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KOTHUR VILLAGE, MIDJIL MANDAL
INTRODUCTION
Midjil Mandal is one of the 64 Mandals in Mahabubngar District, it is located in
the north-eastern part of Mahabubnagar District. This is the only Mandal
identified as ‘dark area’ where more than 90 % of the recharge capacity of
groundwater resources are exploited. There are 28 villages in this Mandal.
Midjil Mandal is located at around 16 Degree 44 minutes N latitude and 78
Degree 21 minutes E longitude.
The topography is undulating and dotted with granitic tors and sheet rocks.
Other features are bushy vegetation, scattered and thorny scrub land,
Dundubi
and its tributaries flow through this Mandal, and presence of few ephemeral
tanks all combine to produce a beautiful landscape.
Dundubi Tributary
Dundubi Stream
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Map 1 Location map of Kothur village and the Dundubi stream, Midjil Mandal (Source: Google Earth)
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Within Midjil Mandal, Kothur village is selected for V & A Programme. It is
about 50 kilometers distance from Mahabubnagar town and 7kms away from
Mandal Headquarters - Midjil. This village has one hamlet called ‘Mallapur’.
The nearest major town is Jadcherla, which is about 30 kms away from this
village. The National Highway No. 7 passes through Jadcherla town. The area
around the village has some granitic outcrops and the topography is
undulating. There is a stream called Dundubi and its tributary adjoining this
village. The total geographical area is 680 hectares.
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Photo 1 Villagers are participating in the participatory resource mapping
Photo 2 Kalajatha – Awareness campaign on V & A Programme
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Photo 3 Women participation in the V & A awareness programme
In the village Self Help groups (SHGs), Rythu Mithra Groups (RMGs) and User
Groups are existing and are functioning. There are also village level
institutions like Watershed Association and Village Organization (VO)1 in the
village. The transportation facilities are difficult to this village as it is about 7
kms from the main road. This village has telephone Communication facilities.
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
Populat ion
This is a heterogeneous village with representation of people from diverse
castes and socio-economic structure. The total population of the village is
1462 with 224 households. Majority of the villagers belong to Backward Caste
(BC) and Scheduled Caste (SC). The Other caste and Minorities are few in
numbers. There is no Scheduled Tribe (ST) population in this village. Mallapur
is one small hamlet under this Gram Panchayat. The Sarpanch of this village
is a Woman from General category. She participates actively in all the
programmes and activities in the village. 1 Federation of SHGs at Village level is called – Village Organisation (VO).
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POPULATION
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Graph 1 Distribution of Population
The sex ratio is 965 (Males 744 and Female 718). This is in contrast to the
sex ratio of children below 6 years which is 1148 (boys 54 and girls 62).
Majority of the population is occupied with agriculture as primary activity.
There are about 255 agricultural laborers.
Number of non-agriculture
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Number of Agriculture
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The poorest of the poor are from the BC and SC communities, about 12
families are identified by IKP / VELUGU2 programme.
In this village the migration of people is not so high; only 14 people are
migrating seasonally and are engaged in construction and agricultural work.
Education
The literacy rate is poor in this village as it is remote a remote village. This
village has a middle level school and most of the children go to the school.
There is only one boy not going to school. The literacy rate is 43% of which
males is high (57%) as compared to females (29%).
Self Help Groups (SHGs)
There are 15 Self Help Groups (SHGs) for women, majority of them are in
consumption stage. About 4 are in asset formation and 2 in incremental
stage.
General Total women population 590No.of women covered in SHGs 218No. of SHGs in Village 15Total corpus 764388SHGs networked (Yes/No)? YesAgriculture Labour 145Single woman 2Women headed HH 15Stage of Women SHGs No. of groupsPrimitive 1Consumption 8Incremental income 2Asset Formation 4Total SHGs 15
Regarding member’s participation in group meetings all decisions are taken
collectively and they are happy with the result.
