734 Cross breed Cow/improved Buffaloes (female) are in milking and producing 330 Met. Ton liters
     milk per day which is valued at Rs. 82.50 Lacs
6.   BAIF Model Highest A.I. Performing centre is at Bhambori Dist. Jaipur which has achieved total 5257 AI
     whose average is 438 AI p.m.
7.   MADA Model Highest A.I. Performing centre is at Pali, Distt. Alwar which has achieved total 4312 AI whose
     average is 359 p.m.
8.   CSR Model Highest A.I. Performing centre is at SaryaKala, Distt. Alwar which has achieved total Total 2523
     AI whose average is 210 p.m.
9.   04 New Centres were established under sponsorship of Rajendra and Ursula Joshi Food Industries Pvt.
     Ltd. (RUJFIL), Jaipur.
10. Two Skill Development refresher training (05 days each) of AITs conducted in Feb & March 2018 which
    has benefitted 45 participants.
11. During this year 13 tons of Mineral Mixture procured from CRS.
12. Organized 151 animal health
    camps under SAMADHAN
    supported by HZL with technical
    assistance from District Animal
    Husbandry Department where
    44689 animals were treated and
    4832 families benefitted.
13. Record keeping through Online
    software has been started for
    monitoring, storing and
    transmitting information regarding
    livestock breeding programme (AI,
    PD, calving)and relevant support
    activities like, supply of semen,
    liquid nitrogen, mineral mixture, etc.
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SAMADHAN
(Sustainable Agriculture Management and Development by Human Action for Nature)

    Title of the
                            Partner        Covered       Covered
      project                                                                  Major interventions
                          organization     villages      districts
  (Project period)

    SAMADHAN                 HZL             185             05         Integrated Livestock Development
    (2016-2021)                                                              Centre, Area specific Crop
                                                                        Management, Tree Based Farming,
                                                                           Vegetable Production, Salinity
                                                                       Treatment, Farmer Interest Groups &
                                                                       strengthening, Scientific interactions,
                                                                          Innovative practices, Rural Agro
                                                                                    Enterprises

SAMADHAN - "Sustainable Agriculture
Management & Development by Human Action for
Nature" has focused on farm based development
ensuring values of nature or environment through
community participation. The Project is an initiative
towards piloting sustainable development pathways.
The Project includes two main components -
Agriculture and Livestock.
Objectives
 To enhance livelihood opportunities through up-
  gradation and better management of natural
  resources
 To enhance the capacity of participating families
  for sustainable management of natural
  resources.

                                   Table 3.4 Coverage of SAMADHAN Project

 HZL Units                                              Chanderiya, Agucha, Dariba, Debari, Zawar, Kayad
 Total district covered                                 05
 Total block covered                                    11
 Total Gram Panchayat covered                           75
 Total Villages to be covered                           185 (67 core villages+118 peripheral villages)
 Families to be covered in core villages                17728
 Families to be covered in peripheral villages          18500
 Total families to be covered                           36228
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                             Table 3.5 District wise details of Core & Peripheral villages

                                               Core           Peripheral          Total              Families
      District                 Unit
                                              Villages         Villages          Villages            covered
     Chittorgarh         Chanderiya              16              32                   48              573
     Bhilwara                Agucha              12              18                   30              662
     Rajsamand                Dariba             15              17                   32              911
     Udaipur                  Zawer              12              16                   28              226
                              Debari             06              24                   30              704
     Ajmer                    Kayad              06              11                   17              116
     Total Villages                              67              118               185                3156

                              Table 3.6 Project Components & Progress (cumulative)

      Agriculture                 Plan       Progress              Livestock                 Plan        Progress
  Specific Package of              2500         2499          Artificial Insemination          15600              9213
  practices                                                  through ILDC

  Package of Rainfed              2500         2500          Animal Camps                    375                151
  Practices

  Salinity Treatments             570           70           Breeding Buck                   110                101

  Vegetable Production            1890          461          Training on Goat keepers         6                   7

