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LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT THROUGH WATER HARVESTING IN TAIL END

2ND INTERIM REPORT

Volume X April 2012 – March 2013

24/04/2013

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Project Title : LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT THROUGH WATER HARVESTING IN TAIL END Name of Grantee : Janakalyan Donor : Deshpande Foundation Fund Grant Amount : US$ 47,491.00 Grant Period : April 15, 2011 to April 14, 2014 Grantee Fiscal Year End : 31 March Date of this Report : April 24, 2013 (for grant period April 1, 2012 to March 31,

2013, 2nd Interim Report)

The separate general ledger account used solely for Give2Asia funds had a balance of $0 (USD) on 03.31.2013.

Has your organization complied with the terms of the Grant Agreement to date? □ Yes If no, please explain:

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Interim Report - 2

Volume X (April 2012 - March 2013)

I. Interim Narrative Report:

Janakalyan, with the support of Give2Asia (Deshpande Foundation fund), initiated an innovation integrated inspiring intervention in Gadag district of North Karnataka with the small & marginal farmers of tail end of Malaprabha Irrigation Project to address two extremes of water availability. The intervention started in April 2010 in 5 villages with 10 farmers which have now spread across 3 taluks of Gadag and Dharwad districts in more than 55 villages. This report is prepared at the end of 3rd year to document the progress during the reporting period (April 2012 – March 2013). It was made possible to reach out to so many farmers of these villages to sustain their lives & livelihoods by the grants provided by G2A (DF Fund) during these periods. The summary of all such grants and respective outputs are furnished below- Grant Amount Grant Period Deliverables Achievement Status of Grant

$21,678 01.04.2010-31.03.2011

10 tanks & 10 micro entrepreneurs

10 tanks & 10 micro entrepreneurs

Completed & Final Report submitted

$47,491 15.04.2011- 31.03.2014

1 Hitachi & 100 tanks in 3 years with

administrative support from DF

1 Hitachi & 27 tanks completed at the end

of 1st year (with additional admin support from DF)

Grant Utilization Report submitted &

this is the 2nd Interim Annual Report at the

end of 2nd year $11867 9.11.2012-

31.3.2012 20 tanks out of 100

agreed in above grant in 6 months

20 tanks excavated in 6 months duration as per

the agreement

Completed and final report submitted to

Give2Asia & DF

A. Project Implementation: 1st cycle of the grant ($21,678) was for a trial to know the receptiveness of the community towards water harvesting in Malaprabha tail end. Based on the overwhelming positive response, the 2nd cycle of grant ($47,491) was approved from April 2011 for 3 years to complete 100 tanks with a commitment to provide administrative and program support every year after 1st 6 months. Kindly note that this was first installment of the grant for 6 months with an understanding that Janakalyan would own an excavator to excavate 100 tanks in 3 years (2011-12 to 2013-14) and Deshpande Foundation through G2A would provide additional program and administrative grant for all these 3 years. Accordingly, an additional grant ($11,867) for the period of October 2011-March 2012 was also provided by Deshpande Foundation through Give2Asia (for which a separate Final Report is submitted). However, it did not continue the support in 2012-13 as per the commitment. This volume of the report is 2nd interim Annual Report of 3 years project.

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1. Please describe the project activities that have been carried out to date The activities those were completed during the reporting period are not many (as there was no budget support from DF during this period). However, a brief report is prepared to assess the benefits of those structures

1.1. Project Concept Orientation to the new villages: In addition to the existing project villages, Janakalyan field team extended their extension services to other villages of Naragund & Ron taluks of Gadag district and Navalagund taluk of Dharwad district; i.e. Janakalyan has now reached its activities in 3rd taluk in 2nd district of Sandbox.

1.2. Selection of eligible farmers for water harvesting structures: The selection of farmers for excavation of water harvesting structures are done in 2 stages - 1) Technical Feasibility by visiting the site proposed for excavation of the water harvesting structure and 2) Social Feasibility by visiting the house of the farmer to assess the interest of the family members and their willingness to participate in all activities under the project.