2 Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP) / Velugu : This the largest programme supported by World Bank in Andhra Pradesh State for poverty alleviation, facilitated by Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), under the department of rural development, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
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SHGs participation in community decision making /activities - Groups
represent but are not able to pursue better for getting an assurance for
proposed actions.
CASTE WISE REPRSENTATION IN SHGs
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Ambedkar 28.9.1995
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Arunjyothi 28.9.1995
15 0 0 15 54900 4392 12500 30000 71792
Swathi 28.9.1995
15 0 0 15 54900 4392 12500 30000 71792
Vasantha 14.10.95 6 9 0 15 54450 4392 12500 30000 71342
Bramarambika
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0 15 0 15 36000 2880 7600 90000 46480
Malleshwari 15.4.1997
0 24 0 15 46350 3708 0 0 50058
Santhosimatha
26.12.99 1 14 0 15 31950 2556 12500 80000 47006
Susmitha 4.6.1999 0 12 3 15 34650 2772 12500 90000 49922Indira.p.darsini
12.12.97 0 8 2 10 28500 2280 12500 30000 43280
Lalitha 15.12.97 0 3 12 15 42750 3420 12500 30000 58670Jyothi 25.3.199
72 5 8 15 46800 3744 12500 30000 63044
Vidya 8.6.1999 1 12 2 15 34650 2772 0 0 37422Rajeshwari 12.8.199
95 10 0 15 39150 3132 0 0 42282
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Jhansi 12.12.97 15 0 0 15 31950 2556 0 0 34506Maruthi 18.9.200
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SHGs need to be strengthened in the following areas; involving them in non-
farm based livelihood activities (diversification and economic security), more
participation for improving the Natural Resources and motivating them for
political representation.
Health and Sanitat ion
There are 140 sanitary latrines existing in this village, during transect in the
village it is found that still majority of people desecrate outside, which would
lead to health problems. As the number of sanitary latrines existing are
inadequate their numbers need to be increased.
Kitchen Garden: There is only one kitchen garden in the village; it is the most
diversified and meeting all the vegetable and fruit needs of a family. There is
potential to encourage the villagers for having kitchen gardens – for health
and nutrition of the families.
Poorest of the Poor
There are only 12 poorest of the poor families identified in this village; they
could be given priority and be brought under the appropriate schemes of the
Government.
Rainfal l and Temperature
The Normal Rainfall of Kondurg Mandal is 618 mm as compared to the
District Normal of 604mm. And the south west monsoon is erratic which
accounts for the maximum rainfall. Kondurg Mandal is an interior area, with
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hot summers (Temp. 39 deg C to 41 deg C) and warm winters (25 deg C to 35
deg C). The summer period is from March to May.
Table 1 Rainfall pattern – Midjil Mandal
Rainfall in (mm)
NORMALS 618.0
1999-2000 524.7
% OF DEVI -15.1
2000-01 761.4
% OF DEVI 23.2
2001-02 691.0
% OF DEVI 11.8
2002-03 619.9
% OF DEVI 0.3
2003-04 711.4
% OF DEVI 15.1
Land
The land use pattern of Kothur village is shown in graph 1. This is for the
latest data for year 2004-05, it is observed that there is no forest and pasture
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Table 2 Land Use Pattern
Land Use Pattern Area (Hectares) 2004-2005
Total Geographical area 680Net area sown (total cropped area) 476Cultivable waste 152Area sown more than once 120Barren and uncultivable land 92Land put to non-agriculture use 3.2
Soi ls
There are three types of soils in the village - Black soils (48%), Sandy soils
(27%) and Red soils (21%) (see graph 2). Some of the lands have turned
alkaline due to irrigation and high evaporation conditions.
