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Box 7.2: SRI to the rescue of Bulu Gadtia Bulu Gadtia is a farmer residing in Gigina village of Narla block of Kalahandi district. It is coming under Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project (WORLP) implemented by Sahabhagi Vikas Abhiyan, Kalahandi. He has three acres of land with four brothers and finds it difficult to provide food security for the large extended family. Gadtia is a well respected member in the community and plays important roles in various decision making processes in his village. He has constructed a well in his land by which he is growing vegetables like brinjal, beans, ladies finger (bhendi), parwal (potal), cow pea (jhudang) and other vegetables. He has 0.5 acre of banana cultivation which is very well managed by him. He has also grown lemon and hybrid mango in this land. He grows paddy in a part of his land to meet requirement of rice for his family. It becomes difficult for him to meet the total rice requirement for his family from such a small piece of land. He used to apply excessive fertiliser to meet the requirement of rice for his family. Now he has got a technique like System of Rice Intensification (SRI) which can fetch him better production from his small piece of land. He has received trainings in WORLP from time to time and is motivated regarding the techniques how to get better production from a small piece of land in a sustainable manner. Finally he chose to go for SRI. When he transplanted the 12 day old seedlings one in every hill at 10” spacing, his fellow farmers and even his family members scoffed at him and prophesied that the land would remain fallow for the year. Gadtia was however confident about the new technique. A month of transplanting, he has done weeding twice with a Mandava weeder which benefits him most in reducing the weeding cost which would have been done manually and aerating the soil. He has got profuse tillering that is much better than traditional practices and Gadtia expressed satisfaction over the improvement in crop. The weeder was provided to him by SVA on hire basis. Most of his fellow farmers have also realised that this technique will do better to enhance the production and will be helpful for the small farmers who were struggling to harvest their total requirement of paddy from the small piece of land to feed their family. The area coverage will definitely increase in the coming year which will give a boost to the food grain production in the area. As reported by Amulya Kumar Sahoo, SVA Sl. No. Name of the Farmer Appendix 7.1: SRI Method (Kharif) 2007 – Farmers’ Details Village G.P. SRI Area (in ac) Variety of Paddy Source of Irrigation Date of Sowing Date of Plantation First Weeding Second Weeding Third Weeding Fourth Weeding 1 Sri Debaraj Podh Khaliamunda Lanji 0.5 1010 Tank 24.06.07 11.07.07 21.07.07 02.08.07 12.08.07 23.08.07 2 Sri Ganapati Podh Khaliamunda Lanji 0.10 1010 Tank 24.06.07 12.07.07 22.07.07 03.08.07 13.08.07 24.08.07 3 Sri Pitambar Podh Pakhanpada Lanji 0.50 Khandagiri Tank 06.07.07 18.07.07 28.07.07 10.08.07 20.08.7 4 Sri Dingar Podh Pakhanpada Lanji 0.20 Lalat Tank 28.06.07 14.07.07 24.07.07 04.08.07 14.08.07 24.08.07 5 Sri Tararam Podh Pakhanpada Lanji 0.40 Swarna well 28.06.07 13.07.07 24.07.07 04.08.07 11.08.07 22.08.07 6 Sri Keshrilal Podh Pakhanpada Lanji 0.20 Swarna Nala 04.07.07 18.07.07 28.07.07 08.08.07 18.08.07 26.08.07 7 Sri Neheru Podh Pakhanpada Lanji 0.30 Swarna Nala 04.07.07 19.07.07 29.07.07 08.08.08 18.08.07 26.08.07 8 Sri Chandramani Kantapada Lanji 0.10 Lalat well 02.07.07 14.07.07 24.07.07 04.08.07 12.08.07 Nag 9 Sri Bhubane Nag Kantapada Lanji 0.20 Lalat well 02.07.07 14.07.07 25.07.07 05.08.07 13.08.07 10 Sri Hiranya Majhi Kenduguda Lanji 0.20 Lalat/Swarna WHS 10.07.07 22.07.07 03.08.07 13.08.07 23.08.07 11 Sri Tankadhar Thela Mahulpada Lanji 0.10 Khandagiri well 06.07.07 19.07.07 29.07.07 13.08.07 24.08.07 12 Sri Bhuja Thela Mahulpada Lanji 0.10 Khandagiri well 06.07.07 19.07.07 30.07.07 10.08.07 19.08.07 13 Sri Nabin Thela Mahulpada Lanji 0.10 Khandagiri well 06.07.07 19.07.07 30.07.07 11.08.07 21.08.07 14 Sri Basanta Podh Kendupati Lanji 0.30 Lalat MIP 17.07.07 03.08.07 13.08.07 24.08.07 15 Sri Sabyasachi Lanji Lanji 0.75 Lalat WHS 14.07.07 21.07.07 30.07.07 10.08.07 20.08.07 28.08.07 Danadsena 16 Sri Dinabandhu Kendupati Lanji 0.25 Kushma Chahala 03.08.07 18.08.07 27.08.07 Podh 17 Ghansyam Bhitria Birighat Birighat 2.00 Swarna LIP 21.07.07 1.08.07 10.08.07 20.08.07 18 Hemapati Tandi Bhaludunguri Dabri 2.00 BPT/ Swarna Rain 18.07.07 01.08.07 12.08.07 21.08.07 Total 8.30 Prepared by: Mr. Birendra Dharua & Mr. Ghansyam Bhitria, SVA 50 Towards a Learning Alliance: SRI in Orissa