1.2.1 Technical Feasibility: Technical feasibility of the site proposed for excavation of the water harvesting structure is assessed by our technical experts by visiting the site along with the farmer. While assessing the site, we look at many angles of the site such as watershed area, soil condition, catchment area, etc.

1.2.2 Social Feasibility: Once, the technical feasibility is through, the team then visit the house of the farmer to assess the social feasibility in terms of interest of the family members to excavate a water harvesting structure, their interest in participating all other agriculture-allied activities proposed as part of this intervention, socio-economic status of the family and such other factors contributing success of the project.

1.3 Excavation of water harvesting structures: Though there was no plan of excavating any water harvesting structure due to lack of funds, but could complete 8 structures during January-March 2013 thus achieving the total of 10+35 since commencement of the program. We propose rest would be excavated in next 2 years with the administrative and program support from Deshpande Foundation through Give2Asia as agreed in the beginning of the project. The 1st set of farmers details are furnished below- Name of the farmer Land holding at

Tank farm (acres) Tank size

(acre) Farmers Contribution

(Rs) Project grant

(Rs) Total Expenses

(Rs) Ashok Udikeri 7.17 0.50 33200 30000 63200 Basavaraj Gali 10.18 1.00 58840 50000 108840 Mallappa Hadapad 9.11 1.00 61463 50000 111463 Shanmukhappa M 7.10 1.00 67550 50000 117550 Shankrayya Sali 4.14 0.25 19900 17500 37400 Bapugouda Patil 3.30 1.00 54510 50000 104510 Earanna Sanadenni 4.32 0.50 34350 30000 64350 Siddappa Barikar 2.20 0.25 20750 17500 38250 Dyamanna Gudagi 3.23 0.25 18400 17500 35900 Bailappa Ittappanavar 3.05 0.50 32540 30000 62540

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No.Name of the

farmer Village Phone

Number Survey

number Land

holding (acres)

Size of the tank

(mXmXm)

Starting Date

Completion date

Total Expense

(Rs)

Project grant (Rs)

Farmers Contribution (Rs)

1 Gurappa Choudi Surkod 9945197331 312 4 90x33x3 6.5.11 18.5.11 128400 21000 107400 2 Suresh Gouda Hadli 08377-263351 186/1 10 55x14x3 24.5.11 8.6.11 54300 22500 31800 3 Ashok Hugar Hadli 948022946 227 6.11 37x16x3 10.6.11 19.6.11 33600 15000 18600 4 Rudrappa Hadli 9164106057 413 6.01 24x16x4 13.6.11 17.6.11 40800 15000 25800 5 Smt.Sushila Kannur Belawaniki 9902223105 183 11.28 30x20x5 24.6.11 30.6.11 79200 22500 56700 6 Naglingareddy M Arasangudi 9448232438 66 7.06 39x17x5 9.8.11 14.8.11 77000 22500 54500 7 Akkamma K Arasangudi 9900441414 66 7.07 16x12x5 16.8.11 18.8.11 15000 7500 7500 8 Shamburao Arashingudi 9902375439 149 20 66X78X18 7.1.12 12.1.12 43800 16000 27800 9 Venkareddy Arashingudi 9964114702 22 5 160X100X13 12.1.12 26..1.12 93200 24000 69200