SOILSRed Soil21%
Sandy soils31%
Black soil48%
Graph 3 Types of soils
Agriculture
Agriculture is the main livelihood activity in this village and also the
dependent agricultural laborers are more. Majority of the farmers are
marginal and small land holders. Castor, Cotton, Jowar, Redgram, Maize,
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Paddy and Groundnut are the major crops grown in this village, which are
grown mostly during the Kharif3 season.
In this village over years people were cultivating traditional crops like
redgram and castor. In the last 5 years they have switched over to the
commercial crop Maize. Their priority has changed because of market prices,
input costs and other risk factors like pests.
As this village is remote very few farmers cultivate vegetables. There is also
one mango orchard of 2 hectares in this village. The chemical fertilizers use
has increased, on an average farmers are using upto 5 bags per acre of land.
3 There are basically three seasons, Kharif – Rainy, Rabi – Winter, Zaid – Summer.
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A village with Cranes – Kongala Kothur
This village in the past was well known for paddy, there used to be water all year round
surrounding the village and hence attracted the cranes and egrets. Especially during and after
the rainy season the whole village trees were occupied by the birds. Then this village was
popularly called as ‘Kongala Kothur’ or Kothur with cranes. People also strongly believed
that if the cranes have not appeared, there will be less rainfall that year. Therefore the village
elders used to visit the neighboring villages and would tie messages to the trees where cranes
resided, requesting the cranes to return to Kothur. There is no water, therefore no cranes are
visible in the village as a result this village is no more called ‘Kongala Kothur.’ The present
scenario is unimaginable and contrasting, most of the paddy growing fields are left fallow and
they are covered with Prosopis Juliflora and also the soils have turned saline / alkaline.
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CROPPING PATTERN
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Table 3 Crops cultivated in Kothur Village (2004-05)
Crop Name Area (in acres)
Irrigated Rainfed TotalCastor 0 450 450Cotton 0 300 300Jowar 0 110 110Maize 0 65 65Paddy 50 0 50Redgram 50 50Ground nut 40 40Total 50 1015 1065
The farmers are satisfied with the outputs from the following rainfed crops
Castor, Cotton, Jowar, Redgram and Maize which are cultivated during the
Kharif season this year. Although there were intermittent rains due to
depressions in Bay of Bengal, it appeared that they would loose their crops
but the subsequent
weather conditions were favorable, especially during the ripening stage and
the crops were saved but not with the case of Paddy and Jowar, the
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intermittent rains arrived during harvesting period and they had to face the
losses.
The major crops cultivated in this village in the last 20 years were basically
rainfed crops red gram (20 yrs back), Castor (10 yrs back) and now Maize
(see graph ).
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There is a nursery in the village started under the Watershed project, the
same facility could be used for growing useful saplings for tree crops, agro-
forestry and agri-horticulture.
As most of the farmers are marginal and small and are either SCs / BCs
through introduction of certain practices their lands could be made more
fertile.
The agricultural produce is sold to non-institutional sources without any value
addition. There are Rythu Mithra Groups in the village although farmers are
well organized but they are unable to get the extension services effectively.
Land Holding
Majority of the farmers in the village are Small and Marginal4 and most of
them belong to scheduled caste and backward caste (see graph 3). There are
only few large farmers in the village.
4 Marginal Farmer – 1 to 2.5 acres of dry land and Small Farmer – 2.6 to 5 acres of dry land in Mahabubnagar District.
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Case Study 1
Mr. Upender Reddy is 25 years old, he is into farming since last 6 years after his father expired. He owns 11 acres of cultivable land (7.5 acres is irrigated and 2.5 acres is rainfed). Although he drilled 4 borewells only two of them are functioning.
In his rainfed agricultural field he cultivates groundnut, castor and redgram. Earlier he used to leave one acre of rainfed land fallow, for his cattle grazing in it.
Of the 7.5 acres irrigated land, 4 acres cotton and 2 acres paddy is cultivated, and about 1 acre of land is left fallow in rotation.
