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Jamgoria SevabrataPurulia, West Bengal

Vision 2020 Graduate 10000 families out of poverty Year long food-grain from own source and

20000 cash in a year. Target – anybody less than 12 month food

sufficiency mainly SC and ST. Strategy –

Reduction of risk in farming system by ensuring irrigation (kharif and other season). DBI Decentralized water bodies (HAPA)

Intensification of crops (SRI) and diversification of crops (maize, pulses, vegetable, horticulture and oilseed)

DBI facts till date

Number of sites- 23 Number of active sites - 16 Number of farmers benefited (active and would

be active)- 3000 Number of Water Users group Formed – 23. Number of SHGs running in the DBI villages –

170 Total kharif command area created – 2500 acres Total rabi command area created – 1000 acres.

Benefits in kharif

Command area created 2500 acre SRI covered in 500 acres Production ensured in whole

command are for kharif paddy Command area increased using many

techniques. Tomato raised in 1000 acres. Other vegetables in 500 acres.

Kharif contd… Small farmers’

average land holding 60 decimal. Without changing the practice – 5 quintal extra

paddy - 5000 rupees Changed practice to SRI in half of the holdings –

10 quintal extra paddy – 10000 rupees. Tomato in half of the holding – 30000 rupees

Conservative estimate is 5000 rupees extra income per acre.

Extra income 125 lakhs per annum in kharif with an investment of 150 lakhs.

Benefits in Rabi Rabi command area created 1000 acres. Major crops are mustard, wheat and vegetables. Mustard cultivated in 500 acres wheat in 300

acres and vegetables in rest. 50% of mustard and wheat is done through SRI

methods. Cucumber and watermelon is the main crop in

vegetable. Rough estimates say average extra income in

rabi is 10000 rupees per acre. So total extra income 100 lakhs rupees per

annum in rabi (investment counted in Kharif)

Anil, Baliguma Has 60 decimal land in command area Has done SRI paddy in 45 Decimal land and earned

7700 rupees extra Has done SRI mustard 16 Decimal land and earned

6000 Extra Has done tomato 15 decimal in Kharif, earned 12000

rupees extra Has done cauliflower 10 decimal land, Cabbage 10

decimal Including kharif and rabi he earned 41700 Rupees

extra. Sent his two children to hostel. Bought a cow. Repaired the house and thatched the new roof. Took a pond in lease for fish cultivation. Successfully graduated out of poverty.

Linkages with other institution:

The Jabla Krishi cooparetive Bank private Limited selected Jabla Dhabardih DBI command area for seed production site.

The 50 farmers draw agriculture support for wheat cultivation in rabi season from Block Agriculture office in Jabla Dhabardih DBI site.

Small WHS is being constructed in 6 DBI command areas through MGNREGS.

The district Agri Irrigation department is renovating DBI water source at Nunia Chatra village.

Way forward

Organised planning and production among the DBI sites.

Producer company? Dead storage in the DBI source can be used

in irrigation through the same system using a small pump-set.

Already in use in many DBI sites but needs proper technology to convert the DBI inlet in LI inlet

Much more focus on SHG and agriculture.

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