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Volume 7

Final Report
September 2012 August 2015

Submitted to

NABARD
Bangalore

Submitted by

JANAKALYAN
An Institution for Innovation Integrated Inspiring Intervention

Shantinagar, R H Colony No.4, Sindhanur 584143

District: Raichur, Karnataka, India

Tel: +91 8535-264488 Telefax: +91 8535-264140
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Final Progress Report

September 2012 - August 2015
Preamble:
With the support of NABARD, under Farmers Technology Transfer Fund (FTTF), Janakalyan
has initiated an innovative intervention in the tail end of Tungabhadra Irrigation Project in
Sindhanur taluk of Raichur district to develop a model to address 2-extremes of water
availability. The project commenced in September 2012 to demonstrate the proposed
technology and prove it as a financially viable model for the farmers of any tail end in India.
This report is prepared at the end of the project intervention to document the outcome and
the process followed in implementing the program.
Context:
It was at the cost of ancestral properties of Bengalis, India got freedom but unfortunately
the same Bengalis had to find their new abode in India after partition of the country as per
the terms and conditions of partition. About 932 such families were rehabilitated in
Sindhanur taluk of Raichur district in Karnataka with 4-5 acres of land in the tail end of
Tungabhadra Irrigation Project. This piece of land is the only source of their livelihoods and
all these refugees are solely dependent on it for their survival. There are about 4 such
rehabilitation colonies in Sindhanur Rehabilitation Project.
Problem/issue:
All tail ends of any irrigation projects are exposed to a peculiar problem i.e. two extremes
of water availability. During rainy season, when the upper reach farmers dont want water
for irrigation and also the runoff gets generated out of excess rain, they leave it through the
canal which inundates the standing crops of tail end farmers. In the peak season, when the
water is seriously in need by the tail end farmers, it is being completely used by the upper
reach farmers leaving inadequate quantum after satisfying their needs, thereby causing
drying up of standing crops again at the tail end. Realizing the fact over a period of time, the
farmers now cultivate part of the land considering the water availability in peak season
keeping rest fallow throughout the year.
Purpose:
Tail ends of any irrigation project is exposed to a peculiar problem i.e. 2-extremes of water
availability.
1) Inundation of standing crops due to excess water flowing through the canal during rainy
season; the upper reach farmers do not require irrigation during this period and thus
leave water through canal.
2) Drying up of standing crops due to inadequate irrigation water during the peak season;
because the upper reach farmers allows water to flow through the canal only after
satisfying their irrigation needs.
This is termed as 2-extremes of water availability inundation & drying up of crops due
to water availability. Years experience taught the farmers
3) To cultivate part of the land which they can save (provide life saving irrigation) during
peak season, rest (20-50%) of the land remains fallow throughout the year.

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Resultantly, the productive land decreased and thus income of the family; the family
caught into debt to manage the family affairs.
4) Further, chemical-heavy agriculture caused pests immunization and has left degraded
soil with severe salinity & alkalinity; result is low productivity making agriculture further
loss-making.
Further, the runoff generated from each farm @ normal rainfall of the area (581mm per
annum) generates sufficient water to cultivate 2-ha farm if harvested systematically.
But, the farmers make way for the water to flow out of the farm during rainy season
and then blame God or Government for not providing water for irrigation.
5) Instead, if we harvest the rainwater from the very farms of respective farmers and store,
it would satisfy the irrigation needs of the farmer during critical period.
Thus, basically the intervention is trying to address the twin problems of livelihood of
the tail end farmers i.e. optimizing profit in agriculture (by addressing issues like soil
fertility, salinity / alkalinity, pests immunization, chemical heavy cultivation practices,
etc. using chemical-free, diversified cropping pattern) and providing adequate irrigation
by addressing 2-extremes of water availability through creation of water harvesting
structures.
Hypothesis/Theme:
Water is life but is the scarcest resource too; provide water to the farmers, they would
ensure food security of the nation. God provided enough water in the nature which we
dont use judiciously when made available but blame the God or Government for the
shortfall. Rural godowns are promoted by NABARD to arrest wastage of food grains likewise
water storage tanks or Water Banks need to be promoted to reduce wastage of the
scarcest resource, the water.
Model to be tested:
Excavation of a water storage structure in the fallow land to store the excess water during
rainy season and using the same for lifesaving irrigation during the peak season would not
only address loss of crops due to 2-extremes of water availability but also help to use the
fallow land productively by integrating fish in the tank. Various other productive units such
as vegetables, fodder with cows, fruits & tree crops, etc. could also be added to distribute
risk of crop failures and thereby broadening the economic base of the family. The program
commenced in September 2012 with the financial support of NABARD in Sindhanur
Rehabilitation Project. This report is prepared at the end of 2nd year of the project
intervention to document the process and progress.
Objectives of the intervention:
The program aims at1) Creation of 15 Water Bank at the tail end of Tungabhadra Irrigation Project to harvest
excess water during rainy season to use for life saving irrigation during peak season.
2) Bring in additional area under irrigated crops through judicious application of water,
the scarce resource.
3) Increase productivity of the land through assured irrigation
4) Enhance farm income by adding various productive units to the farm with risk
distribution through multiple sources of income to the family throughout the year.
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ACTIVITIES COMPLETED:
The activities are described as per the line items of approved budget, those are completed
during the project of 3 years commencing from September 2012 in the subsequent
paragraphs.
1) Excavations of Water Harvesting Structures:
The central core of the project is excavation of water harvesting structures to address 2extremes of water availability. The target was to create 15 such structures and we could
succeed to complete all 15 within the prescribed time limit. However, it is realized that
there is still huge demand for such structures in these colonies. The details of the
structures created during the project phase are furnished in the table belowSl.
No.