10 Fhakirappa Arasangudi 8722589998 32 12.32 85X65X11 25.1.12 2.2.12 35500 12000 23500 11 Veerappa Arashingudi 8970683284 23/1/2 11 130X60X16 3.2.12 7.2.12 26800 12000 14800 12 Duragappa Arashingudi 9663038372 32 4 65x55x18 11.2.12 14.2.12 22155 10000 12155 13 Basavaraj Ronad Neeralgi 9916938120 109 9 180X118X11 17.2.12 24.2.12 72061 19861 52200 14 Basavaraj Onagiri Neeralgi 9731960641 121/3 8 100X60X17 25.2.12 3.3.2012 88494 23894 64600 15 Parappa Neeralgi 991410543 149 11 80X50X18 4.3.12 7.3.12 50223 16323 33900 16 Suresh Kulkarni Belawaniki 9731700209 477 4.2 70X60X15 8.3.2012 11.3.12 59680 14280 45400 17 Sharana Basappa Belawaniki 8197022378 91/1 17.29 70X60X14 12.3.12 16.3.12 51872 16136 35736 18 Mahanthapapa Belawaniki 9880575443 450 4 85X45X14 17.3.12 20.3.12 58656 17528 41128 19 SB Chikkareddy Belawaniki 9731536263 306 22.7 80X50X14 21.3.12 25.3.12 55330 14280 41050 20 Siddalingesh U S Belawaniki 9535124748 70/1 24 85X45X14 26.3.12 29.3.12 58656 17528 41128 21 Gopal Reddy Belawaniki 9902474327 318 23 100x90x12 30.3.12 2.4.12 76982 17854 59128 22 Raju Gowda Hadagali 9901616252 97 4 100x70x15 12.4.12 16.4.12 64850 24000 40850 23 Jagadish Bhoklapur Hadagali 8970003690 55 11 100x80x14 20.4.12 22.4.12 55328 16000 39328 24 Sangappa Irappa Hadli 9741527640 198 2.10 80x50x11 22.4.12 24.4.12 53425 16000 37425 25 Irappa Hadli 9972706780 220 6 80x50x11 3.4.12 7.4.12 57128 16000 41128 26 Yallappagowda M Hadli 9972537005 252 2.25 80x50x11 7.4.12 11.4.12 58234 16000 42234 27 Madappa Hadli 8970097447 197 7.8 80x50x11 17.4.12 20.4.12 57430 16000 41430 28 Srikant Mallapur 9972606965 435 28.31 140x66x8 11.2.13 15.2.13 51800 17000 34800 29 Laxmikant Belawaniki 9845967646 392 5 85x43x12 16.2.13 19.2.13 50500 17000 33500 30 Pravin Kumar Belawaniki 9902474327 316 14 80x60x12 21.2.13 26.2.13 48700 17000 31700 31 Shivappa Belawaniki - 147 13.39 74x45x8 27.2.13 4.3.13 47200 17000 30200 32 Shiva Reddy Belawaniki 8970289023 140 14.28 99x42x12 5.3.13 11.3.13 45900 17000 28900 33 Somappa N H Belawaniki 8197022378 87/1 4.00 90x50x11 12.3.13 16.3.13 48700 17000 31700 34 Savitri S H Belawaniki 9740424474 77/2 4.5 105x65x10 17.3.13 27.3.13 65200 25000 40200 35 Shankarappa H Belawaniki 9741044569 34 11 100x60x10 25.3.13 30.3.13 67100 25000 42100 Total 354.67 1993204 613684 1379520 Percentage 30.79% 69.21%

The above table depicts that the team has been successful to raise the farmers’ contribution to the tune of Rs.13,79,520 (69.21%) in terms of excavation of 35 water harvesting structure during the reporting period of 2 years while the project share remained Rs.6,13,684 (30.79%). Though we have achieved the agreed target, the high cost sharing by the farmers is also a

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factor for less excavation of tanks during the year in addition to all other factors stated elsewhere in this report.

1.4 Demonstration of effective water usage methods: The belief of Janakalyan team to implement this program are- 1. If ‘water’ is provided to the farmers, rest they would take care themselves 2. Like a ‘house’ to a city-dweller, ‘water harvesting structure’ is important to a famer. 3. Cost sharing brings ownership among the participating farmers and sustainability to the

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With these beliefs, Janakalyan initiated the interventions in Malaprabha Tail end and thus the focus was only on creation of water harvesting structure to provide water and nothing else with cost sharing approach. However, farmers required some sort of orientation and exposure to various productive units to make effective use of scarce resources like land & water in order to enhance productivity and in turn the livelihood security. The cropping pattern that is seen with these set of farmers during the year are as under- Sl. No.