  Transfer of Technology          250           293
  through Producer Groups

  Support for existing            175           175
  Wadis

  Tree based farming              250           212

  Plastic Mulching                 10            0
  (Material support)

  Pulses Garden                    50           50

  Azola Farming                    01           01

  Scientist visit & farmer         35           35
  Interactions
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Key Highlights
 795 goat keepers of 65 Villages were joined in 92 FIGs who are entitled to get breeding services from 92
  inducted bucks.
 2499 farmers are realizing the benefit of Area Specific PoP (Package of Practices) in terms of average
  additional production of 10 quintal per ha. (499 Ha. area covered under this activities)
 Celebrated Kisan Diwas on 23rd Dec 2017 at 05 project locations, participation of 3027 farmers comprising
  all locations with a greater enthusiasm and an expectation of knowledge sharing assembled at several
  locations.
 Celebrated Women's Day at all 06 locations

                           ROSE BLOOMS AT KAYAD - A CASE STUDY
There is an increasing demand for flowers as flower
has central place in Indian cultural and religious
practices. With this background floriculture was
introduced on demonstration basis in SAMADHAN
project. Rose which is cut flower was chosen under
floriculture based on the ease of marketing of the
produce. Mr. Haridyal is an enthusiastic farmer in
Kayad village of Ajmer district. He was traditionally
cultivating wheat and maize in his farm. He was
interested in trying an innovation and developed a
barren land for cultivation. Floriculture in Kayad was
entirely new where nobody had ever done it even
within nearby villages irrespective of its proximity to
Ajmer District which had demand for roses.
Haridyal spent Rs.30000 in land preparation for
floriculture like land leveling, pit digging etc. He was
supported with good quality 1000 rose plants of
Ganganagari variety in December along with the
technical knowhow as well as an Exposure visit to rose nursery to Pushkar for cultivating roses.
After three months, the production of the roses has started with around 700 plants under flowering. Initially,
the production is around 1.5kg of roses per day per plant which is expected to increase up to 5kg per day in the
coming months as the plants grow. During lean season, roses sell @ Rs. 60/kg and during peak season an
average rate of Rs.125/kg is obtained. It has been estimated that average annual income from rose will be
around Rs.50000.
Haridyal is happy, experiencing the success of the rose plantation and farmers from nearby villages are visiting
his plot where he shares the knowledge on Rose cultivation and now he has become a resource person for
rose cultivation in the village. Seeking the success and the income generated, he is planning to cultivate rose in
another 1000 sq.m. of land. In the past few months visualizing the result of rose cultivation, many farmers
have approached the project team with the desire to cultivate roses.
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     Sustainable Management of Agro Ecology for Rural Transformation (SMART)
      Title of the
                          Partner      Covered          Covered
    project (Project                                                         Major interventions
                        organization   villages         districts
        period)

    SMART                 HDFC            16      04 (Alwar, Jaipur,    Integrated Livestock
    (2016-2021)                                   Baran, Chittorgarh)   Development Centre, Area
                                                                        specific Crop Management, Tree
                                                                        Based Farming, NRM,
                                                                        Renewables energy, Community
                                                                        health , Farmer Interest Groups,
                                                                        VDC & strengthening,
                                                                        Dissemination of technologies
                                                                        through farmer days with 7200
                                                                        families in 06 blocks (1500 in
                                                                        Jaipur, 2000 in Alwar, 2300 in
                                                                        Baran & 1400 in Chittorgarh)