Name of the
farmer

Village

1
2
3
4
5

M anik Bawali
Shanti Mandal
Suren Mandal
Jeetendra Ray
Hiralal Baidya

R H C No-5
R H C No-5
R H C No-5
R H C No-4
R H C No-4

6 Ramesh Mandal
7
Shib Gain
8 Subash Mandal
9
Lab Mistri
10 Surendranath Ray

R H C No-3
R H C No-4
R H C No-2
R H C No-2
R H C No-2

11
Sailen Dhali
12 Devendranath S
13 Mukunda Biswas
14 Birendranath Bose
15
Duli Mandal
TOTAL
Percentage

R H C No-2
R H C No-2
R H C No-5
R H C No-5
R H C No-2

Phone
Number

Survey Land Size of the Starting Completi Total Project Farmers

number holdin
tank
Date on date Expense grant Contribut
g (acre) (ftXftXft)
(Rs)
(Rs) ion (Rs)
Water Harvesting Structures Created during 2013-14
7353779851
88
5.00 125X70X11 07-04-13 15-04-13
97240 35000
62240
8105780618
98
4.38 126X80X11 15-04-13 28-04-13 151540 35000 116540
9611645887
89
4.38 145X55X11 30-04-13 15-05-13
90140 35000
55140
8867242960 462
4.08 120X65X12 17-05-13 25-05-13
84590 35000
49590
9483892745 454
5.02 130X80X11 26-05-13 11-06-13
90080 35000
55080
Water Harvesting Structures Created during 2014-15
8880455425 553, 554 5.00 80X60X18 01-03-14 19-03-14
91150 35000
56150
9902507807 105
5.00 200X150X5 23-04-14 15-05-14 166450 35000 131450
8123367071 505
2.00 180X170X11 16-05-14 28-05-14 164155 35000 129155
7411335053 451
2.19 160X170X12 29-05-14 06-06-14 151775 35000 116775
9905401407 514
5.30 240X117X5 12-06-14 28-06-14 140800 35000 105800
Water Harvesting Structures Created during 2015-16
562 413 3.20 145X90X7 21-04-15 28-04-15 103700 35000
68700
558 393 5.00 130X106X8 03-05-15 10-05-15 126542 35000
91542
9902621283 103/1 2.32 120X80X10 11-05-15 30-05-15
97800 35000
62800
8970123417
91
4.19 165X120X10 02-06-15 09-06-15 131700 35000
96700
8970127101 486
4.32 250X200X06 10-06-15 22-06-15 192400 35000 157400
1880062 525000 1355062
28%
72%