Name of the farmer

Crop Sown during 2012-13 (area in acre) Bengal Gram

Sunflower

Onion Seeds Cotton Onion Maize Sorgh

um Cotton Seed Chilly Vegeta

ble Wheat Groundnut Total

Crop Diversification in the farms of farmers of 1st batch identified in 2010-11 1 Ashok Udikeri 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0.5 0 0 5.5 2 Basavaraj Gali 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 Mallappa Hada 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 Shanmukhapp 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 Shankrayya S 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 6 Bapu Gouda P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 Earanna Sanna 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 Siddappa Barik 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 Dyamanna G 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3

10 Bailappa Vittap 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sub Total 13 1 0 2 2 1 34 0 0 0.5 4 0 57.5 Percentage 23% 2% 0% 3% 3% 2% 59% 0% 0% 1% 7% 0% 100%

The 1st set of farmers were selected for the demonstration in 2010-11 who have completed 2 successful crop years excluding the year of excavation of water harvesting structures. The table above clearly depicts that the crop diversification has happened over the period of time since introduction of Janakalyan’s “Jan Krishi” project with these set of farmers. Single crop cultivation was practiced when we initiated our intervention but now we can see about 8 varieties of crops among these farmers.

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However, it is to be noted that shift from dry to wet crops is yet to be taken place among these farmers. It is taking longer time than usual. The reason found out by Janakalyan team is size of the water harvesting structure. Because, the farmers with bigger tanks have inclined for vegetables while those with medium and small tanks are reluctant. These tanks are still not perennial source of water due to their size limitation. The farmers selected from subsequent years have different results at the end of 1st crop year excluding the year of excavation. The data furnished in the table below for ready reference- Sl. No.

Name of the farmer

Crop Sown during 2012-13 (area in acre) Bengal Gram

Sunflower

Onion Seeds Cotton Onion Maize Sorgh

um Cotton Seed Chilly Vegeta

ble Wheat Groundnut Total

Crop Diversification in the farms of farmers of 2nd batch identified in Rabi 2011-12 1 Gurappa 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 Suresh Gouda 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 Rudrappa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 4 Ashok 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 Sushila 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 6 Nagalingaredd 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 Akkamma 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

Crop Diversification in the farms of farmers of 3rd batch identified in Kharif 2011-12 8 Shamburao 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 10 9 Venkareddy 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4

10 Fhakirappa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Veerappa 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 Duragappa 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 Basavaraj Ron 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 14 Basavaraj Ona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 15 Parappa 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 16 Suresh Kulkarn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 Sharana Basap 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 Mahanthapapa 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 SB Chikkaredd 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 SiddalingeshU 8 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 18 21 Gopalreddy 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 22 Aanand Gouda 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 Jagadish Bhokl 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 24 Sangappa Irap 1.5 1.5 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 25 Irappa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26 Yallappagowda 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 27 Madappa 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Crop Diversification in the farms of farmers of 4th batch identified in Kharif 2012-13 28 Srikant 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 29 Laxmikant 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 Pravin Kuma 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 31 Shivappa 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 32 Shiva Reddy 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 33 Somappa N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 34 Savitri S 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 35 Shankarapp 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 11 Sub Total 109.5 1.5 0 8.5 0 12 115 4 0 0 21 1 272.5 Percentage 40% 1% 0% 3% 0% 4% 42% 1% 0% 0% 8% 0% 100%



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The table above depicts that the crop diversification is yet to take place among these set of farmers who have completed 1st crop year after excavation of these water harvesting structures. Most of the farmers (45%) are still going for Bengal gram. They will take some more time to stabilize their land use. Productivity and profitability analysis at the end of the cropping season after harvesting the crops are furnished in the following table- Sl. No

Name of the Farmers

Land holding (acre)