Objective
 To enhance the productivity of resources including Agricultural land, Animal and Vegetation.
 To build resilience against climate change vulnerability through SMART interventions and strengthen
  capacities of communities and their institutions.
 To increase the paying capacity of village community by developing hub of SMART villages.
   Sustainable Management of Agro-ecology for Rural Transformation 'SMART' brings in the approach of
   holistic development at the grassroots level and builds capacities of rural poor facilitating sustainable
   development at family/household level, village level and community level with strong community institution
   ensuring project sustainability
Components of Project
 Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture
   Crop specific Package of Practice, Creeper Farming, High Tech Vegetable cultivation, Tree base Farming
   (Wadi)
 Natural Resource Management
   Field Bunding, Furrow Making, Roof Water harvesting on Govt. Building and homes, Grass seeding on
   Bunds, Anicut and water harvesting structure, CCT/ Farm ponds, Fish pond, Introduction of Solar pumps
   units, Promotion of Gravity drip irrigation.
 Livestock component
   Livestock Development Centre, Green fodder demonstration, Climate Proof housing, Animal Health camp,
   Goatry Development,
 Environment and Domestic Sanitation
   HH Toilet Unit Construction, Kitchen/Nutrition Garden, Biomass Chullha, Green Village (Mass Plantation)
   Creativity room in school.
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 Clean and Renewable Energy
   Integrated Renewable Energy and Sustainable Agriculture (IRESA) model -2, Solar Street Lighting
 Community Health
   Awareness Generation on Menstrual Hygiene (Young Mothers and Adolescent Girls 13-25 years),
   Community Health Camps, Clean Kitchen, Clean Drinking Water (Revenue Based Model)
 Extension Promotion and Capacity Building
   Village Entry & Concept building, Base line survey, Wealth ranking, Participatory Mapping& Selection of
   Smart interventions, Wall painting & Awareness building for SMART Village, Cross Learning Exposure Visits
   Within project villages, Exhibitions and Farmers Days (Biannual)
 Community Based Institution Building
   Capacity building of Producer Groups (Workshops and Exposure visits), Exposure visit (Outside of Project
   area like University, KVK, Model project), Capacity building of Village Level Committees (Workshops),
   Livelihood Enhancement for Landless households
Key Highlights
 Improved Bajra was introduced in 08 villages of Alwar & Jaipur (04 each) with 140 farmers of Alwar and
  255 farmers of Jaipur on 0.2 ha area of each farmer, which sums upto 79 ha land.

                                             Production data - Pearl millet
                           Year            2016 (0.2 ha)    2017 (0.2 ha)     % increase
                           Alwar           6.34 qt          7.26 qt           14.51
                           Jaipur          4.16 qt          5.74 qt           38.16

                   8

                   6
                                                                                           Alwar
                   4                                                                       Jaipur
                                                                                           ALWAR
                   2
                                                                                           JAIPUR

                   0
                                  2016                        2017

                                  Farmers' production / sale (Rate as per MSP)
                        Year - 2016-17                               Year - 2017-18                  Increased
                                                                                                    income per
                  MSP Rate         Income against          MSP Rate           Income against           farmer
                   (per Qt)          production             (per Qt)            production           (Average)

     Alwar       Rs.1,330.00             Rs.8,432.20       Rs.1,425.00         Rs.10,345.50         Rs.1,913.30
     Jaipur      Rs.1,330.00             Rs.5,532.80       Rs.1,425.00         Rs.8,179.50          Rs.2,646.70
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                Natural Resource Management & Farm based Intervention for
                             Sustainable Livelihoods in Barmer
Objective
1. Enhancing livelihood of participating farmers through increased productivity and increased income by
   diversifying the agriculture production base.
2. Engaging farmers in farm based activities throughout the year thereby reducing dependency on CIL.
3. Scaling up the natural resource base of the farmers and for the community which requires minimum
   maintenance or post project support.

Coverage
 Village covered                       98
 Covered block                         03
 Covered district                      01
 Covered families                      1052