It is found from the above table that only 28% of the cost of excavation is born by
NABARD while farmers contribution is to the tune of 72%, which itself is an indicator to
tell us that necessity of the intervention. Another point to be noted here is that the total
approved budget for the project is only Rs.9.60 lakhs while the expenditure towards
excavation of the program itself is Rs.18.80 lakhs (almost double).
2) Orientation Program with farmers, KVK & USA Representatives
It was planned to conduct an orientation program with farmers, KVK and USA
representatives to build linkage with resource organizations and farmers. Accordingly a
meeting held in the presence Training Coordinator of KVK, Director of Extension of UAS
and farmers on 28th October 2013.
Participants
Date
Venue
farmers
Officers
Total
28.10.2013 Samarthya Soudha, Janakalyan
36
15
51
19.11.2014 Farm of Sri Labkumar Mistry
103
11
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The orientation program was followed by a field visit to the farms of Sri Jeetendra Roy,
Sri Sunil Biswas (an old farmer of Janakalyan) and also the farm of Sri Sunil Dhali, who
has constructed the pukur without the aid of Janakalyan.
Similarly, another program in the presence of Dr.G Ramesh, the Subject Matter
Specialist of KVK on 19.11.2014 to link farmers with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raichur. The
Assistant Director of Agriculture Dr. Jayprakash T C was also present on the occasion.
More than 100 farmers participated in the said program. More than 100 farmers
participated in this program to get the knowledge about the program.
3) Orientation Program with Bankers & Government officials
The 1st orientation program for bankers and government officials about the project
concept on 28.10.2013; more than 11 bank officials and 4 line department
representatives from Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry
departments participated in the said program. Dr. Jayaprakash TC, Assistant Director of
Agriculture, Dr. Shankar, Assistant Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary
Sciences, Sri Rajshekhar DM, Senior Assistant Director of Horticulture, etc. participated
in the said program. The Lead District Manager Sri Shekhargouda chaired the program in
the presence of Sri N Narayana Raju, AGM of NABARD. All participating farmers were
also present on the occasion.
Participants
Date
Venue
Farmers
Line Dept
Bankers
28.10.2013 Samarthya Soudha, Janakalyan
36
4
11
19.11.2014 Farm of Sri Labkumar Mistry
103
4
7
The 2nd program with government line departments and bankers was held on
19.11.2014 wherein the Department of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and
Forestry participated. Several bank officers also participated in the said program. More
than 100 farmers participated in the program in addition to the participating farmers.
4) Training Programs for farmers on " Integrated Farming System"
Excavation of water harvesting structure is just the beginning of the journey in bringing
self sufficiency by diversifying cropping and adding multiple sources of income to the
farm. Though, it has a long list of activities demanding huge investments in each of
these activities and takes few years to establish the results, due to limitation of the
scheme, we have planned only few set of training with the participating farmers. The
actual implementation is left to the farmers through their own investments. The role of
Janakalyan is only triggering the activities such as a) vegetable cultivation training, b)
fodder cultivation & animal husbandry training, c) worm composting and / or SRI and 4)
fish rearing. The achievement as at the end of the journey is satisfactory. The training
conducted during the project period is tabulated as underDate
Subject
Resource
Partici
Person
pant
05-10-2012 Land development and land leveling in command Prasen Raptan
9
areas

06-10-2012 Organic & Sustainable agriculture practices for Basavarajaiah S

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Resource
Partici
Person
pant
command areas based on water availability
Sudhanya Sikdar
02-11-2012 Soil sample collection and soil testing to assess Prasen Raptan
13
04-11-2012
22-11-2012

26-11-2012
05-12-2012
09-12-2012
06-12-2012
22-12-2012
02-01-2013
11-01-2013
14-01-2013
08-01-2013
20-01-2013
29-02-2013
18-02-2013
22-02-2013
07-03-2013
17-03-2013
09-03-2013
10-04-2013
11-04-2013

Subject

the soil nutrient status and requirements

Integration of cattle and ruminants to improve
economic position of a farmer
Formation of Water Users Group under various
Acts and its management including format, bylaw
amendment,
conducting
meeting,
documentation.
Warabandhi system introduction in upper reach
can resolve the problem of tail end
Intensified Integrated Farming System, diversified
cropping patterns in command area, etc.
Agronomical practices for different crops in
command areas based on water availability
Green manure practices in command areas for soil
health management
Water Budgeting & judicious utilization of
irrigation water in tail end of TBP
Irrigation Water Management in command areas
crop based
Water
logging,
salinity
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alkalinity
management in command areas
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Vegetable cultivation in command area to earn
more profit with less water
Participation of farmers in water management
along the canal
Resource Mobilization and Collection of Water
Tax from water users
Types of irrigation systems in command areas
including sprinkler, drip, furrow, flood, etc.
Fertility
management
and
soil
health
management for command areas
Organic & Sustainable agriculture practices for
command areas based on water availability
Soil sample collection and soil testing to assess
the soil nutrient status and requirements
Value Chain approach with special reference to
rice and milk
Participation of farmers in water management
along the canal
Value Chain approach with special reference to
rice and milk

