Convergence Of Agriculture Sector With IWMP And MNREGA

Dr. A.L.Rathore Professor and Head

Department of Agronomy Indira Gandhi krishi Vishawavidyalaya, Raipur

Convergence is the process that brings in shared values and responsibilities on

supplementary and complementary mode to achieve common objectives and

mutual benefits to the converging partners around targeted schemes.

Convergence is a tool to address the developmental issue effectively for

maximizing outcome of the investment.

All the development departments, NGOs and many more agencies are

working in isolation for development and betterment of livelihood of rural

population.

Ample financial support is available through various programme and activities

but due to the lack of interface amongst all stakeholders optimal effect of

investment is not achieved.

CONVERGENCE MECHANISM

It is also experienced that the field functionaries did not have interest to

converge with other schemes owing to egocentric behaviors causing

conflicts in implementation.

The core issue for agricultural development is not lack of financial

support, but effective financial management and its efficient utilization is

paramount concern.

The main objective of convergence is to bring synergy amongst the

programmes, optimize the efficiency of investment and maximize the

benefit of resources.

We are also proposing converging mechanism for increasing productivity

and cropping intensity of rice fallows with ultimate aim of village

development

Convergence Model •For effective convergence and to avoid conflict amongst various agencies, there has to be at least one link into separate hierarchies apart from the district agriculture officer. It is obvious that common link at district level is district collector. Therefore district collector should be the nodal point for conceiving and implementation of all convergence plans.

Steps of convergence

•Department and organization wise identification of programmes and activities to

be converged.

•Meeting with all concerned departments for convergence of identified activities

at district level under the chairmanship of district collector.

•Preparation and conceptualization of convergence plan.

•Identification and nomination of human resources for execution of plan at district

block and panchayat level.

•Regular monitoring of plan

District Level Convergence committee

District Level Collector, DDA, KVK, Veternay, Fisheries, Horticulture, Jila panchayat,

NGO, CSEB, Beej nigam etc.

CEO Janpad panchayat,KVK, Veterinay, Fisheries, Horticulture, Jila panchayat, NGO, CSEB, Beej nigam etc.

Rice Fallow Project

Field Functioneries of allied departments Gram Panchayat Level RAEO

Block Level SADO

Deputy Director Agriculture

Fig.1Convergence model

•To execute the convergence model at village, block and district level, a district level

convergence committee (DLCC) should be formed headed by district level agriculture

officer in the chairmanship of collector.

•The DLCC will consist of CEO-Zila Panchayat, expert and technical district level personnel

from all relevant line departments of the district, NGOs KVK and colleges.

•The district agriculture officer should be the leader and member secretary of DLCC.

District Level Convergence committee

Role and Responsibility of DLCC: •The DLCC should advise, formulate, appraise and monitor the implementation of convergence plan, identify common areas of convergence of work under different schemes, scrutinize the district plans and other schemes, preparation of annual convergence action plan for the district, ensure technical and financial sanction of works by the relevant departments, skill development, assure the quality supervision/monitoring and quality check of at-least 10% of convergence works taken up during the financial year through district team and technical experts of all concerned departments. •The DDA at district level shall be nominated at district level for handling day-to-day convergence activities and organize monthly physical and financial progress review meeting of DLCC with all line departments.

Block level Convergence Committee

1. A block level convergence committee (BLCC) should be constituted comprising the CEO Janpad Panchayat as chairperson, SADO as block leader, Janpad (Block) level Officials and technical personnel of all Line Departments, NGOs and KVK.

2. Committee should be headed by SADO and the secretarial support will be provided by agriculture department.

The BLCC should coordinate convergence activities at block level. It would ensure that the work taken up by line departments is compatible with each other. The SADO should take lead for preparation of annual convergence plan at village level and compile the plan for block. The BLCC should prepare block level annual convergence action plan. Quality monitoring and supervision of all convergence works taken up and conduct fortnightly or monthly meeting of BLCC for review and progress update.

