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Mahila Kisan SaShakthikaran

Pariyojana Annual Report 2013

Knowledge

Stakeholders

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GREEN Foundation, Bangalore

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Contents

Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ 6

I. Base line Survey for 5000 Families ___________________________________________________ 9

Orientation and training in Ramanagara and Chitradurga Districts __________________________ 9

II. Sustainable Agriculture ___________________________________________________________ 12

III. Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) ______________________________________________ 13

Field Appraisal __________________________________________________________________ 13

PGS Convenors training camp, Chitradurga ___________________________________________ 14

IV. Improving nutrient /soil / land management ___________________________________________ 15

Training camp on Nutrient management & pests, diseases control measures, Chitradurga ______ 16

Training in nutrient and disease management at Chitradurga _____________________________ 17

Training on Growth promoters and pest management , Ramanagara ______________________ 18

Distribution of knapsack sprayers for reducing drudgery in agriculture ______________________ 18

V. Nursery for Bio- Mass ____________________________________________________________ 20

Orientation on Biomass at Ramanagara District ________________________________________ 20

Horticulture training camp, Chitradurga _______________________________________________ 22

Horticulture training at Ramanagara _________________________________________________ 23

VI. Kitchen Garden Monitoring and follow-up ____________________________________________ 24

Nutrition from Our Backyards ______________________________________________________ 24

VII. Rare Variety Demonstrations at Ramanagara ________________________________________ 25

Rare Variety Demonstrations at Ramanagara _________________________________________ 25

Rare Variety Demonstration at Chitradurga District _____________________________________ 28

VIII. Training on Live Stock __________________________________________________________ 29

Azolla training at Ramanagara _____________________________________________________ 29

Azolla training at Chithradurga _____________________________________________________ 31

IX. Smokeless Chulah - Construction- Drudgery Reduction Tool _____________________________ 33

Social Benefits _______________________________________________________________ 33

Economic Benefits ____________________________________________________________ 33

Environmental Benefits ________________________________________________________ 33

Health Benefits _______________________________________________________________ 33

X. Training and formation of producer groups and products _________________________________ 34

Formation of Producer groups ______________________________________________________ 34

Training and motivation to form producer group (MKSP) in Chitradurga and Ramanagara _______ 37

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XI. Health Awareness Trainings ______________________________________________________ 38

Health Awareness Training for CRPs' and Staffs' and Mahila Sathees, Chitradurga ____________ 38

Health Awareness training programme _______________________________________________ 38

Community Health and Hygiene Awareness Programme at Ramanagara District ______________ 40

Health and awareness trainings as Panchayath levels ___________________________________ 41

XII. Community Level Review & Planning Meeting ________________________________________ 43

Community consultative committee annual meeting in Kanakpura- _________________________ 43

XIII. Community Resource Person Training _____________________________________________ 45

CRP TRAINING Module 3 at Chitradurga District _______________________________________ 45

Demonstration Plot Monitoring Training for CRPs and Mahila Sathi, Ramanagara _____________ 47

Demonstration Plot Monitoring Training for CRPs and Mahila Sathi, Chitradurga ______________ 49

Introduction ____________________________________________________________________ 49

Community Resource Persons (CRPs) 2nd Batch training _______________________________ 50

Motivation camp for Community Resource Persons, Chitradurga __________________________ 53

Livetstock management training for Community Resource Persons, Chitradurga ______________ 55

XIV. Demonstration plots ____________________________________________________________ 58

Demonstration Plots- platform to restore crop diversity, combat climate change and encourage

small farms. ____________________________________________________________________ 58

Training and demonstration on Farm Yard Manure _____________________________________ 60

The Thippe habba at Maralwadi at Ramanagara District ______________________________ 60

Thippe Pooja at Chitradurga _______________________________________________________ 62

Demo plot orientation training at Kulumedhoddi. _______________________________________ 63

Soil Sample Collection Training for Demoplots _________________________________________ 64

XV. Exposure visit for innovative and CRP women farmers _________________________________ 65

Visit to Suttur on an agricultural exhibition ____________________________________________ 65

Walkathon Agricultural Bio Diversity and Food Security (ABD & FS)-with relevance to small

millets _________________________________________________________________________ 66

Exposure Visit by CRPS-Ramanagara _______________________________________________ 67

Exposure Visit by CRPS-Chitradurga ________________________________________________ 68

Rashi pooja or Harvest Festival ____________________________________________________ 70

Field Day at Mannekote. __________________________________________________________ 70

Demo plot field visit report at Ramanagara Districts _____________________________________ 72

XVI. Mahila Samvada ______________________________________________________________ 73

A platform for Women Empowerment in Agriculture _____________________________________ 73

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XVII. Establishment of Community Seed Bank ___________________________________________ 74

Community seed bank formation ____________________________________________________ 74

XVIII. Inhouse Capacity Building and Training ___________________________________________ 75

Report of the Out Bound Training for the Field Managers of Green Foundation _______________ 75

Beyond organic agriculture - Nat eco science __________________________________________ 76

Looking Ahead ___________________________________________________________________ 79

Trainings and Capacity building for MKSP Beneficiaries 2012-2014 ________________________ 80

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Introduction

GREEN FOUNDATION began implementation of Mahila SaShakthikaran Pariyojana

in the year 2012 and has treaded a long way in holistic approach towards rural

women empowerment. Women empowerment encompasses a whole lot of niche

areas which needs to be given priorities. At the beginning of the programme the

proposal looked into inclusion of women in areas like marketing of agricultural

goods, building their capacities as small scale rural entrepreneurs, involvement of

women from seed to seed, reducing their everyday drudgery, active participation in

convergence programmes and building their skills and capacities in land rights,

health, and literacy.

The year 2012 focussed on trainings in various spheres of agriculture bringing in

awareness among the women on sustainable agricultural practices, backyard

kitchen gardens, livestock management, access to government programmes and

convergence.

In 2013 GREEN Foundation left its footprints under MKSP by initiating various

producer groups for value added production and marketing, Drudgery reduction

tools like knapsack sprayers, smokeless chulah have received tremendous

response from the beneficiaries. Activities like Demonstration plot initiated for

900 farmers have once again proved that the sustainable agricultural practices are

beneficial for land, economy, sustainability.

Community Resource persons trained in first year were put on to test through

monitoring of demonstration plots and initiation of permaculture kitchen garden

plots. In the second year of the programme reached a higher platform towards

development of rural women through initiations to producer groups which are

small village level livelihood groups which will produce and sell their projects.

Second year of the programme focussed on programmes which will lead to long

term economic viability and sustainability. The programmes were designed in

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Action plan of action from Jan13 to Dec2013

Activities No's JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JULY AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

1 Base line Survey of 5000 target families 5000

2 Documentation of traditional and conventional agricultural practices

3 Kitchen garden Kit distribution 2700

3a Seed distribution/monitoring 2300