Earlier this family had 15 nos. of cattle (11 buffalos and 4 cows), because of drought he has sold all of them last year. He doesn’t have any cattle now.
He visits the Agriculture University and interacts with agricultural officers for advice on cultivation of various crops. He gave the soil samples for testing for understanding the soil condition, so that he could improve it. He uses less chemical fertilizers and more Farm Yard Manure. He is one of the progressive farmers selected for the programme.
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LAND HOLDING PARTICULARS
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Graph 6 Land holding particulars
Livestock
Because of the subsequent drought conditions there was shortage of fodder,
as a result the number of families possessing livestock has come down in the
last 10 years (see graph below). Most importantly the dairy activity has got
affected, although the private commons available for grazing has increased
as many farmers have left their fields fallow. Livestock is also an important
asset to cope with drought situation and difficult times. The number of small
ruminants have increased as compared to 20 years back, but their numbers
are coming down, due to shortage of fodder and drinking water availability.
There sheeps and goats are usually kept by Shepherd community called
Kurumas. Dairy animals are also possessed by majority of the families. There
is also priority and preference of people for getting engaged in dairy activity
and there is a milk collection center in the village. There is need to create
alternative solutions for fodder availability to encourage keeping the
livestock. Backyard poultry is a very common activity for majority of the
people.
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LIVESTOCK POPULATION
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Graph 7 Livestock population – Timeline
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Graph 8 Resource Map of Kothur Village
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Water Resources
Although there are 8 number of tanks in the village, the irrigation potential is
limited due to non / poor maintenance of the tanks. Three tanks are non-
functional. The total area irrigated under the tanks is just 28.8 hectares.
There are 40 openwells, this village having located close to the dundubi
tributary has sandy soils. As the soils are sandy, the openwells, filter points
and borewells need to be lined to prevent collapsing of the walls. The 24
openwells existing in the village are functional during and few months after
the rains.
Photo 4 Because of above normal rains this year groundwater levels have increased
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Photo 5 A filter point well – along the banks of Dundubi tributary
Of the 120 borewells only 70 are functional. Whereas all the 50 filter wells are
functional especially this year due to good amount of rains received. The
groundwater levels are highly fluctuating due to the presence of sand in the
ground – more groundwater is available if there is flooding in the tributary of
Dundubi stream and its tributary.
People are more and more dependent on the filter wells and borewells for
irrigation leading to over exploitation of the meager groundwater resources.
For improving the irrigation potential the following possibilities are existing:
1. Renovation of existing structures
2. Creation of proper drainage facilities for water harvesting and treating the
water logging areas.
3. Desilting of tanks, renovating the feeder channels and drainage lines and
removal of vegetation occupying the tank bed.
4. Creation of new water harvesting structures at feasible locations.
Watershed Programme
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This village was selected for the watershed project in the year 1995-96 under
Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS). About Rs. 16 lakhs were spent on
various watershed works. Watershed Development Fund (WDF) contribution
by the stakeholders is about Rs. 96 thousand which is available with
Watershed Association.
The Watershed Committee executed the following works under the project :
laying of earth bunds of 1400 meters length, constructed 2 percolation tanks
with revetment, 5 masonry checkdams, 220 gully control structures and 1
feeder channel.
Status of water resources
Surface water – Adequate storage facilities are created sharing with
informal system.
Groundwater - About 40% of open wells are dry and bore wells are being drilled to
greater depths. The dry open wells can be used for recharging the aquifers.
The drilling of borewells is a recent practice and the numbers are increasing
affecting the existing filter wells and openwells.
Drinking water (DW) - Adequate DW sources are created and shared
judiciously. Water is available throughout the year and there are hand pumps
too. The village is having an overhead tank and water is supplied regularly
through pipes.
Soil Moisture - Moisture content improved very little with the
implementation of the watershed programme and farmers are able to get one
secure crop.