Major Interventions
a. New Wadi establishment: 200 Wadis have been established against plan of 200 WADIs following the
   model of 100 plants of Ber, Gunda, Pomegranate & Lemon.
b. Goat Units: 10 units (05 female & one male buck) of goat & buck supported to small marginal farmers for
   upliftment of income for poor people in the technical support of Chandanagri farms, CAZRI Jodhpur &
   border area of Barmer.
c. Aftercare of existing Wadi: 387 Wadis against plan of 456 WADIs are undertaken, in which ant termites,
   nutrient management & rogar for fruit borer have been supported to participants. 392 Wadis are under
   fruiting.
d. Development of Khadin work: 63 Khadin earth work furnished against plan of 75 Khadin for growing of
   rain fed crops.
e. Renovation of Nadi work: Motwaloki Nadi has been renovated in village Bhadkha, water has stagnated up
   to Feb end of this month. This Nadi is benefitting 230 families for drinking of water as well as for animals.
f. Shade net House: Two shade net houses installed by getting technical support from CAZRI, where farmers
   are growing coriander & cucumber successfully even at high temperature. Cucumber fruiting has started.
g. Development of Silvipasture unit: One Silvipasture unit of 18 Ha is installed in Kharwa village of
   Gudamalani, the area is fenced with barbed wire, stone pole, grass seeds & forestry plants.
h. Technology Demonstration: 21 demos (11 for Kharif & 10 for Rabi) of Guwar, Moong, Moth, bajra, cumin &
   Isabgol were performed. Kharif demo performed at Khadin farmer's site whereas Rabi demo was
   performed in irrigated area. An Average production of Bajra 150 kg/Acre, Cumin 377kg/Acre and Isabgol
   480kg/acre were recorded.
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i.   Cairn Agri Fellow Programme: Selected 15 youths were imparted 2 days training for different trades like
     dairy activity, nursery management, goat management & horticulture management at KVK.
j.   Capacity building Programme: 1620 farmers (1197 M & F 423) were imparted training for installation of
     shade net house, production technology of ber, gunda & Pomegranate crop, IPM, INM & water management
     also. 309 farmers have visited CAZRI & KVK for enhancement of production from their field by adopting of
     good practices.
Key Highlights
 Institutional linkage has been developed with CAZRI by Cairn Foundation to ensure transfer of technologies.
 50 farmers have started extracting gum from Kumath trees, training has been taken from CAZRI Jodhpur &
  injection has been taken from this institute. 130 Kg gum has been produced from Kumath plants.
 Mr. Lakhsingh, participant of DST project village Undkha district Barmer received State level honor by Sh.
  Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, State Minister of Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan during a State level
  Kisan Mela organized by Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute (CSWRI), Avikanagar district Tonk. He
  was honored for the "Promotion of Marwari Ram & Sheep" in the district.
 Mr. Babulal Meghwal village Kowkheda Barmer has received award from Director of CAZRI Jodhpur during
  Kisan Mela for best fruits of Ber & Pomegranate.
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          Improving Farm Productivity and Constant Engagement with Farmers

     Title of the project     Partner         Covered      Covered              Major interventions
      (Project period)      organization      villages     districts

      Improving Farm         Mahindra &          40        2 (Ajmer      Package of Practices for Kharif &
     Productivity and        Mahindra                      & Alwar)      Rabi crops, High tech. Vegetable,
         Constant            Company                                       Capacity building with 1200
     Engagement with                                                                 families
      Farmers (2015-
          2020)

 Objectives of Project
  To provide agri. advisory services through extension activities to farmers for increase in crop productivity.
  To monitor crop management practices of individual farmer to help them achieve optimum net returns from
   farming.
  To assist and guide farmers to adopt innovative/ improved methods of farming and technology.
 Major Interventions
 a. Package of practices for existing crops: Total 800 families have been associated with scientific farming
    system focusing on improved seed, seed treatment, nutrient management and plant protection in main
    crops of Kharif & Rabi.
 b. Capacity building and dissemination of technologies: It has been achieved through Farmer training,
    exposure visits and farmer field days.
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Key Highlights
 Deputy Manager, Mahindra & Mahindra visited from 19 to 21 Sept, 2017 to both clusters. Group meetings
  were organized with 175 participants in both clusters and interacted on project activities and various
  aspects.
 One "Ratri Choupal" was conducted in presence of Mr. Hari Mukesh Dhakar, Sr. Manager, Mahindra
  Samriddh in village Hinyaliya, Ajmer with 19 participants.
 Conducted a village meeting in Dubbi, Alwar for launching Mahindra Agri-village which was attended by Dr.
  Shivendra Kumar, Regional Manager, Sh. Sangram Singh Patil, Deputy Manager CSR, Mahindra and
  Mahindra, Sh. Hari Mohan Dhakad, Manager Samriddhi center Jaipur. The CSR Team visited Bajra and High-
  Tech Vegetable cultivation plots in village Dubbi and interacted with Farmers group in village Neemla
  regarding agriculture, Horticulture, Bee keeping, Mushroom farming and formation of F.P.O. etc.
 Organized two days' farmers Exposure visit and Training at Directorate of Rap seed-Mustard Research-
  Bharatpur for farming of Mustard Crops and Agriculture Management. Director Dr. P.K. Roy and other
  Scientists of institution interacted closely with farmers. 27 farmers participated. On this occasion Sh.
  Gajendra Singh Sekhawat, Union Minister of state- Agriculture and farmer welfare, Govt. of India also
  interacted with our participants and awarded training certificates. Farmers purchased 70 Kg Mustard seeds
  at their own cost with the help of institutional recommendation of specific variety for various districts.
 Provided input support (seed, seedlings, low pressure drip unit instalment, fertilizer, insecticide, mulching
  sheet etc.) for 52 participants for high- Tech vegetable cultivation (16 old and 32 new farmers) with 4
  nursery growers in shed net house. Renovation of shed net house with extension of twice the area in
  comparison to last year has been completed at both districts.

