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SITARAM RAO LIVELIHOODS INDIA CASE STUDY COMPETITION 2011

              SITARAM RAO LIVELIHOODS INDIA CASE STUDY COMPETITION 2011              

After an overwhelming response in the last two years, ACCESS Development Services, in collaboration with the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) announces the Sitaram Rao Livelihoods India Case Study Competition 2011. The competition is supported by Rabobank Foundation.  

The competition is a part of the Livelihoods India Initiative that has been initiated by ACCESS to provide a national platform that enables research based documentation of, and emergence of a more nuanced discourse on, key challenges in promoting secure livelihoods for the poor. These in turn, are expected to trigger evidence based discussions on public policies and framing of more efficacious strategies of interventions, while helping to build a larger consensus within the sector. It is with these objectives that ACCESS has forged partnership with IRMA for a more robust initiative.  

Theme

The 2011 theme of the competition is centered on “Collectives in the Agri-allied Sector”. For purposes of the competition, agri allied sector comprises the dairy, poultry, goatary, sheep rearing, piggery, fisheries, sericulture and bee keeping etc sectors. The aim of the 2011 competition is to seek contributions on emerging collective initiatives across the agri allied sector. The case study should cover any combination of the following themes/ issues: 

      *  Conditions within which the collective action was initiated;
*  Factors that contributed to the success of the collective action;
*  Role of external agency, if any. Nature of facilitation/ intervention/ support;
*  Key theme of collective action;
*  Organizational arrangement for the collective action;
*  Type and nature of external linkages;
*  Parameters of success and results thereon;
*  Critical challenges for continued success of the collective action. 

How to register?

Participants are required to first fill in a registration form and provide an abstract of 400 words of their cases by the 15th of June, 2011. Please click here to go to the registration form.  

Process

These abstracts will be reviewed and the shortlisted participants can then send in their final cases by the 31^st August, 2011. The final shortlisted cases will be reviewed by an eminent Jury consisting of sector experts who will choose the best 10 cases. The top 3 will receive cash prices of Rs. 100,000, Rs. 75,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively. A compendium of the best 10 cases will be released at the Livelihoods India Conference 2011.  

For more details, please visit the Case Study Competition 2011 webpage. You can also direct your queries to livelihoodsindia@accessdev.org.  

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http://brgd10.blogspot.com/ (Bundelkhand Research Group for Development)

…..Farmers Suicide in the vicious cycle of debt!

It is widely accepted that Indian Farmers are in debt trap. Due to this debt trap and their inability to pay back the loan they go for suicide. Though this phenomenon has been observed in the farmers of Vidarbha region, but Bundelkhand region is also not free from this trend of farmers’ suicide. During the baseline survey at Rajapur village JCSS staff visited the whole village. In this process the staff came to know about the debt position of the farmers of this village. There is a ‘samiti’ named ‘Zila Sadhan Sehkari Samiti, Rajapur’ in this village. It gives loan to farmers for different activities. There are two display boards on which name of all those farmers have been written who didn’t repay the loan. It is matter of great concern that most of the famers who have taken loan have to pay more interest than the principal amount, in some case 100% higher interest! This is a matter of great concern. For example, Sriram, s/o Ramsingh, village- Rajapur has taken loan Rs 13885/- as loan. The interest has become Rs. 36015/- and now he has to pay Rs.49920/-. Another example is of Kasturi, w/o Narayan das, village Rajapur has taken loan of Rs. 6545/-. Now the interest has become Rs. 16620/- and thus she has to pay Rs. 23180/-. The condition of Shalik ram, s/o Jagannath is worst. He took rs. 12326/- as loan. The interest has become rs. 30914/-. Now he has to pay Rs. 43260/-(In all these calculation Rs. 15 to 20 has been added as ‘digar’ by the Samiti).

It is clear from these data that the village Rajapur needed an urgent intervention. Farmers of this village are in debt trap. During visits to this village JCSS staff also came to know that SHGs groups in this village have been defaulter, so the bankers are unwilling to open-up any bank account of SHGs from this village. Now the Board 1 and 2  (the above two black boards)reveal the critical situation. The process of formation of Farmers club has been started under Harit Prayas project. Hope in course of time the project may bring some relief to debt trapped farmers and save their life by ensuring sustainable livelihood options.

...hope HARIT PRAYAS would be able to make farmers to come out of debt through intervening in enhancing the source of livelihood!

                                           

Meeting with NGOs of Bundelkhand region @JCSS Jhansi

a network meeting with the NGOs of Bundelkhand region-Bundelkhand Social Forum  (Consisting of 13 local NGOs working for the development of  Bundelkhand region) at Jhansi along with the JCSS-Director and HARIT PRAYAS team.