2011-12 2012-13 Cropped

area Expendi

ture Yield Return Net

Profit Cropped area

Expenditure

Yield Return Net Profit

1st batch farmers identified in 2010-11 1 Ashok Udikeri 7.17 11 74000 185 252100 178100 5.5 120000 170000 50000 2 Basavaraj Gali 10.18 13 86000 165 276500 190500 8 100000 120000 20000 3 Mallappa Hadapad 9.11 8.2 35000 76 99500 64500 10 300000 300000 0 4 Shanmukhappa M 7.10 9 47500 57 147200 99700 9 65000 5000 -60000 5 Shankrayya Sali 4.14 4 50000 37 148000 98000 6 15000 15000 0 6 Bapu Gouda Patil 3.30 3.2 14000 22 18000 4000 3 18000 2000 -16000 7 Earanna Sanadeni 4.32 4.2 50000 66 192800 142800 6 20000 40000 20000 8 Siddappa Barikar 2.20 2.3 23500 27 98000 74500 3 15000 10000 -5000 9 Dyamanna Gudigi 3.23 3 28000 21 84000 56000 3 15000 18000 3000

10 Bailappa Vittappan 3.05 5.2 20500 53.5 91250 70750 4 20000 38000 18000 Total 53.8 63.1 428500 709.5 1407350 978850 57.5 688000 718000 30000 Percentage 117% 328% 228% 107% 104% 4%

We had a target of increasing the land use intensity by 20% while the table above shows that the land use intensity has increased by 17% by the end of 1st year, i.e. at least 17% of the total available land is being cultivated twice. It is worth mentioning that this is a bad year for the farmers as there was almost nil rainfall during the rainy season. It is a drought year for the farmers, and even in this drought, 107% of land use is a big achievement, which was possible only because of the water harvesting structures available with these farmers. The case is different with farmers NOT having a water harvesting structure. The net profit for these 10 farmers was about 228% in the previous year after excavation of the tanks but the same has gone down to 4% during the year due to severe drought. None of the farmers could fill their tanks. However, the case is different with the farmers having no tanks. They could not even go for sowing due to lack of moisture as well as irrigation water. Most of their lands were fallow during the year. But farmers with tanks could at least engage themselves in cultivation and at the end of the year fetched 4% profit against zero or even negative in many cases for other farmers. Further, intervention of Janakalyan was zero with these farmers during the current year as we did not receive the administrative grant from the DF. The farmers cultivated as per their

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traditional practices without any technical inputs. There are ways which could have been introduced to tolerate drought and gain profit out of agriculture. The farmers who have been selected for the demonstration of benefits of the water harvesting structures in tail end of Malaprabha Irrigation Project in 2011-12 have just completed 1 year after excavation of the structures. The data related to these farmers are furnished below for analysis. These farmers are grouped into 2 groups as they have been selected in rabi and kharif season of the year as under-

Sl. No.

Farmers Land holding (acre)

2011-12 2012-13 Cropped

area Expendi


Profit Cropped area

Expenditure

Yield

Return Net Profit

2nd batch farmers identified in Rabi 2011-12 11 Gurappa 4 13 73500 137 205000 131500 9 40000 20000 -20000 12 Suresh Gouda 10 9 74000 98 172000 98000 7 50000 0 -50000 13 Rudrappa Sankoppad 6.11 9 55000 87 143000 88000 12 25000 50000 25000 14 Ashok Hugar 6.01 8 76000 74 137000 61000 8 50000 60000 10000 15 Smt.Sushila Kannur 11.28 16 79000 147 167000 88000 14 50000 60000 10000 16 Nagalingareddy 7.06 6 45000 36 85000 40000 4 90000 190000 100000 17 Akkamma Khajjidoni 7.07 7.07 79000 95 164000 85000 7 40000 60000 20000 Total 51.53 68.07 481500 674 1073000 591500 61 345000 0 440000 95000 Percentage 132% 223% 123% 118% 128% 28%