                                    Table 3.7 Change in trend of production

                   OUTPUT - YEAR WISE COMPARATIVE PRODUCTION OF KHARIF CROP
         Year        Crop       Average Production        Average Production        Increase Production
                                    (Kg. /Acre)               (Kg. /Acre)               against Last
                                 (Previous Year)            (Current Year)             Year Kg./ Acre
       2015-16       Maize              810                      1146                    336 (41.4%)
                     Bajra             1008                      1242                    234 (23.2%)
       2016-17       Maize             1146                      1317                    171(14.9%)
                     Bajra             1242                      1385                    143 (11.5%)
       2017-18       Maize             1317                      1486                    169 (12.8%)
                     Bajra             1355                      1493                    138 (10.1%)
       Average       Maize             1091                     1316.3                  225.3 (20.6%)
                     Bajra            1201.7                    1373.3                  171.6 (14.3)
        Against      Maize              810                     1316.3                  506.3 (62.5%)
       Base line
                     Bajra             1008                     1373.3                  365.3 (36.2%)
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                       OUTPUT - YEAR WISECOMPARATIVE PRODUCTION OF RABI CROP
          Year          Crop          Average        Average Production (Kg.      Increase Production
                                  Production (Kg.            /Acre)                 against Last Year
                                       /Acre)            (Current Year)                 Kg./ Acre
                                  (Previous Year)
        2015-16        Wheat              1226                1398                     175 (14.2%)
                     Mustard              493                  554                      61 (12.3%)
                       Gram               644                  738                     94 (14.5%)
        2016-17        Wheat              1398                1823                     425 (30.4%)
                     Mustard              554                  642                      88 (15.9%)
                       Gram               738                  874                     136 (18.4%)
        Average        Wheat              1312               1610.5                    298.5(22.7%)
                     Mustard              523.5                598                     74.5(14.2%)
                       Gram               691                  806                     115(16.6%)

                               A case study on High Tech Vegetable Production

         Sample size                                        26 participants
         Area per participants - 2000 Sq. meter             2000 Sq. meter
         Crop- Chilly (krishna variety)                     Chilly (krishna variety)
         Highest Production observed                        75 Qt.
         Average Production                                 45 Qt
         Highest rate gained                                Rs. 35 Per Kg
         Lowest rate                                        Rs. 18 Per Kg
         Average rate                                       Rs. 26 Per Kg
         Highest Income                                     gained Rs.195000.00
         Average Income gained                              Rs.117000.00
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        Integrated Livestock Development through Corporate supported projects

     Table: 3.8 District wise details of Livestock Development through Corporate supported projects