Role and Responsibility

Village level convergence Committee Village level convergence committee(VLCC) should be constituted comprising RAEO as leader, and field level staff engaged in implementing the programmes of line departments, representative of panchayat, progressive farmers, NGOs and KVKs as members.

Role and Responsibility:

1. The VLCC should assist in capacity building of primary stakeholder, and convergence of livelihood planning.

2. The village level critical annual requirements and schemes to converge in order to fulfill the requirement should be prepared by the VLCC in the leadership of RAEO.

3. The other work to be done by the VLCC should be facilitating planning process and establish expected outcome from each convergence.

4. The RAEO and field staff of line department would do site execution of the work, asses convergence and conduct fortnightly or monthly meeting of VLCC for review and progress update.

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Fig. Inter sectorial convergence wheel for optimizing the effect of investment

Convergence Process

1. Problems and requirements should be identified as per fund likely to be made available during the year.

2. Thereafter, proposal of convergence should be prepared by line departments and discussed in presence of panchayat members in the chairmanship of RAEO.

3. The VLCC should also plan for optimal use of available resources for convergence at district level. All departments should prepare a composite project clearly defining activity wise budget and/or technical support.

4. The implementing department of the converging programme would provide necessary technical expertise to the Gram Sabha so that convergence takes place in complementary manner. Works to be taken up by all other agencies should be maintained at the block /Janpad Panchayat level.

5. The departments to converge for village development are agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry, food and civil supplies, public health engineering, support of youth welfare, water resources, rural engineering services, school education, forest, women and child development and MNREGA.

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Convergence matrix: fund invested from convergence during 2010-11 to 2013-14 Departments

Name of Schemes Amount shared (Rs. In lakh) Purpose

Charama Gariyaband

Agriculture BRGEI, BRGF, NFSM, ISOPAM, Sakambari,

micro irrigation, small irrigation pond,

agriculture implements promotion,

replacement of summer rice to maize,

ATMA

152.64 56.48 Soil and water conservation, seed, irrigation

pipes, sprinkler, nadep and wormi compost

pits, tube well, well, tank, implements and

other inputs, Skill development and trainings

Horticulture NHB and NHM 23.50 12.24 Quality seed, planting materials, drip system

and trainings

KVK, Kanker and

Gariyaband

KVK 18.00 20.08 OFT, FLD, skill development and field day,

kisan mela and campaigns

COA, Raipur College 2.50 Demonstrations on pulses

PWD State 295.33 74.61 Road and culvert

RES/PHE State - 10.25 Drinking water, works and tube wells

CSEB Tribal 3.60 98.25 Electricity for tube well and well, bore well

Fisheries State 0.20 6.52 Trainings, feed, and fingerlings

Animal husbandry State 0.50 10.46 Subsidies for purchase of back yard poultry

and goat and health camps and deworming

Jila Panchayat 66.20 69.32 MANREGA- renovation and new construction

of pond, well, land leveling, plantation

Water resources State 8.00 38.42 Tube well to households

Forest 3.00 Lac culture and NTFP

Cooperative society State Service Credit Input supply on credit basis- seed and

fertilizer

Beej Evam Krishi

Vikas Nigam

1.50 Seed production

Panchayat Service provider Meetings and space for the project

Total 574.97 396.63

AT A GLANCE

Factors Gariyaband cluster Charama cluster Total or average

Before After Before After Before After

Irrigated area (ha) 24 361 129 548 153 909

Irrigated area (%) 4.1 61.8 9.0 40.1 6.6 51.0

Drip System(ha) 0 5 0 35 0 40

Sprinkler (sets) 5 146 35 166 40 312

Motor cycles(nos.) 25 127 44 166 69 293

Tractors(nos.) 3 7 3 15 6 22

Vermi compost (nos.) 0 15 0 43 0 58

Nadep pit(nos.) 0 12 0 9 0 21

Biogas plant(nos.) 3 23 1 11 4 34

IFS model tested(nos.) 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0

Kharif crop area(ha) 586 647 1034 1195 1620 1842

Rice yield (q/ha) 20.5 38.6 30.0 45.8 25.3 42.2

Rabi crop area (ha) 53 343 129 503 181 846

Summer crop area (ha) 0 56 0 81 0 136

Cropping intensity (%) 109.0 161.6 112.5 148.9 110.8 155.3

Factors Gariyaband cluster Charama cluster Total or average

Before After Before After Before After

Fodder availability (t/annum) 7507 18407 18452 34632 25959 53039

Average net annual income per

family(Rs.)