3rd batch farmers identified in kharif 2011-12 18 Shamburao 20 10 52000 133 126500 74500 10 25000 75000 50000 19 Venkareddy 5 5 40000 100 110000 70000 4 24000 50000 26000 20 Fhakirappa 12.32 12.32 113000 130 200000 87000 0 0 0 0 21 Veerappa 11 11 72000 205 215000 143000 4 20000 30000 10000 22 Duragappa 4 4 4000 6 9000 5000 3 19000 36000 17000 23 Basavaraj Ronad 9 9 10000 5.5 32500 22500 9 50000 30000 -20000 24 Basavaraj Onagiri 8 8 22000 68 60000 38000 4 8000 3500 -4500 25 Parappa 11 11 36000 115 94000 58000 11 60000 100000 40000 26 Suresh Kulkarni 4.2 4.2 28000 80 56000 28000 4 15000 20000 5000 27 Sharana Basappa 17.29 17.29 200000 1530 380000 180000 11 87000 110000 23000 28 Mahanthapapa 4 4 10000 10 38000 28000 4 15000 30000 15000 29 SB Chikkareddy 22.7 22.7 85000 94 238500 153500 20 120000 120000 0 30 Siddalingesh U S 24 24 118000 254 214000 96000 18 115000 156000 41000 31 Gopalreddy 23 11 68000 185 146000 78000 8 40000 60000 20000 32 Aanand Gouda 4 9 48000 102 132000 84000 5 20000 20000 0 33 Jagadish Bhokla 11 16 120000 280000 160000 34 Sangappa Irapp 2.1 5.5 40000 130000 90000 35 Irappa 6 1 6500 15000 8500 36 Yallappagowda 2.25 3 20000 30000 10000 37 Madappa 7.8 4 25000 0 -25000 Total 208.66 162.51 906000 3017.5 2051500 1145500 144.5 829500 0 1295500 466000 Percentage 78% 226% 126% 69% 156% 56%

Grand Total 260.19 230.58 1387500 3691.5 3124500 1737000 205.5 1174500 0 1735500 561000 Percentage 89% 225% 125% 79% 148% 48%

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with the water harvesting techniques as the time goes. However, the net profit for 2nd set is 123% while that for 3rd set is 126% against the investment during 2011-12. The land use intensity during the current (2012-13) year for the 2nd set of farmers is 118% while that for 3rd set of farmers is 69% only. The net profit during the year for 2nd set is 28% and that for 3rd set is 56% against the investment in cultivation. The margins are very low during the year compared to previous year due to drought and also because Janakalyan team did not intervene with appropriate technologies to cope up with drought.

Sl. No.

Farmers Land holding (acre)

2011-12 2012-13 Cropped

area Expendi


Profit Cropped area

Expenditure

Yield Return Net Profit

4th batch farmers identified in kharif 2012-13 38 Srikant 28.31 12 36000 30000 -6000 39 Laxmikant 5 5 15000 35000 20000 40 Pravin Kuma 14 12 45000 55000 10000 41 Shivappa 13.39 12 40000 25000 -15000 42 Shiva Reddy 14.28 7 40000 25000 -15000 43 Somappa N 4.00 4 12000 20000 8000 44 Savitri S 4.5 4 10000 25000 15000 45 Shankarapp 11 11 35000 35000 0 Total 67 233000 250000 17000 Percentage 71% 107% 7%

The above table depicts that, the land use intensity for the 4th set of farmers is 71% i.e. the total land available with these farmers have not been able to cultivate during the year. The profit margin is only 7% against the investment made in cultivation. This set of farmers have

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excavated their water harvesting structures from January 2013 onward and thus have not been able to take benefit of the tank and thus we have not compared their productivity but the data of current year has been documented as baseline so that next year the same could be analyzed.

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harvesting structure while that is very low (7%) in the case of farmers having no such facility. Similarly, the land use intensity is also high in the case of farmers having a tank (79%) even in the drought year but that is low (71%) in the case of farmers having no such facility.