                                       Integrated
                         Name of
                                        Livestock
S.No.      District      Partner                                     Major interventions
                                      Development
                       organization
                                         Centre
 1         Ajmer           HZL              01       Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                                                     breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations,
                                                     Goat development, Animal camps
 2         Alwar          HDFC             01        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                                                     breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations,
                                                     Goat development, Animal camps
 3        Bhilwara         HZL             02        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                                                     breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations,
                                                     Goat development, Animal camps
 4       Chittorgarh       HZL             02        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                                                     breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations,
                                                     Goat development, Animal camps
                         VIKRAM            01        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                         Cement                      breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations
                        Sanwariya          01        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                         Temple                      breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations
 5         Jaipur         HDFC             01        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                                                     breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations,
                                                     Goat development, Animal camps
                         RUJFIL            04        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                                                     breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations
 6        Jodhpur      Geeta dham          01        Animal Breeding
                        Goushala
 7       Rajsamand         HZL             02        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                                                     breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations,
                                                     Goat development, Animal camps
 7         Sawai         Prkratik          01        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
          Madhopur       Society                     breeding and follow up
 8         Udaipur         HZL             02        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                                                     breeding and follow up, fodder demonstrations,
                                                     Goat development, Animal camps
                         People            02        Extension & Awareness, doorstep services for
                       Organization                  breeding and follow up
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       IV GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED PROJECTS
                                   Table: 4.1 Major Projects & Partners

 S.No.   Title of the project     Name of      Covered    Covered             Major interventions
               (Period)          department    villages   districts
   1     Centre for desert        DST            100         02       Small Ruminants, Agri-Horti.-Forestry,
         development                                                  Rain water harvesting, Drudgery
         (2014-2019)                                                  reduction for women, capacity
                                                                      building
   2     Integrated               NABARD         15          01       Agri-Horti.-Forestry, Improved
         development of tribal                                        Agriculture, Soil conservation& Water
         families –Timbera                                            Resource Development. Micro
         district Banswara                                            Enterprises, Community Health,
         (2013-2019)                                                  Women Development, Capacity
                                                                      building of Saheriya farmers
         Integrated               NABARD         09          01
         development of tribal
         families –Ghatol
         district
         Banswara
         (2014-2020)
         Integrated               NABARD         06          01
         development of tribal
         families –Reodar
         district Sirohi
         (2017-2023)
   3     Saheriya Farm            TADD           19          01       Technology Resource Centre, SMART
         Development                                                  Farms, Goat Development,
         (2013-2018)                                                  Management of Goat & Dairy units,
                                                                      Entry Point Activities, Capacity
                                                                      Building
   4     Adivasi Libelihood       Bharat         42          01       Holistic development through
         Project(2015-2019)       Rural                               leveraging & co-financing
                                  Livelihood
                                  Foundation
   5     Watershed                NABARD         02          01       Area treatment, Community
         Development Project                                          development, Capacity building
         (2016-2022)
   6     Climate Proofing          NABARD         04          01       Climate Smart Interventions in
         Watershed                                                    completed watershed projects
         Development
         (2017-2018)
   7                              Department                 03       Intensive Participatory Planning
                                  of Rural                            Exercise and Facilitation to Gram
         CFT-NRLM                 Development                         Panchayat for implementation to
         (2016-2017)              &                                   generate employment through
                                  Panchayat                           MNERGA, Institution building through
                                  Raj                                 NRLM.
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Sustainable Livelihood Development for communities in Arid regions of western
    India through suitable technology interventions under BAIF's centre for
                               arid/Desert areas.
Objectives
 Scouting & introduction of suitable & improved types of agri/horti/forestry/ crops.
 Directly adopting mature/ proven technology at the farmer's field.
 Assessing fodder availability & nutritional management practices.
 Development of mini watershed (50-100 ha) for demonstrating all soil water conservation treatment.
 Pilot scale introduction of improved cooking devices, solar based equipment and lighting systems.
 Adoption & demonstration of improved tools for farming
 Assessing feasibility of nonfarm activity like Art & craft revival for allied income generation.
Key Highlights
 WADI Development: Under this program, 40 new Wadi have been established during this year. Total 100
  Wadi are completed. Each Wadi has ½ Acre area including (54) fruit plants Ber, Gunda & Pomegranate & 50
  forestry plants on boundary of Wadi.
 Water resource Development: 26 tanka cum agor have been prepared under water resource development
  not only for the availability of water in the Wadi but for the drinking purpose of both people & animals too. In
  rainy season it gets filled by rainwater while in dry season farmers fill the tanka by tankers to fulfill the
  above requirements. These tankas are also used for gravitational force irrigation in the Wadi program.
 Campus Development at Undakha (Desert Research Centre): Campus has been established where one
  work shed has been constructed. Tanka cum agor is completed. In this campus different activities have
  been started like Wadi, cactus of different accession, different varieties of datepalm & small Silvipasture
  plot.
 Breed improvements: In this area 15 Buck & 31 rams were supported to farmers which resulted 1470 kids
  from buck & 2027 lambs from rams.
 Deworming & Vaccination camps: 21191 animals were protected through linkages with the department of
  animal husbandry in core project area.
 Demonstration of New varieties: Through linkages with government institution Moong, Guwar, Mateera &
  Kaachri varieties have been demonstrated to farmer's field.
 Recording of meteorological information: At campus, day to day temperature, humidity & rain fall is being
  recorded. During this year, 164.1 mm rainfall was recorded at our Centre, which is very low as compared to
  average rainfall of 270 mm in Barmer.
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                         Integrated Tribal Development Programme (TDF)