...knowing the techniques of the management of MGNREGA at village level@ JCSS-Jhansi

19^th May 2011: workshop on ‘MGNREGA management’ with the HARIT PRAYAS project team of JCSS-Jhansi. From the workshop staff is able to know the following:

• Basics of MGNREGA i.e. Job card for all the eligible HHs, 100 days work right, prescribed wages as per the work, unemployment wages, RTI for MGNREGA etc.
• Conducting or organizing small-small training programmes with the target and needy community at the village level on the priority basis for the better outcome of the trainings.
• Organizing short duration training programmes with villagers rather than full whole day programmes.
• Establishing better linkages with Panchayats
• Strengthening CBOs for demand of work

The key aspect of this workshop was that it has two facilitaors the cluster coordinators of HARIT PRAYAS team of JCSS-Jhansi and the project officer of Caritas India.

enriching CBO...workshop on CBO management at Sagar for cluster coordinators

A workshop on CBO management has been organized for the cluster coordinators of the MVSS-Sagar HARIT PRAYAS team . Major focus of the workshop was to enhance the know –how of the CBO management keeping the HARIT PRAYAS project in the center. From the training staff has got clarity on basic of CBO –mainly on Kissan Club and SHGs (Mahila mandal). A four hour session was there on making farmers club (considering the NABARD’s point of view) and getting the approval of same from the NABARD.  Key learning of the staff is:

• CBO’s in HARIT PRAYAS are different than other projects, it not only talks about making an institution, it talks about making people as an institution!

HARIT PRAYAS @ Sagar

17^th May 2011: Visit to Samela Khed & Barkheda village (in the village the blue colour represent the baseline survey by HARIT PRAYAS project team) of HARIT PRAYAS project at Sagar with the implementing organization MVSS-Sagar Director Fr. Shaju (White Shirt) and Cluster Coordinator of HARIT PRAYAS Raja (Cream Shirt)Here Raja the HARIT PRAYAS cluster coordinator lead the team of visit and explained all the details. In the villages  there were discussion on the MGNREGA-Job card and payment and other government schemes apart from sharing on HARIT PRAYAS. Raja has explained the things in very well way.  In this way now our cluster coordinators are learning the leadership.....

Support from panchayats to the HARIT PRAYAS project

Out of 10 Panchayast in HARIT PRAYAS project at Satna (Chatarpur-Madhya Pradesh), Six Panchayats ( Dharampura, Silone, Patra, Majgouwa, Amroniya & Dewara ) we have receive the letter of support for the HARIT PRAYAS project and its various activities. Its all possible because of hard effort and better rapport building of  HARIT PRAYAS team at Satna.

and till now out of 44 Panchayats of HARIT PRAYAS project in 3 districts we have received letter of support from 21 Panchayats.

Workshop on CBO Management with SSSS-Satna HARIT PRAYAS team

13^th May 2011: workshop on ‘Community Based Organization (CBO) Management –keeping HARIT PRAYAS in the center’ along with the entire HARIT PRAYAS team of SSSS-Satna at SSSS-HARIT PRAYAS Khujraho cluster office. Workshop has been facilitated by the Caritas India Project Officer.

11-12th May 2011 field visit to the project villages of HARIT PRAYAS project villages at Chatarpur (District)-Implimented by SSSS-Satna

Cluster Coordinator Rajesh Satnami (Standing) making community of village Karondiya aware about HARIT PRAYAS project village

Field Supervisor  Veerendera Tripathi (Sitting) doing discussion with one of the villager of Karondiya about MGNREGA



Cluster Coordinator Dasrath (Standing in pink shirt) making community of village  Motigarh aware about HARIT PRAYAS project village



Cluster Coordinator Veerender Sen  (Standing right in cream shirt) making community of village Dharampura aware about HARIT PRAYAS project village

Cluster Coordinators ‘bike’ on which they cover around five villages and make a better rapport building with the community

…..breaking the charm of migration!

…during my recent visit to the newly initiated HARIT PRAYAS project villages in Chatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh (India) , it was surprising for me in one of the village named ‘Amroniya” ( it is around 55 kms from Khujraho)  where people love to migrate from their villages just only to enjoy the beauty of city…..compare to villages…although I find Amroniya as one of the beautiful village and green village to have time in leisure ….

where when I asked to one of the villager (who was just playing with his Chinese 3 sim card mobile)…how many days you stay in the village …he just simply replied…bas shadi mein aaye the (i.e. just came in the marriage)….Punjab jayada badhiya hein…waha Zindagi mast hein…kamayee achi hein…( Punjab is much better and life at Punjab is amazing with good income!)…I surprised and asked why so? This time he has looked at me with some ‘doubtful eye’  and said ‘punjab jaiye tab pata chalega……( when you would go to Punjab than you would know that  what is amazing!) ….any how even with his doubtful eyes I have not stopped my interaction with him and again asked (with bit soft voice) how much you earn there in Punjab? And I think now he understood that I would be going to ask him more so…he also made him prepared for that and with an half hour discussion the fact which he has revealed is that…..