43922 202112 99131 234160 71527 218136

Average annual employment per family

(man days)

280 497 298 503 289 500

Project Cost (Rs. In lakh)

Receipt from convergence 396.63 574.97 0.00 971.60

Receipt from funding agency-NRAA 180.00 180.00 0.00 360.00

Total cost 576.63 754.97 0.00 1331.60

Annual net income from project (Rs. In

lakh)

97.99 518.15 333.06 1105.23 431.05 1623.38

Additional income annually (Rs. In lakh) 420.16 772.17 1192.33

Annually employment in the project

area (man days)

103890 149091 162997 244997 266887 394088

Additional annual employment in the

project area(man days)

45201 82000 127201

Surface and ground Base year Progressive number of structures

Water structures 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Farm pond 0 12 22 22

Diversion 0 2 3 3

Tank 12 13 14 14

Shallow wells 150 155 167 167

Shallow tube wells 2 14 46 60

Tube wells 116 145 157 213

Total 130 186 242 312

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POLICY ISSUES

It is evident that policy interventions will have large impact on utilization of rice fallows for pulses (chickpea, lentil, peas, and urdbean), oilseeds (groundnut, mustard, linseed) and vegetables (ladyfinger, cowpea, bitter guard) and other crops (maize, summer rice, ragi), and adoption of new technologies by resource-poor farmers. About 40-60% of the area currently left fallow after rice can be converted into productive farm lands but following points need due consideration:

1. Phenomenal paradigm shift is inevitable and imperative in implementation of gamut of schemes pertaining to agricultural development from scattered individual farmer approach to project mode approach through convergence and involving all stakeholders for effective and responsive outcome.

2. Project area may be a gram panchayat or group of gram panchayats or cluster of villages.

3. Project should be prepared in consonance with all farmers of project area and other stakeholders who are directly or indirectly partner of the project, considering the resources and infrastructure are needed to be developed for adoption of improved technologies in project area by participating farmers.

4. Every project should have 2 to 5% untied-up fund to meet the expenditure on unforeseen activities which encounter during the implementation of the project.

5. Extension mechanism of project are should also be revamped as per the need of activities of the project for mass mobilization of participating farmers.

6. Project should have a space for market linkages. 7. Rigorous monitoring and timely review should be essentially performed.

WHS, Charama and Gariyaband

Farm pond, Charama cluster

Promoted line sowing and post emergence herbicide for control of weed in rice

Director Agriculture shri P.R. Kridatt and Director SAMETI Shri C.L.Jain visited Charama site

Early maturity of direct line seeded rice Charama

INM rice, charama

Til and arhar on pond and field bunds, Charama cluster

Dignitaries visited 2012-13 -farmer's field at Aurad (Charama)

Upland crops, Charama site

A good crop of gram after rice,

Gariyaband

Relay crop-Fieldpeaam after rice, Gariyaband

Kotela: Rabi crops- wheat, gram

Promoted line seeding of rabi crops-2012-13

Drip irrigation in chilies , village

Araud

Banana plantation in badi, village Araud

Maize for replacement of summer rice, Potiya

Gariyaband

Low yield of water in tube well- Growing vegetables, Potiya,

Gariyaband

Farmers hut

Traditionally farmers grow summer rice even after low water yield of tube wells, Gariyaband

Water table in village Araud – nearly 20-25 feet in March 2013

Hi-tech vegetable with drip- ladyfinger, Kotela

Flowers on bund with vegetable cultivation- march 2013, Kotela

Vegetable- ladyfinger, coriander in kotela

Can maize replace summer rice?

Reply by a Farmer- depends on yield and income from summer maize

Summer maize-Kotela 2013

Lac culture, Gariyaband

Thanks