Objectives
Overall objective is Sustainable Development of Tribal families through approach of integrated development.
Coverage

         Tribal Development               TDF - Ghatol           TDF - Timbera              TDF - Reodar
         Project
         Year of starting                 2014                   2013                       2017
         Year of completion               2020                   2019                       2023
         Families                         1000                   1000                       500
         Landless families                100                    100                        0
         Block                            Ghatol                 Kushalgarh                 Reodar
         Project office                     Ghatol                 Timbera Bada               Damani
         District                         Banswara               Banswara                   Sirohi
         Village                          9                      15                         6

                                          Table: 4.2 Progress of Project

                                                   TDF-Ghatol           TDF-Timbera             TDF-Reodar
     Tribal Development Project
                                                   Plan    Progress     Plan     Progress       Plan Progress
     Targeted families                             1000    951          1000     500            200   57
     Family covered under Agri.-Horti.-
                                                   900     900          900      900            200   57
     Forestry Development
     Family covered under MicroEnter prize
                                                   100     53           100      99             -     -
     Development
     Benefitted families through Soil
                                                   600     175          900      405            200   -
     Conservation
     Benefitted families through Water
                                                   576     717          900      835            20    20
     Resource Development
     Benefitted families through community
                                                   20      20           40       40             5     -
     health
     Benefitted families through set of
     interventions for women development           20      20           40       40             10    02
     (SHGs)
     Formed Primary Institutions                   21      21           41       41             1     -
     Trained farmers through trainings &
                                                   700     652          650      504            25    12
     exposure visits
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Key Highlights
 Production started in Guava WADIs under Timbera project and 23.85 ton produce was obtained from 387
  WADIs/3960 Plants.
 Vegetable production has been promoted in 165 WADI at Ghatol which gives average income of INR 33936
  per family per season has been obtained.
 Developed convergence with MNREGA, KVK and department of agriculture.
 Introduced plastic mulching in 966 WADIs including Timbera & Ghatol Project.
 Floriculture started in 13WADIs under Timbera Project
 Awareness created on sanitary napkin among women & girls.

Saheriya Farm Development
This project has been implemented under the sponsorship of Tribal Area Development Department,
Government of Rajasthan at Kishanganj and Shahbad block of Baran district covering 19 villages in 12 Gram
Panchayats covering 600 families.
Objective of Project
 To uplift socio-economic status of preventive tribal of cluster.
 To build capacity through handholding support by sector support organization
Key Interventions
 Establishment of 33 SMART (Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Timely) Farms against plan of 50
  farms through set of interventions: fruit
  crop, vegetable crop, cash crop, Small
  Farm pond, fodder tree on bunds, Nadep,
  Animal housing at farm.
 Supported 100 Goat units including two
  goats from project and three from
  participants ensuring insurance, feeding,
  medical care, housing care, breeding and
  management of all five goats
 Formed 31 SHGs against plan of 40
  SHGs
 Established two technology resource
  Centre to transfer technologies in area
  especially animal breeding, seed
  multiplication, soil testing and
  knowledge building through goat
  keeping and animal husbandry trainings
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      Indo German Watershed Development Programme - Climate proofing Projects