Energy
Most of the families are still using fuel wood as source of energy for domestic
cooking, which is causing health problems to women. It also involves
considerable amount of time to fetch the firewood. About 40 smokeless
chullahs are provided in this village, which are less polluting and conserve
the consumption of fuel wood.
About 55 LPG gas connections were provided to 55 families, only 35 families
are using them. They don’t use them for regular cooking, because the LPG
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refilling costs are very high for the families to afford. Although there are 10
biogas plants in the village, only one biogas plant is functioning. Rest of the
biogas plants need to be repaired for making them functional.
Energy conservation is also an important issue, to save energy (electricity)
there are some options like: The farmers need to install capacitors for all
agricultural borewells, these will reduce the consumption of the power and
also prevents the burning of motors due to power fluctuations.
Lighting is the most essential thing, especially for children’s education, for
domestic and street lighting they could use white Light Emitting Diodes which
are cool, bright and long lasting. On pilot basis some Lighting modules could
be installed in the village. With them villagers would save the precious
subsidized electricity consumption.
As majority of the farmers are marginal and small, the draught animals are
still a major source of energy for agricultural activities and local
transportation.
Women are spending lots of time and energy for fetching drinking water,
fuelwood and fodder, i.e., about 1 hour per day for each of the resources.
The fuelwood access has increased because of the excessive growth of
Prosopis Juliflora.
Common Pool Resource (CPR)
The productive CPR is very much limited about 18 acres and also there is
limitation to develop CPR for creation of alternative livelihoods. The revenue
land available is mostly along the Dundubi tributary, which floods every year.
Inst itut ions Funct ioning at Vi l lage level
These are the following Government Departments or Agencies programs /
services in the village.
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Ongoing Programmes
SGRY,
9th Finance commission,
The total amount allocated till date for the above programmes is rupees 72
thousand only.
Natural Resources Management (NRM)
Agriculture Department / Rythu Mitra Groups (RMGs).
·Horticulture Dept
Animal Husbandry
Irrigation Dept (Minor / Medium / Major)
Social Aspects
Dist. Rural Dev. Agency (DRDA) / District Poverty Initiatives Programme
(DPIP) / Indira Kranthi Patham
DPEP / Education
Medical and Health
SC Corporation
BC Welfare / BC Corporation
Social Welfare Department
Anganwadi / Women and Children Welfare
ICDS / Child Development Programme
Housing Department – Houses constructed by the government for SCs /
BCs / Poor.
Services
Civil supplies / Public Distribution system
Rural water supply (Panchayat Raj dept.)
Electricity
Telecommunications / BSNL – Telephone facilities
Artisans - Adarana scheme for artisans – supply of tools by Govt.
NEDCAP – (biogas plants)
Infrastructure Exist ing
The following infrastructure exists in the village:
Water and Soil Conservation Activities
1. 8 Irrigation Tanks
2. 5 Borewells for drinking
3. 1 Overhead tank
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4. 2 Check dams
Buildings
1. Panchayat Office
2. Primary School
3. Community hall
Noon-meal center building – near the school
Roads
CC roads within the village, blacktop road connecting the village with the
main road at Midjil and the road connecting Mallapur hamlet.
Common Facilities
1. This village is having electricity service
2. About 7 kms away the transportation services are available for the
villagers. Everyday only once the bus service is available to this village,
rest of the time people commute through autorickshaws and jeeps.
3. Telephone connectivity is existing in this village.
Dairy / Veterinary services
1. One milk collection centre is existing in this village.
Infrastructure gaps
Water and Soil Conservation Activities
1. 2 Irrigation Tanks
2. 2 borewell - Hand Pumps for drinkingwater
3. House Hold level connections from overhead tank
4. 4 Check dams
Marketing Infrastructuure
1 godown for community grains storage
Roads
Black top road connectivity to Midjil village and Mallapur hamlet.
Common Facilities
Villagers have requested for Village knowledge center and Automatic
weather station.