2. If the actual project activities differed from the activities described in the proposal, please explain why. If necessary, provide a revised working plan for the remainder of the project. As of now, the project is moving as per the plan document without any deviation except that the tanks excavation did not proceed in 2012-13 for the want of grant from G2A (DF). With our own sources, we have excavated 8 tanks only for 8 new farmers.

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B. Project Outcomes & Impact: Major outcomes and impacts of the project interventions at the end of reporting period are narrated in the subsequent sections of the report.

1. Please describe your progress to date in achieving the purpose of the grant. What have been the major achievements of this project so far? The major achievements of the grant as on date could be summarized as in the table below (based on the indicators agreed in the plan document)- Sl. No. Deliverables / Outcomes Status at the end of 2nd quarter

1 Excavation of 100 irrigation tanks in three years (2011-12 to 2013-14) to harvest runoff and excess water from the irrigation canals for life saving irrigation to the standing crops

Total 35 water harvesting structures have been excavated with the new Hitachi; 10 tanks were excavated in 2010-11

2 Increase in productivity by about 20% than that of current productivity through diversification of cropping pattern through this intervention with the participating farmers

The land use intensity for the 1st set of farmers (who are using the tank for more than 2 years) has increased to 107% while that for the 2nd set of farmers (who have excavated the tank during the last year) is 118% and that for 3rd set is 69%.

3 Generating funds from other sources (revenue generation through Hitachi) to sustain tank excavation program in the sandbox

As of now the excavator is generating its own cost of maintenance without any surplus.

In Addition….. 5 Participate in quarterly partners

meet and annual conference – Development Dialogue.

1 Quarterly Partners meet was organized during the year and Janakalyan participated in it.

6 Carry out timely and appropriate submission of quarterly reports to Deshpande Foundation in prescribed format

Quarterly Reports in excel sheet submitted before the due dates to DF

7 Proactively participate in various events that are organized for the benefit of the grantee and participants in the programs.

Participated in all programs/activities organized by DF during the year



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2. Please compare your actual project achievements to date to the specific goal(s) and outcomes described in your proposal. Please explain any differences or variance. The deliverables agreed for the project period are tabulated with the status on each of these deliverables against them- Sl. No. Deliverables / Outcomes Status at the end of 1st quarter

1 More than 100 Farmers convinced about water harvesting concept

About 111 farmers have applied for water harvesting structure by paying Rs.100 each towards the application form; additional 41 farmers have been reached during the 2nd quarter also along with an extension of the project area to Navalagunda taluk too. Similarly, the efforts have been put to reach out to farmers of Gadag taluk too with the help of BCI team. Process of reaching out more and more new farmers are on and the field team is putting sincere efforts in this regards

2 Purchasing one new Hitachi (EX-70) to excavate tanks in the sandbox

Purchased Tata Hitachi EX-70 immediately after receiving the grant with an investment of Rs.25.25 lakh out of which Janakalyan has put its internal funds to the tune of Rs.7.25 lakhs.

3 Excavation of 100 irrigation tanks in 3 years with administrative support from DF

About 35 tanks have already been excavated during the reporting period with many limitations

4 Mobilizing (50%) farmers share to the tune of Rs.35,00,000 in 3 years

It was planned to mobilize 50% farmers share towards excavation while we have achieved 69.21% till date (Rs.1379520/- out of Rs.1993204). The target was Rs.35,000 per tank while we have achieved Rs.39415 of farmers contribution per tank.