The climate proofing programme is being implemented in Udaipur district covering two watersheds named as
Devpura-I & Devpura-II IGWDP- Climate proofing Project has area of 380 ha and 158 ha respectively in both
watersheds of Sarada block. In this year, 240 families have been benefitted out of targeted 900 families.
 The goal of this program is "integration of watershed development programme activities towards
rehabilitation of degraded Soil and building climate resilience by improving adaptive capacities of the
communities against changing climate in the proposed watershed"
Specific objectives to achieve the above goal are listed below:
i.   Improving adaptation to climate variability / change in farm sector with better management and
     maintenance of soil and water regime enabling better crop / pasture land productivity and resultant
     increase in income of small and marginal farmers.
ii. Promoting climate resilient farming system and diversification of livelihoods engaging community and
    their associations in the concrete adaptation pathway.
iii. Reducing climate change vulnerability and process of marginalization with integration of risk mitigation
     products, like crop, weather and market advisory; and information system.
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Progress:

            Activity                                   Unit             Plan            Progress
            Automatic weather station                  No               01              01
            Plantation of plants                       No                               5259
            Soil & Water Conservations                 Ha               967             158
            Low cost Re-charging structures            No                               12

Key Highlights
 One unit of Automatic weather station installed at the Devpura-II Project area is continuouly recording
  temperature, humidity, rainfall, and provides with agro-advisory to villagers to mitigate climate risks in farm
  sector.
 Low cost water recharging structures-EGP (Earthen gully plug) have conserved total of 180 lakh litter water
  in both the projects.
Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) - Climate proofing Projects
One more climate proofing project is being implemented through support of Adaptation Fund Board and
national entity NABARD in Balua & Khad watershed area in district Udaipur. Following activities have been
completed during last six months.
 1889 plants were planted against planned 2000 plants in
  both project areas for Biodiversity conservation & to produce
  fodder for livestock.
 One unit of Automatic weather station installed in Balua
  Project area for continuous recording of temperature,
  humidity, rainfall, and provides agro-advisory to villagers to
  mitigate climate risks in farm sector.
 105 solar home lights were provided against planned 100 to
  those families who have no electricity.
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                           Watershed Development Projects under WDF
In Barmer, two watershed projects have completed first phase of Capacity Building under Watershed
Development Fund of NABARD & CSR Fund of CAIRN Foundation in Barmer block of Barmer district since April
2016.
Goal: "The CBP project provide a hands on learning and training experience as also a demonstration of likely
impact of watershed development and gives a clear indication whether the village community can work
together as also work with the PFA (Project facilitating Agency) to develop the entire watershed"
Specific objectives to achieve the above goal are:
I.   Capacity building and knowledge management through training and exposure visit.
II. Create a basket of opportunities for desert communities to generate income in their own setting
III. Develop a model for sustainable development of resource-poor desert communities with a combination
     of agriculture, horticulture, livestock and traditional skills.
IV. Management and maintenance of soil and water regime enabling better crop / pasture land productivity
    and resultant increase in income of farmers.
V. Promoting climate resilient farming system and diversification of livelihoods.
VI. Drudgery reduction and use of renewal energy.
Progress

                                                    Table: 4.3

             Activity                                     Unit          Plan           Progress
             Field Bunds                                  CMT           2743           1710
             Fencing for farm protection                  RMT           11432          5063
             Soil & Water Conservations                   Ha                           178
             Renovation of water tanks with agor          No            02             02
             Arid Horticulture Farms                      No            18             18
             Gravity Drip Irrigation System               No            18             18
             Solar device for drudgery reduction          Family        43             43
             Induction of breeding buck                   No            02             02
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