Library / Resource center
A Secondary school building
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Anganwadi building for small children.
READINESS AND WILLINGNESS OF THE VILLAGERS
During the focused group discussions the villagers have expressed their
readiness and willingness on the following aspects.
Involvement in production enhancement activities
Working on Agriculture based micro-enterprises.
Non-agriculture based micro-enterprises.
Promoting more percolation tanks for rainwater harvesting.
Development of assigned lands
Leasing of land to SHGs by the community
Seed bank and seed improvement
Management of kuntas and tanks
Desilting of tanks/conversion to percolation tanks and reviving
community practice of desilting the tanks
Converting check dams to percolation tanks
Taking up ridge level percolation pits
Taking supply/feeder channels to the tanks
Use of CPR for tree plantations
Value addition to agricultural produce
Demarcating land for protection (from grazing & tree felling)
SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This preliminary study is useful in understanding the various types of
Resources and the ongoing livelihood activities in the pilot village. And based
on this study the following observations were made:
Agriculture
1. People are traditionally involved in agriculture but there is need for them
to adapt to the organic and sustainable agricultural practices.
2. Agriculture is the major livelihood activity in this village, hence there is
need to give them better skills in on-farm and off-farm related activities
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On-farm: Olericulture and Horticulture.
Off-farm: Dairy, Backyard poultry, ram lamb, sheep development, etc.
3. The villagers need to be mobilized for collective decision in choice of crops
and marketing.
4. There is no seed bank in this village, a seed bank could be promoted for
conserving the traditional indigenous seeds which are resistant to climate
variability.
5. Majority of the farmers are small and marginal, there is a need to provide
additional livelihood opportunities for the farmers.
6. The black and red soils are suitable for diverse crops.
7. Need to adapt scientific methods (like Soil testing) for better management
of the soils.
8. There is also need to provide with knowledge and technology to improve
the existing lands and to bring the fallow lands under cultivation.
9. Should have better Marketing linkages / information
10.Advise on cropping – choice of crops and management practices, there is
a need for better extension of services by the agriculture department.
11.There is still more potential for strengthening the farm based activities.
12.More credit could be accessed from banks for inputs.
13.There is a lot to improve or work for non farm based livelihood activities,
improvement of natural resources to cope in lean season and for food
security.
Livestock
14.The stress period for availability of fodder is during March and July. There
is a need to promote alternative measures to mitigate the impact.
15.There is a need to improve the dairy sector. The milk production is directly
related to availability of fodder. The farmers are well aware of the leguminous
fodder, there is a need to encourage and provide seed and other inputs for
fodder improvement.
16.Breeding is limited to few months only, between February and March, and
October and December months. There is need to improve the overall
breeding programme and also to control the seasonal diseases with the help
of para-vets yet to be identified.
17.There is potential for further development of dairy as supportive livelihood
activity with the improvement of existing storage and transportation
facilities.
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Water
18. More area can be brought under cultivation through water
conservation measures and practices.
19. The 14 open wells in the village which are not functioning can be
converted into the recharge wells.
20. There are 8 tanks in the village out of which only 5 tanks are used for
irrigation and the total irrigated area is only 28.8 hectares. Need to renovate
the remaining 3 tanks and to increase the capacity of rest of the tanks.
21. There is need to improve the following aspects: - fodder development,
Agro- and social forestry, horticulture development, promotion of quality of
seeds, vermiculture, Sustainable Agricultural methods, non-farm livelihoods,
etc and also Facilitation for silt removal from the village tanks for application
in the dry lands.
Energy
22. The villagers need to get exposed to the successful case studies
elsewhere on energy conservation and alternative technologies.
23. Need to revive the defunct biogas plants.
24. Villagers need to be introduced to Improved chullahs / stoves for
energy conservation, gasifier stove - Anila, solar cookers etc.
25. Explore options for installation of Gasifiers based electricity generators
– which would work with wasted biomass.
