Project Sunshine - Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana - Government of Gujarat

“Integrated Wadi and Agriculture Diversification Programme”(Project Sunshine)The Tribal Development department is implementing agriculture – based projects under Integrated Wadiand Agriculture Diversification Project (IWADP) costing over Rs.656 crore. These Projects seek to coveran estimated 2.65 lakh Scheduled Tribes (ST) farmers, including Primitive Tribe Groups (PTGs) livingBelow Poverty Line (BPL) in Gujarat. It is among large-scale Projects being implemented under PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) model.IWADP Includes:Project Sunshine for dry land regions of North and Central Gujarat.Jeevika Project for Water –rich regions of South Gujarat.Project Sunshine:Specifically designed for dry-land areas, this is a unique and simple but rigorous outcome-based, long –term model where farmers are assured of quality seeds, fertilizers, soil testing, micro-credit, rainfallinsurance, extension services and marketing.It is the first Project which has substantially curtailed the share of subsidy in input cost on the assumptionthat even poor farmers are willing to pay for quality inputs and services. It seeks an entry fee fromparticipating ST farmers before joining the project.Development Support Agency of Gujarat (D-SAG), an autonomous society promoted under theST Development Department (TDD) of Government of Gujarat, has been mandated to assist inimplementation of the Chief Minister’s Ten Point Programme (Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana) fordevelopment of ST areas. This is a major outcome oriented initiative, which aims to focus at theindividual family and the ITDP areas, launching of result oriented initiatives, involvement oflocal people in planning and monitoring of various interventions launched for the benefit of STfamilies and forging strong convergence with other implementing departments of theGovernment. This programme aims to bridge the existing gaps between ITDP areas and rest ofthe State during the XI Five Year Plan.Project Sunshine follows Zero-Tolerance and 3-Sigma approaches for accurate targeting, use ofsubsidy to fund viability gap only, saturation approach and use of pre-defined BPL list.

Objective:The objective of IWADP is doubling the income of tribal farmers throughproductivity enhancement.Background of the project:In terms of tribal population, Gujarat is the fifth largest state in India. The tribal belt runs throughthe eastern part of Gujarat & consists of districts viz. Valsad, Nava sari, Surat, Vadodara,Narmada, Panchmahal, Sabarkantha and Banaskantha. Agriculture is the main occupation ofmajority of the people and is mainly rain dependent. Since the income from agriculture is notenough to sustain their basic needs, they also migrate as unskilled laborers in construction &agriculture. Keeping this in view, the Tribal Development Dept. of Govt. of Gujarat has set up agoal of “Increasing the income of the tribal farmers by 100% in the next 5 years”. ProjectSunshine is a part of the bigger vision set up by TDD, Govt. of Gujarat.In 2007, A pilot study (Project Rainbow) was inititated to test the viability of the project bydistributing free sample seeds and with close follow up etc.In 2008, the project Rainbow graduated to a full scale project called Project Sunshine, covering30,000 acres and thereby benefiting 30,003 farmers in the tribal districts of Dahod &Panchmahal.Now, having done projects in two consecutive years project was forwarded to greaterheights in 2009…Basic Features of the project:Implement with a “ ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH”No deviation either in farmers selection or input distributionOnline Project ManagenentCovering Women beneficiariesPublic-private PartnershipPartner Selection through tenderingExternal & Concurrent Monitoring

Coverage: During successful four years of this project, it covers more than 5 lakh farmers ofITDP areas of Gujarat.Four Year Taluka Wise Coverage Detail of Project Sunshine I(maize):District Taluka 2008-09 2009-10 2010-2011 2011-2012DahodPanchmahalSabarkanthaBanaskanthaVadodaraDahod 5000 16420 17086 18045Limkheda 5000 17145 11994 15833Jhalod 5000 …. 5231 21061Fatehpura 4000 12770 9200 11511Devgarhbaria …. 3000 1140 4017Garbada 3000 8000 14962 13357Dhanpur …. 14500 1563 6913Santarampur 5103 13225 12862 19276Kadana 2900 5180 5768 9903Goghambha …. 5440 2582 6184Bhiloda …. 3100 6400 9877Vijaynagar …. 2000 3500 6287Meghraj …. 12420 2200 6764Khedbrahma …. 6291 13000 18245Danta …. …. 2513 5858Amirgadh …. 2400 2400 4012Chotaudepur …. 11000 8550 21179Pavijetpur …. 8000 8000 13774Nasvadi …. …. 4000 10062Sankheda …. …. …. 1661Total 30003 140891 132951 223819Coverage Detail of Project Sunshine II:Year Crop Target allotted AchievementB.T.Cotton 10660 10660Pigeon Pea 7428 7428Mustard 1000 10002010-11Potato 2000 2000Total 21088 21088B.T.Cotton 16000 22989Pigeon Pea 16000 7332Mustard 3300 33002011-12Potato 1200 1200Total 36500 34821Grand Total 57588 55909

Third Party monitoring report:PROJECT SUNSHINE 2009 IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT(In Rs)Source: Anand Agriculture University (AAU) Impact Assessment reportWith the successful acceptance of this crop, new crop was also introduced in the year 2010-11with a project called Project Sunshine II. Hence Project sunshine I promote hybrid maize cropsand project sunshine II covers for other crops like Cotton, Tuar, Mustard and Potato for whichcoverage are as follows:Year wise and Head wise Amount spentYear Source of Fund Project Cost (in crore)Gujarat pattern 14.612008-09SCA to TSP 1SCA Incentive 2.54TOTAL 18.15Monsanto Contribution 2.09SCA to TSP(2008-09) 8.742009-2010SCA to TSP(2009-10) 20Gujarat Pattern 7.95Beneficiary Contribution 8.023TOTAL 46.803RKVY 4.82010-2011Beneficiary Contribution 17.6Sunshine 2009 remaining amount 729.42011-2012RKVY 21Special Central Assistance(SCA) 8.94Beneficiary Contribution 25TOTAL 54.94Total of four year 149.293