IWMP-11 - Commissionerate of Rural Development Gujarat State ...

DWDU, Rajkot
Our effort has been to introduce a complete alternative to hybrid seeds and the Green Revolution package and practices as listed
above. As a trial of the recommended practice of intercropping of different crops, farmers of the project area were chosen for Front
Line Demonstrations (FLDs). These demonstrations attempt to make certain type of crop varieties popular again by showing the
possibility of intercropping with a cash crop. The model, thus, attempts to show the households the possibility of getting some
extra cash income while ensuring food security. In collaboration with ICRISAT, Hyderabad, Junagarh Agricultural University, KVK-
Targharia and Kutch, Rajkot, we will carry out trials of composite varieties of different crops as trail or demonstration plot. Seeds
of varieties identified as suitable to the area will be disseminated to more than 100 farmers in watershed villages.
The Livestock Development Programme
Many new initiatives in the field of veterinary care, fodder development, training programmes will be taken up that will
bring the two villages in the diary map. Many of theses initiatives yielded results much beyond what we had hoped to achieve,
however the year was also one of introspection in terms of the absence of a the leap in dairy development that we were expecting
from the old routes.
Services to SHG members/UG groups
Veterinary support services will be provided by the veterinary hospitals and in animal husbandry camps. Accordingly
members will be selected by the criteria fixed by the group. Breeds suitable for the area will be brought.
Veterinary Services
Veterinary services will be provided in the cluster villages. The cluster was chosen for the reason that most families in the
area are landless or near-landless. They are highly dependent on small ruminants like cows, buffaloes and other cattle. Vaccination
camps will be conducted time to time against chronic diseases in the larger animals. The location also will be provided with
successful Artificial insemination (AI) services, relying on the supplies provided by the government veterinary hospital in Jasdan.
Detailed Project Report: IWMP-11 110