26. Installation of White Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in few households for
demonstration on power conservation.
27. Women are spending lots of time and energy for fetching water,
fuelwood and fodder, i.e., about 3 hours per day. There is need to improve
options in these sectors – availability and access.
Common Pool Resources (CPR)
28. There is potential to plant useful saplings all along the 12 acres of land
available along the road margins and 6 acres of land along the canal bunds
involving women SHGs. Options for improving the 1600 acres of wasteland
available along the Dundubi tributary in the village.
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Social Capital
29. Group centered activities are already going on in this village through
SHGs and Rythu Mithra Groups (RMGs) which need to be strengthened
further. Through provision of revolving fund the women groups could access
the credit for group centered livelihood activites.
30. Strengthening SHGs by facilitating access to credit and markets
through convergence.
31. Other CBOs in the village need to be further strengthened and
networked at the Gram Panchayat level.
Services
32. Establishment of Village knowledge Center and training center on
using the computers.
33. Establishment of Automatic weather station – for knowledge on the
climate variability and weather information.
34. More credit should be made available to the villagers through banks
and other sources for their activities.
35. All the households should have sanitary latrines.
36. Similarly the safe drinking water access to be made available to all the
households.
Livel ihoods Diversi f icat ion
37.Alternative livelihood activities: The people in this village are mainly
dependant on agriculture as primary activity. As majority of the farmers are
marginal and small, there is need for livelihoods diversification by the people.
The people need to be provided trainings and skills for adapting to diverse
trades. This would also provide additional employment opportunities. People
are well aware of the developments in various fields, therefore it is easy for
them to diversify and adapt to other livelihood options.
38. The women and youth in the village should be imparted trainings in
Micro enterprise development.
39. Alternative livelihood options need to be provided to the educated
youth in the village. For example youth could be trained on electrical repairs
(motor winding and pumps) and servicing home appliances.
ACTIVITIES COMPLETED
In Kothur village the following activities were completed till date
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Awareness through interaction with community and awareness
programmes using folk media, songs, puppetry, street plays, etc.
Primary data collection – Structured format and Focused Group
Discussions.
PRA exercises for community participation, awareness and information
collection (Resource Mapping, seasonality and Transect walk).
Identification of Pilot Farmers and collection of the agricultural output
samples from Pilot farmers.
Grama Sabhas were held and the villagers have taken resolution to
participate in this programme.
Case studies (from pilot villages) collected.
Process documentation – record of activities and events in the project
villages, video and photo documentation of all the events.
ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR YEAR 2006
A. Implementation of the Programme – F ield Level
Act iv it ies
1. Facilitate PTD on agriculture, water and energy for selected farmers and
groups
2. Capacity building farmers (on specific best practices1 ) and CBO’s
(institutional aspects)
3. Demonstration of location specific best practices
B. Capacity Bui lding, Documentation and Awareness
1. Validation and documentation of selected coping practices beyond pilot
villages
2. Awareness campaign on climate change/variability
3. Development of information, education and communication (IEC) material
4. Establishment of the Village Knowledge Centers
5. Training of weather Managers.
AFPROs role will be major with respect to all the above aspects, except for B4
and B5 points where it is supportive role to MSSRF. AFPRO will be working
together with National and International Consortium partners, through
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sharing, learning and incorporating the ideas for successful implementation
of the V & A programme.
All the proposed activities for implementation are in Yearly Plan of
Operation (YPO), 2006.
Note:1. All the Participatory Technology Developments will be
implemented through Pilot Farmers.2. Where ever possible some of the activities will be implemented
through convergence with ongoing programmes.
ANNEXURES
I. SUCCESS STORIES OF NGOs IN ANDHRA PRADESH
II. MAPS OF MIDJIL MANDAL
III. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS INFORMATION OF KOTHUR VILLAGE, MIDJIL
MANDAL
IV. YPO, 2006
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