CHAPTER 8 Prabhakar Adhikari Meeting Food Security of Tribal and Marginal Farmers through SRI: The Experiences of Pragati, Koraput Introduction Pragati, Koraput is a voluntary organisation established in 1992 to work for the cause of the poor and marginalised communities, especially tribals and the underprivileged sections of the society living in Koraput district of Orissa. Pragati works in 168 villages of 16 gram panchayats reaching out to 6979 households in Nandapur and Koraput blocks of Koraput. The areas of intervention are formation and strengthening of Community Based Organisations (CBOs), gender issues, Natural Resource Management (NRM), promotion of sustainable agriculture, disaster preparedness and rehabilitation; processing and marketing of NTFPs (Non Timber Forest Produce) and agricultural produce. Pragati is implementing a project on Sustainable Agriculture through organic practices since 2003 in 40 villages in Koraput district. Pragati is also involved in awareness programmes on organic practices through video shows, exposure visits, wall posters, demonstrations, farmers’ training, publication and distribution of newsletters and leaflets. Pragati has also enabled the formation of two organic farmers’ associations. To meet the requirements of small and marginal farmers who lack capital to invest for seed, fertiliser and irrigation, Pragati has provided revolving fund that supports 485 families. Through Pragati’s efforts 106 farmers have established vermi compost units and 250 farmers have been trained in the preparation of organic manures and pesticides. Agriculture in Koraput Koraput is the place of origin of many traditional varieties of paddy and rice constitutes the staple diet of people. Farmers of Koraput grow nearly 150 varieties of paddy. Agriculture is largely subsistence based and is influenced by several factors like quirky monsoon cycles, differential intensity of rainfall from place to place, soil erosion etc, which affect both the quality and quantity of paddy yield. Most of the lands are up lands constantly losing their fertility because of undulating topography of the area and large scale deforestation. Moreover, leeching of soil nutrients has made soil highly acidic. Further, with a view to maximise yield, farmers have started switching over to chemical fertilisers but yields have either stagnated or declined over last two decades after an initial spurt. The increased use of chemical fertilisers has increased the cost of cultivation and adversely affected sustainable fertility management of land. All these factors have made agriculture-based livelihoods unviable and led to deterioration of living standards of the farmers. Koraput is located between 17 o 40’ - 20 o 7’ North latitude and 81 o 24’ - 84 o 2’ East longitude at an altitude of 900ft above mean sea level. According to 2001 census, 50.66% of the total population is scheduled tribes. Some of the major tribes are Paraja, Gadaba, Dora, Kondha etc. The total cultivable land of the district is 3,01,000 ha with an irrigated area of 78,000 ha in Kharif and 46,000 ha in Rabi. Area under paddy cultivation is 1, 13,000 ha which shows paddy is the primary crop grown in the district. Agriculture is rain fed due to lack of assured means of irrigation. The climate is warm with mean minimum temperature of 5.8 o C in Dec-Jan and mean maximum of temperature of 35 o C during May. The monsoon starts from the second week of June and continues till the end of September. The average annual rainfall in the last 11 years is 1445.72 mm. The quantum of rainfall is enough for two crops if not more. However, frequent drought occurs due to the irregular and erratic rainfall pattern with short-term dry spells in between, which coincides with flowering or other critical crop growth stages causing crop failure. At the same time, heavy and torrential rains (150 to 250 mm intensity per hour) cause heavy run off resulting in sheet, rill and gully erosion. Meeting Food Security of Tribal and Marginal Farmers through SRI: The Experiences of Pragati, Koraput 51
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