Total earning in a month in Punjab is around Rs. 200/- per day as the daily wage labour work ( for sometime they have to sit empty for weeks)

And total expenditure in Punjab is around (if without family i.e alone)

• Travel: Rs. 20/-
• Gutka/Bidi: 20/-
• Mobile: 20/-
• Food (two times): 70/-
• Local Liquor: 40/-
• Other : 10

In total it is Rs. 180/- per day, hardly he is able to save 20 Rs. Per day only if he is 100% healthy and fine and he is not traveling to his native home once in a month.

I surprised and not able to think, in-spite of government schemes like MGNREGA which pays more than 120/- rupees per day in Madhya Pradesh, why people are migrating to cities of Punjab and living the life in slums and carrying many diseases when they back to their hometown…is it only the charm of city or just the figure of Rs. 200 per day in compare to Rs. 120 per day of MGNREGA?

Vinod Pandey

HARIT PRAYAS...reaching to.....

At present HARIT PRAYAS project is being implemented in:  

• Two states (Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh)
• 3 districts (Jhansi, Sagar & Chatarpur)
• 4 blocks
• 44 village Panchayats
• 64 villages

S.No.	Village	Panchayat	Block	District
1.	Silone	Silone	Rajnagar	Chhatarpur
2.	Bansure	Silone	Rajnagar	Chhatarpur
3.	Maghaw	Silone	Rajnagar	Chhatarpur
4.	Kawar	Kawar	Rajnagar	Chhatarpur
5.	Karodiya	Kawar	Rajnagar	Chhatarpur
6.	Saliya	Saliya	Rajnagar	Chhatarpur
7.	Sathaniya	Saliya	Rajnagar	Chhatarpur
8.	Sonti	Saliya	Rajnagar	Chhatarpur
9.	Majagawa Kala	Majagawa Kala	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
10.	Amoroniya	Amoroniya	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
11.	Motighar	Motighar	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
12.	Adiwasipura	Motighar	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
13.	Dewra	Dewra	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
14.	Lehar	Lehar	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
15.	Lehar Tapari	Lehar	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
16.	Pathra	Pathra	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
17.	Katar	Pathra	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
18.	Dharampura	Dharampura	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
19.	Udapura	Dharampura	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
20.	Phelpura	Dharampura	Bijawar	Chhatarpur
21.	Bamer	Rajapur	Babina	Jhansi
22	Imelia	Imelia	Babina	Jhansi
23	Math	Bajna	Babina	Jhansi
24	Baruapur	Baruapur	Babina	Jhansi
25	Kati	Pura Badera	Babina	Jhansi
26	Athonda	Athonda	Babina	Jhansi
27	Pathari	Dongri	Babina	Jhansi
28	Khaiuraha	Khaiuraha	Babina	Jhansi
29	Dagaria Rund	Dagaria Rund	Babina	Jhansi
30	Saiyer	Saiyer	Babina	Jhansi
31	Baghora	Baghora	Babina	Jhansi
32	Rasina	Rasina	Babina	Jhansi
33	Rajapur	Rajapur	Babina	Jhansi
34	Bedora	Bedora	Babina	Jhansi
35	Ghisoli	Ghisoli	Babina	Jhansi
36	Shakhar	NayaKhaida	Babina	Jhansi
37	Gangawali	Gangawali	Babina	Jhansi
38	Pura Badaura	Pura Badaura	Babina	Jhansi
39	Khadi	Guwali	Babina	Jhansi
40	Lahar	Lahar	Babina	Jhansi
41	Badgan	Badgan	Rehli	Sagar
42	Semra Gond	Badgan	Rehli	Sagar
23	Bagron	Bagron	Rehli	Sagar
44	Barkhera	Bagron	Rehli	Sagar
45	Vijaypura	Vijaypura	Rehli	Sagar
46	Sawal Khiriya	Sawal Khiriya	Rehli	Sagar
47	Darariya	Darariya	Rehli	Sagar
48	Semra Madi	Juna	Rehli	Sagar
49	Imaliya	Imaliya	Rehli	Sagar
50	Pipragour	Imaliya	Rehli	Sagar
51	Juna	Juna	Rehli	Sagar
52	Kanchi pipriya	Kanchi Pipriya	Rehli	Sagar
53	Dobi	Kadta	Rehli	Sagar
54	Kadta	Kadta	Rehli	Sagar
55	Pipriya Narsingh	Kadta	Rehli	Sagar
56	Niwari	Juna	Rehli	Sagar
57	Patna Buzurg	Patna Buzurg	Rehli	Sagar
58	Ramkhariya	Ramkhariya	Rehli	Sagar
59	Shahajpuri Khurd	Ramkhariya	Rehli	Sagar
60	Parasi Khurd	Sonpur	Rehli	Sagar
61	Jamghat	Samnapur	Rehli	Sagar
62	Samnapur Kalan	Samnapur kalan	Rehli	Sagar
63	Dikuva	Samal khiriya	Rehli	Sagar
64	Chuhara	Vijaypura	Rehli	Sagar