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

12

Prasen Raptan

11

Prasen Raptan

10

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

34

Prasen Raptan

33

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

41

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

14

Prasen Raptan

21

Prasen Raptan

12

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

11

Prasen Raptan

11

Prasen Raptan

14

Prasen Raptan

15

15

26

31

13
21

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Resource
Person
Formation
of
Agriculture
Interest
Groups
/
Water
09-04-2013
Prasen Raptan

13-04-2013
22-04-2013
29-05-2013
21-05-2013
06-05-2013
07-05-2013
08-06-2013
12-06-2013
19-07-2013
23-08-2013
27-08-2013
16-08-2013
30-09-2013
05-09-2013
13-09-2013
28-10-2013
06-10-2013
21-12-2013
28-12-2013

Subject

Users Group under various Acts and its

management
including
format,
bylaw
amendment,
conducting
meeting,
documentation.
Intensified Integrated Farming System, diversified
cropping patterns in command area, etc.
Irrigation Act in Karnataka & Cooperation of
farmers with special reference to Command area
farmers
Integration of cattle and ruminants to improve
economic position of a farmer
Seed Entrepreneurship in the tail end of
Malaprabha Irrigation Project
Accounts Management for community based
organizations / Water Users Groups
Agronomical practices for different crops in
command areas based on water availability
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by Janakalyan in 2005
Entrepreneurship training to educated youths to
retain them in agriculture through value chain
approach
Application of fertilizer (organic, chemical, bio,
green, etc) based on soil nutrient levels
SRI method of rice cultivation to reduce water
requirement at upper reach of command areas so
that tail end farmers get water
Water Budgeting & judicious utilization of
irrigation water in tail end of TBP
Warabandhi System concept to upper reach
farmers can resolve the problem of tail end
Types of irrigation systems in command areas
including sprinkler, drip, furrow, flood, etc.
Vegetable cultivation in command area to earn
more profit with less water
Agronomical practices for different crops in
command areas based on water availability
Why and how to ensure the participation of all
farmers in water management
Accounts Management for community based
organizations / Water Users Groups
Irrigation Water Management in command areas
crop based
Land development and land leveling in command

Partici
pant
12

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

10

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

8
12

Manojit Biswas

13

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

14

Prasen Raptan

31

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar

11

Prasen Raptan

14

Prasen Raptan

21

Prasen Raptan

11

Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Basavarajaiah S
Sudhanya Sikdar
Prasen Raptan

12

Manojit Biswas

11

Prasen Raptan

Prasen Raptan

21

11

11
10

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Resource
Person

Partici
pant

areas

27-12-2013 Green manure practices in command areas for soil Basavarajaiah S

health management
Sudhanya Sikdar
30-01-2014 Irrigation Act in Karnataka & Cooperation of Prasen Raptan
31-02-2014
14-03-2014
29-04-2014
19-04-2014
07-05-2014
16-06-2014

farmers with special reference to Command area

farmers
Water Budgeting & judicious utilization of
irrigation water in tail end of TBP
Application of fertilizer (organic, chemical, bio,
green, etc) based on soil nutrient levels
Soil and Water Conservation in command areas
Fertility
management
and
soil
health
management for command areas
Resource Mobilization and Collection of Water
Tax from water users
Water
logging,
salinity
and
alkalinity
management in command areas

10
11

Prasen Raptan

21

Sudhanya Sikdar

11

Prasen Raptan
Sudhanya Sikdar

12
14

Prasen Raptan

12

Prasen Raptan

11

In order to ensure implementation of Intensification Integrated Farming System (IIFS),

few set of training programs were proposed during the project period to ensure farm
based intervention. Accordingly, several training programs are conducted during the
project period as stated in the above table. All these trainings are conducted in the
Samarthya Soudha of Janakalyan; the duration varies based on the subject. Most of the
trainings were half-a-day duration using in-house facilities and resource persons
involving no cost. The impacts of such training programs are illustrated in the
subsequent paragraphs.

