Sustainable Rural Development Through Effective Natural Resources Management

SAVITRIBAI PHULE MAHILA EKATMA SAMAJ MANDAL

(SPMESM)

ABOUT SPMESM

30 Projects in 39 Slums and 72 Villages.

Charitable Trust Registration (1994). (Reg. No. F/2975/A’bad)

80 G (ABD/CIT/TECH/80 G/ SPMESM /114/35/2008-09)

FCRA(Registration Number- 083750136)

Total Expenses on Objectives (10-11): Rs. 6888338.00

SPMESM- HEALTHCARE

HEALTHCARE

Dr. Hedgewar Hospital

Dattaji Bhale Blood Bank

3 Slum Health Centers

Sanjeevani

Slum Mobile Clinic

EDUCATION

Vidyarthi Vikas

Project

Kishori Vikas

Prakalpa

8 Skills Up

gradation

Courses

Child Education Project

& Baalwadi

s Network

Niramaya Healthca

re Studies Center

Sanganak

Pradnya IT

Centers

SPMESM- EDUCATION

SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

Gokulam PAS

Project

Laksha Vriksha Yojana

Bhagirath Water &

Land M’ment Project

Mahila Prakalpa300 SHGs

Rural Insurance

Project

UNDP Bibba

Project

SPMESM- Sustainable Development

BACKGROUND

•72 villages.•Mainly Hilly and remote Areas of Aurangabad & Jalna District.•Dudhana & Sukhana Basin origin.•Light to Medium Soil with heavy erosion.•Green cover of hills diminished.•Basalt rocks with Low Water holding capacity.

THE NEED

•Farmers depending on Nature & Government.•Far from Outreach of Any Government Infrastructure•Small Land Holding, Debts, Illiteracy, Poverty•No Buffer for Experiments•Water illiteracy•Traditional Cropping Patterns -Meager income•Lack of Healthy Animal Husbandry•Poor Natural Resources Awareness.

BHAGIRATH LAND &WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Resources Mapping- Hydro Geological Survey, Well Inventory, Socio Economic & Bio Diversity Survey.

Modified Cropping Patterns

Drip Irrigation Installation,

Integrated Nutrients Management,

Integrated Pest Management

Agro Technology Demonstrations.

Market Orientation

Post Harvest Technology/ Storage

BHAGIRATH W&LMP: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

•CCT s/ Rainwater Harvesting by

Villagers

•Gliricidia maculata on hill slops.

•Silt Excavation by Kisan Mandal.

•Farm Leveling by farmers

•Farm Ponds by 10 Farmers

•Kitchen Gardens by 2000 farmers

•Micro Irrigation Adoption- 100 Farmers.

•“Save Grain” Campaign

BHAGIRATH L&WMP: AWARENESS IS THE KEY!

Farmers Club: Basic Unit for Extension & Awareness.

Study Tours

Yuva Kisan Abhyas Varga,

Crop Based Workshops.

Cluster wise/ micro climate wise Agro Technology

Awareness with Adult Education Dept of the University, NSS camps

BHAGIRATH L&WMP: ACHIEVEMENTS

Cropping Pattern:

Increase in Cotton & Maize Yield

Introduction of Ginger/ Turmeric crops to the vicinity

Bumper yield of Garlic, Onion and Turmeric by ‘raised bed’.

Gram cultivation instead of Wheat.

Vegetable in Shed Nets

Successful Addressing of Local Issues:

Cotton in water logged soil- broad Raised Bed & drip irrigation.

Castor as wind break - “Lalya” outbreak delayed!

Control over Mealy Bugs Outbreak by IPM

12 Feb. 11, Farmers Repaying the loan provided for Drip Irrigation, earlier than due date, in a Ceremony!

“10 Times Increase in Income!”

LAKSHA – VRIKSHA YOJANA Plantation of 1 Lakh ‘Fruit Trees’ in 10 years.

Availability of capital for seed, fertilizer at Monsoon Time

68,620 Trees by 1550 farmers till date with 75% Survival rate.

50 Sweet Lemon, 22 Mango, 17 Pomegranate and 22 Custard Apple Orchards developed.

Support ‘Shroff Family Charitable Trust’

GOKULAM PASHU DHAN AROGYA SATHI

25 Villages in Phase I and 45 villages in Phase IIVeterinary First Aid at the doorstep to Farmers.

Good Animal Feed in the village

Reducing Malnutrition, Healthy Calf Competitions .

Remarkable increase in vaccination of BQ and FMD.

Kitchen Yard Poultries

Animals worth Rs. 15.00 Lakh saved because of the project.

2008 2009 2010

60

25

2

25

60

65

Deaths During BQ EpidemicsVaccination %

After Project

Before Project

UNDP SGP LIVELIHOOD SECURITY PROJECT

100 Bibba Processing SC/ ST families in Ajantha ranges

Marking Nut (Bhilava) Semecarpus anacardium

Dehuller- Improvement in Processing Rate, Health Hazards Reduced.

Bibba Oil Extraction through Oil expeller.

Nutritive products of Kernel of Bibba – Godambi.

Plantation of 21000 Bibba plants and conservation of existing 50000.

Support -“UNDP/GEF/SGP/CEE”

KRISHI KANYA

SHGs.

Financial Literacy of women.

27 SHGs with annual turn over more than 100000.

Loan recovery 90 %

Women Entrepreneur – 180 cottage units (Agro Service centre, Floriculture etc).

Free Insurance of 4232 rural poor from 43 villages

Agro Literacy for Women farmers

THANK YOU!

Savitribai Phule Mahila Ekatma Samaj MandalDr. Hedgewar Hospital Campus, Garkheda,Aurangabad 431005 (Maharashtra)Telefax: (0240) 2331195, 2331994

Thank You!