Public-Private Partnership to Develop a Sustainable ICT4D Model: Experiences from Bhoochetana

Suhas P Wani and Team

Resilient Dryland Systems International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, INDIA

Bhoochetana (soil rejuvenation)

Touch the lives of 4.4 million farmers by increasing productivity of crops in the state

by 20% in four years

What is Bhoochetana

It’s a mission mode program to improve livelihoods of small farm-holders

It’s a process driven mission strategy and not a target-based approach

It’s a strategy to rejuvenate soils to improve crop productivity through rejuvenation of human minds and changing the mindset of all actors

It’s an evolutionary and holistic strategy to empower the stakeholders to achieve the impacts

Evolutionary to develop innovations

4 Cs 4 Es

Consortium Efficiency

Convergence Equity

Capacity building Environment

Collective action Economic gain

Important Pillars of Bhoochetana

The process

Bhoochetana: Consortium Approach

ICRISAT

UAS (B,D,R)

CBOs WDD

DOA

Public-Private Partnership

ICRISAT

Public

DoA

WDD

SAUs

Digital Green

NUNC System

IKSL&Airtel

SABIC

Private

Mother Dairy

KVKs

FARMERS

KSNDMC A platform of private

companies

Extension and Value chain

Innovation in Bhoochetana

Science-led mission approach for development of dryland areas A big step forward towards a precision rain-fed agriculture Only one of its kind in India National and international expertise at farmers door End to end solution envisaged: Knowledge – Inputs – Incentives

Brains

SAUs DOA

ICRISAT

Controls

Hi-powered SCC

Engine

To quick start mission project

(All consortium partners)

Rejuvenated Extension System

Empowered farmers as para extension workers

Farm Facilitators (FF) and Lead Farmers (LF)

Every 500 ha one FF and 2-3 LFs

Training and empowering FFs and LFs by master

trainers trained by ICRISAT

To be certified and quality assurance

Farmer to farmer videos and Tablet-based extension for

FFs

Science at the door step of farmers

• Strategic partnerships to harness

consortium strength.

• Participatory approach.

• Stratified soil sampling (>100,000)

• Need for small region (block: 20-30 K

ha) level fertilizer recommendations to

meet soil fertility needs.

• Knowledge sharing – village

meetings, wall writings, pocket soil

health cards, soil atlas, etc.

• Digital technologies

Knowledge Sharing: Sharing Soil-test Results with Stakeholders

knowledge dissemination through video conference

Information dissemination: Rainfall and weather status

Forecasting (rainfall)

Progress monitoring: Weekly progress

Inputs status

Administrative issues:

Innovative extension systems: Tablet-based extension system

Innovative extension systems: Farmer-to-farmer information dissemination thru short videos

• Editing and data management

• Dissemination

• Orientation

• Content identification

• Production training

Android app for

• agricultural knowledge dissemination

• monitoring and evaluation

• Market accessibility

Krishi Gyan Sagar

Partners

• ICRISAT

• Govt of Karnataka

• University of Agricultural Sciences

• NUNC System

• Agri input distributors

Krishi Gyan Sagar: farmers profile

KGS: Soil test based fertilizer recommendation

Krishi Gyan Sagar

Public Private

Access to knowledge Location specific input requirement: fertilizers, seed, plant protection chemicals

Backward and forward linkages to market

Post harvest services: value chain

Beneficiaries: Farmers, Govt Beneficiaries: Industries from fertilizer, irrigation, food processing, FMCG

Free voice messages to spread agricultural information among farmers.

Krishi Vani

Partners

• ICRISAT

• Govt of Karnataka

• IKSL

• Airtel

Krishi Vani

Public Private

Access to latest agricultural knowledge

Service provider: Unique user, revenue from value added services

Updated weather information

Spreading awareness about Govt scheme.

Beneficiaries: Farmers, Govt

Beneficiaries: Network operator

Output of Bhoochetana

Component 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012 Kharif

Area (million ha) 0.2 1.2 2.85 3.73

No. of districts 06 16 30 30

No of Villages 1440 5030 14014 26293

No of farmers (millions)

0.2 0.8 2.2 4.39

No. of farmer facilitators for extension activities

517 2500 5688 9700

No. of lead farmers

1867 10500 27299 45000

Bhoochetana: Building Resilience

Mean yields of ragi, maize and soybean from farmers’ fields in different districts of Karnataka during kharif season 2009

Bhoochetana Benefits in Karnataka

Year

Area under Imp

Mgmt (m ha)

Production of Crops with

Imp Mgmt (m t)

Production of Crops with Farmers'

Mgmt (m t)

Increased Production with Imp

Mgmt (mt)

Value of Additional

Production with Imp Mgmt (Million $)

Cost of Inputs

(Million $)

Net Income

(Million $)

2012 0.49 1.44 1.12 0.33 94.0 12.0 82.1

2011 0.58 2.14 1.61 0.54 119.0 9.6 109.0

2010 0.18 0.41 0.34 0.12 41.2 4.1 37.2

2009 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.015 2.5 0.5 2.1

Total 1.27 4.10 3.10 1.01 256.7 26.2 230.4

Drivers of success

Converge–Collective action–Capacity building–Consortium

Efficient M&E mechanisms

Holistic and integrated approach

Galvanized and transformed DoA

Innovative and empowered extension and delivery system

Champions at higher policy level

Broke vicious cycle of supply driven approach and established demand driven mindset—Change of mindset of actors

Strengthened innovative extension and knowledge sharing systems – Effective dissemination

Learnings

Small and marginal farmers are very receptive for knowledge that can increase their crop productivity and incomes.

Internationalization of soil test-based recommendations amongst the scientists, development staff and policymakers is a continuous and critical process.

Capacity building of all the stakeholders is critical for the success of mission along with the linkages for inputs needed.

Sensitization of policy makers is the key driver for scaling up of innovative science-led interventions.

Thank you!

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