A view of the training hall of Janakalyan

The participants are offered with lunch

a) Cultivation of vegetable crops

The 1st year was a good year in terms of rainfall but was a bad year for vegetable
cultivation due to continuous rain almost every day; as a result, the farmers those
who tried vegetable cultivation lost their crops while few others could not even go
for sowing / transplanting.
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The 2nd year was very bad agricultural year; early rain in the month of May-June
tempted the farmers to go for cotton crop. Huge area was sown with cotton. The
germination and growth was extremely good. But long dry spell in June-August
made the farmers helpless. Again, continuous rain during August spoiled the crops.
As a result, the farmers those who tried vegetable cultivation lost their crops while
few others could not even go for sowing / transplanting. Again the current year is
very bad year and is declared as Drought Hit Year. Even then, one can find the
participating farmers growing vegetables in their farms while others are waiting for
the canal water.
Response to vegetable cultivation was extremely good by the farmers; they started
using the water very efficiently for vegetable cultivation. Once ignited by Janakalyan
team, they take it forward when they get the taste of regular income from vegetable
crops.

Vegetable Plots of Sri Surendranath Mondal at R H Colony No.5

Vegetable Plots of Sri Manik Bawali of R H Colony No.5

Sri Swapan Baidya working in his vegetable plots

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The important point to be noted here is that the farmer sales the vegetables
after their family consumption; consumption of farm fresh vegetables will
definitely have positive impacts on the health of the family members. Further,
that much amount is saved every day, which otherwise they would have spent
on purchase of vegetables.

Ladies finger in the farm of Ramesh Mondal

3 tier vegetables in the farm of Lab Kumar Mistry

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Creepers faced very good income to Ramesh Mondal during the year

Lab Mistry effectively utilizing the bund of the water bank

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Chilly plot of Sudeepto Mondal at R H Colony No.5 who never dreamt about it
b) Cultivation of fodder for milch animals
It is also aimed that the peasant communities shall also get unadulterated
milk from their own farm along with farm fresh vegetables. Therefore, tried to
convince and motivate the farmers to go for animal husbandry. Rearing 1 or 2
milch animals is not difficult for the farming communities.
There is good profit in animal husbandry as they need not spent any
additional pie to feed these animals. The fodder is abundantly available in
their farms itself. Therefore, whatever is earned from milk is net profit
excluding the labor. On the other hand, the benefits from cow dung and cow
urine is also not calculated along with the value of calf. Again, this value is
calculated only for the quantum of milk that is sold after family consumption;
here again the impact on health is to be considered.
Only setback for the team during the year is that it failed to motivate the
farmers to go for fodder crops except Sri Manik Bawali who has tried it in
small piece of land. It is very difficult to bring out the farmers from their ageold practices to which they are addicted to. But, some of them have cultivated
fodder on the bunds of the tank. However, in the due course of time, we are
sure of converting these farmers into the proposed package of the program.
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Fodder crop of Sri Manik Bawali at R H Colony No.5

Milch animals are taken care like human being by these farmers

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c) Vermicomposting / SRI techniques:

It is planned that each farmer shall either go for vermicompost making or
cultivate paddy with System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of
cultivation. It is found that the farmers have least interest about vermicompost
preparation. Only 1 farmer has prepared 1
vermicompost pit in his house
during the project period.
With all efforts

and training interventions, the team failed to motivate the farmers to go for
vermicompost preparation.
System of Rice Intensification: In order to bring more area under irrigation,
it is proposed that SRI method of rice cultivation shall be introduced so that
water consumption becomes less while yield increases. With all efforts, the
farmers agreed to go for SRI in a small piece of land; however, not all
farmers. The result was not very convincing for the farmers.

SRI plot ready for transplanting

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In addition all farmers have gone for traditional method of rice cultivation for
their subsistence cultivation. During 2nd year, the team failed to convince the
farmers to go for SRI cultivation. The main reason is failure of monsoon. The
rice crop itself has reduced by more than 70% and cotton has made its way
in after almost 2 decades. The issue is worst in the 3rd year as it is declared
as Drought-hit year and nobody has gone for any crop till date.
d) Fishery in Farm Ponds
In addition to meeting the life saving irrigation needs of the famers, the water
bank also fetches additional income by introducing fish cultivation. Fish is the
staple food for Bengalis and they know how to cultivate it, if provided with a
water bank. Almost all the farmers have started fish rearing excepting 1-2
farmers.
It is learnt that in new water harvesting structure, fish growth is not up to the
expectation. However, all 5 farmers tried fish rearing in 1st year. The yield was
not up to the mark. Due to failure of monsoon, the farmers could not fill their
water banks during the 2nd year and thus could not go for fish cultivation. The
situation has become still worst during the current year as it is a drought-hit
year and none of the water banks are filled yet. Therefore, no question of fish
rearing arouses.