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The income expenditure statement of Hitachi for the year 2012-13 is furnished below to assess its feasibility-

Expenditures Amount Income Amount Agricultural Engineer Travel 3,000 Opening Balance 21,068 Diesel Expenses 269,896 Bank Interest 4,079 Tractor, Driver Bhatta, Food and Other Expenditure

273,100 Farmer share for water harvesting structures

273,100

Grease Expenses 4,597 Farmer share for diesel cost 150,500 Honorarium 45,839 Revenue generation using Hitachi 426,880 Hitachi Service Charge 59,205 Other Hitachi Related Expenses 48,247 Rent Water and Electricity 21,500 Salary of Hitachi Operator 103,610 Salary of Hitachi Helper 5,200 Telephone Internet and Cell phone 500 Unspent amount (to be recovered) 40,933

Total 875,627 Total 875,627

It is clear from the table above that the revenue generated during the year while excavating 8 water harvesting structures as well as other works is about Rs.875,627 including the opening balance of Rs.21068. The cost centers are also furnished along with respective amount spent during the year. It is evident from the table that hardly the operator and helper salary could be maintained out of the revenue that is generated. Due to shortage of funds, we could not appoint a helper throughout the year. The salary of the Hitachi Manager is managed by Janakalyan throughout the year except for few months which is booked in this project. However, it is to be noted that about 8 new water harvesting structures have been excavated during the year at subsidized rates. This was about 360 Hitachi hours; if we calculate the amount that has gone to these 8 farmers as subsidy, it would be about Rs.154000 @ Rs.850 per hour. It would have been a profitable venture had we not been given this subsidized rate to the farmers. This means, once we complete the target of 100 water harvesting structures, the machine would generate revenues to manage the program of its own if not surplus. The team is happy about the achievement at the end of the 2nd year of intervention but only issue is that the Hitachi use is not as efficient as it was planned; though, the machine could be used even with small-little rainfall but the farmers remain engaged in farm activities and also because of the standing crops in the land, they are reluctant to take up any works during this period. Even, the revenue generation activities could also not been able to take up due to same reason. However, the maintenance and operator cost is still incurred during this period. The indicator/deliverable analysis reveals that we have far ahead of what was planned for the year in terms of achieving the indicators/deliverables agreed upon.



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II. Interim Financial Report Please complete the following table or attach a financial report listing and summarizing all grant expenses to date. If necessary, please refer to page 7-8 of Give2Asia’s Grantee Manual for sample financial reports. The manual can be downloaded from our website: www.give2asia.org/granteemanual.

A. Include original budget submitted to Give2Asia for this project:

The original budget submitted to Give2Asia through Deshpande Foundation is used for reporting for this quarter.

B. Itemize expenditures made from grant funds, such as salaries, rent and electricity, travel, and supplies (for interim and final reports)

EXPENDITURES AS DESCRIBED IN YOUR PROPOSAL

BUDGET

ORIGINAL BUDGET ACTUAL FUNDS EXPENDED

Apr-Oct 2011 FY 1 (INR) FY 2 (INR) TOTAL in INR Total in USD Personnel

Program Costs Equipment

Travel Staff Training/ Capacity building

Office/ administrative costs Measurement & evaluation costs

Stipends Other Expenditures

TOTAL **The Fiscal Year (FY) is the same as the organization’s accounting year, and may be different from the grant period. Please add or delete FY columns as needed.

C. Grantee fiscal year end date: March 31

D. Total grant funds spent by the end of grantee’s most recent fiscal year: Total amount spent as on 03.31.2013 is zero

E. Amount of grant funds unspent to-date*:

The unspent amount as on 03.31.2013 is Rs.0 ($0)

*If this is the end of the grant period, and grant activities are complete but not all grant funds have been spent, please contact Give2Asia as soon as possible to discuss.



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CERTIFICATION

Name of Grantee: Janakalyan Donor: Deshpande Foundation Fund Grant Amount: US$ 47,491.00 Grant Period: April 15, 2011 to April 14, 2014 Grantee Fiscal Year End: March 31

I certify that the grant funds described in this report have been received and expended as detailed above in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement. These expenditures are substantiated by documentation in our files.

Name: PRASEN RAPTAN Title: Executive Director

Date: 04.24.2013 *this signed certification MUST be submitted with any report for Give2Asia.

Documents

Livelihood Improvement through water harvesting by Janakalyan