Water harvesting structures ready for fish cultivation

Water Bank of Jeetendra Roy and Manik Bawali ready for fish cultiv ation

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5) Field Days and Results Sharing Programs

Field Day: It being a trial project, the objective is to learn from experience and share the
same with other fellow farmers so that they can get benefits. Towards this end, a field
day and a result sharing program was planned for the larger sections of the farming
communities.
The field day was organized in the farm of Sri Lab Kumar Mistry on 19.11.2014. The
Deputy Commissioner of Raichur Sir Sashikant S Sentil, IAS agreed to address the
farmers on this occasion but finally could not turn up as the District Incharge Secretary
Sri Vijaya Bhaskar, IAS fixed a visit to the district on the same day. However, the Sri N
Narayana Raju, District Development Manager of NABARD along with ADA, SADH,
AD(Vet), Forest, Fisheries, etc. participated in the Field Day. More than 100 farmers
participated in the program. Dr. G Ramesh, subject matter specialist of KVK, Raichur
delivered a special lecture on this occasion. The farmers as well as line departments
appreciated the efforts of Janakalyan in exhibiting the true integrated farming system.
The 3-tier farming system of Janakalyan with Intensified Integrated Farming System
(IIFS) is visible on the field and not on papers.

Farmers & officers visiting the farms

A view of the water bank and its usage

Welcoming the guests in the field day

Guests visiting different components

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The house yard is used for productive purpose

Farmers & guests having lunch after the field day

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3-tiers cropping pattern of Janakalyan

3-tiers integrated farming system

Fish cultivation in the water bank; bund is productively used for fruits and fire wood

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Results Sharing Program: To make the fellow farmers aware about the outcomes of the
interventions under NABARD supported Farmers Technology Transfer Fund (FTTF)
program, a daylong event called Result Sharing Program was conducted on 28.08.2015
in the presence of participating farmers. About 60 farmers participated in the said
program in the Janakalyan office. The farmers shared their experiences gained during
the project period of 3 years along with data support. The final outcomes of the
interventions at the end of project period are tabulated in the following table.
Land
2013-14
Sl.
Farmer Name holding Cropped Total
Total
No
(acre)
area Expenditur Income
1 Manik Bawali 5.00
4.50
159,500 239,700
2 Shanti Mandal 4.38
4.00
211,925 432,000
3 Suren Mandal 4.38
4.00
84,850 239,700
4 Jeetendra
4.08
3.50
57,190 74,200
5 Hiralal Baidya 5.02
4.50
104,145 171,600
6 Ramesh Mand 5.00
4.50
125,000 160,000
7
Shib Gain
5.00
4.00
110,000 130,000
8 Subash Manda 2.00
1.40
55,000 58,000
9
Lab Mistri
2.19
1.69
45,000 55,000
10 Surendranath 5.30
4.23
120,000 150,000
11 Sailen Dhali
3.20
3.20
60,000 90,000
12 Devendranath 5.00
5.00
75,000 110,000
13 Mukunda Bisw 2.32
2.32
65,000 95,000
14 Birendranath B 4.19
4.19
105,000 130,000
15 Duli Mandal
4.32
4.32
120,000 185,000
Total
61.38 55.35
1,497,610 2,320,200
Average per farmer
99,841 154,680
Percentage
155%

2014-15
Cropped Total .
Total Net Profit/
Net
area Expenditur Income
Loss
Profit
80,200 4.50
102,814 144,400 41,586
220,075 4.00
117,840 160,800 42,960
154,850 4.00
114,620 140,600 25,980
17,010 3.50
100,680 164,350 63,670
67,455 4.50
96,300 111,700 15,400
35,000 4.50
84,170 130,950 46,780
20,000 4.00
94,550 120,400 25,850
3,000 1.40
31,410
36,100
4,690
10,000 1.69
48,970
77,100 28,130
30,000 4.23
105,030 147,600 42,570
30,000 2.50
60,000
86,400 26,400
35,000 4.50
130,000 133,000
3,000
30,000 2.00
50,000
57,000
7,000
25,000 3.39
98,000 121,000 23,000
65,000 4.00
98,000 130,000 32,000
822,590 52.71
1,332,384 1,761,400 429,016
54,839 3.51
88,826 117,427 28,601
55%
132%
32%

One can find from the table that the net profit for 2013-14 was 55% on investment while
that has reduced to 32% during the current crop year. This was because, the year 201415 was a drought hit year and also the cotton crop has failed totally. However, the profit
of 32% is recorded from other crops like vegetable, milk, dry crops, etc. Without the
water bank, this would have been a day dream like other farmers of the area who has
met with severe loss during the year. The farmers participating in the project are happy
that they have at least 32% returns on their investment while other farmers have lost
their principal amount too.
The farmers participated in the Result Sharing program are finally convinced that the
Water Bank is a concept which is need of the hour for the farmers of this area. They also
agreed that only excavation of water bank may not serve the purpose unless the farmers
actively in other components of the project as planned by Janakalyan. The productive
units of Janakalyan can only make the intervention profit oriented. These productive
units are
a) Vegetable cultivation for daily income
b) Fodder with milch animals for weekly income
c) Fish cultivation in the water bank for seasonal income
d) Fruits crops on the bunds for long term income
e) Paddy with SRI as subsistence crop
f) Cereals and dry crops for food grain requirement of the family
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PHOTO TOUR

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Cotton crop in the farm of Jeetendra

Sukharanjan Roy (son of Jeetendra Roy) on the bund of Water Bank

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The Water Bank of Sri Hiralal Baidya

Cotton Crop of Sri Hiralal Baidya

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Fish Cultivation in the water bank of Sei Lab Kumar Mistry

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An article published abou the project intervention in the Prajavani, Kannada daily

Field Day published in Prajavani, Kannada Daily

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Utilisation Statement of the Program from 01.09.2012 to 31.08.2015

Sl.
No

Expenditure Head

Budget
Proposed

Budget Sanctioned by RO

234000

36

Rate
per
4,000

144000

36

4,000

Unit
i

Project Officers salary

ii

Field Officers Salary

iii
iv

Excavations of pukurs
Orientation
Programmes with
farmers,KVK & USA
Orientation
Programmes with
Bankers & Govt officials

Total
Budget
144,000

124,000

2,200

144,000

124,000

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Total

Grant Released
Grant Utilsed
Overspent

126,200
124,000

20,000
20,000

Local
Contributi
on

Total

F=D+E

G=A+D

H=B+E

I=G+H

20,000
20,000

144,000
144,000

1,227,920 186,250 477,142 663,392

2,200
-

146,200
144,000

525,000 1,366,312

1,891,312

525,000

338,750

889,170

6125

2,000

6,000

6,250

6,250

6,250

6,250

8750

2,000

6,000

2,252

2,252

2,252

2,252

Cultivation of veg crops

Cultivation of fodder
for milch animals
vermicomposting, SRI
technoques
Fishery in Farm Ponds
Travel, Office,
Communication costs
Field Days and
Experience Sharing
Programmes

vii

C=A+B

NABARD
Grant

35,000

Training Programmes for farmers on " Integrated Farming System"

Up to 31.08.2015

15

Current period 01.04.2015 To

31.8.2015
Local
NABAR
Contrib
Total
D Grant
ution

3000000

vi

Up to previous reporting period

31.3.2015
Local
NABAR
Contrib
Total
D Grant
ution

25500

3,333

10,000

3,100

3,100

3,100

3,100

25500

3,333

10,000

25500

3,333

10,000

7,480

7,480

6,600

7,480

25500

3,333

10,000

10,000

10,000

9,900

10,000

229200

36

2,250

81,000

177,145

177,145

9635

9635

186,780

186,780

30000

7,455

16,980

16,000

3,754,075

749,400
1,044,862
(295,462)

3,200
65,783

16,000

7,455
962,000

776,702

8,545
891,370

1,668,072

8,545

268,160 477,142 745,302 1,044,862 1,368,512 2,413,374

Grant sanctioned
Grant received
Balance to be released

962,000
749,400
212,600