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Creating Resilient Communities in a Landscape Approach through Institutional Strengthening in Tarikhet Block

The project provides opportunity of practicing livestock based livelihoods to the rural communities residing around Himalayan ecosystem in Haldwani district of Uttrakhand state of Indian sub-continent. Last decade has witnessed rampant deforestation and soil erosion in the area. The implications counts loss of soil fertility and effects are visible in livestock too. Considering Himalayas one of the fragile ecosystems the project seeks for a relief for 7 villages which through available animal population will establish a firm sustainable dairy model as a source of livelihoods. Improvement in animal health, medication, breeds will enhance milk and fat productivity. The byproducts like cow dung and slurry further applied in field will enhance crop production.

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Grantee:

Chhatrasal Sewa Sansthan (CSS)Rameri,Hamirpur-Uttar Pradesh

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)

Grant Amount:

US$ 34,533.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 66,644.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 40,983.00

Project Number:

IND/COMDEKS/SGP/2013/06

Start Date:

8/2013

End Date:

6/2016

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

Both men and women are to be involved in establishing dairy linkages. Paravets and jankars (information disseminators) will be from the women and men population. They will also be developed as entrepreneurs for managing dairies and establish market links. The federation based dairy consists of both men and women as its active members. Men will be engaged in farm land management, nursery raising, and exploring market links. Women through SHGs will be trained in operating biogas units and smokeless cook stoves.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Information on local biodiversity is a key to awareness on the local ecosystems. Public awareness in this respect is to be promoted on the issues like deforestation, soil erosion and poaching of wild plant and animal species. The project intends to address these issues in the project orientation meetings. Interactive sessions from the local forest officials and ecologists will be the means to promote the issue.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Livelihoods in the entire project indicate the sustainability routing from the institutions which are federations equipped with the necessary financial mechanisms, skills and tools (milk storage freezer, fat measurement kit) to sustain dairy. The main livelihoods are animal dependent - livestock rearing for milk collection, dairy linkage of farmers and application of byproducts like animal manure in the farm lands. Other sustainable livelihoods addressed are: 1. Raising Medicinal plant nursery; 2. Cultivation of fodder species; 3. Establishment of 3 biogas units. Building enterprises on local resources, e.g., garlic and ginger based products as sources of additional incomes.

Capacity - Building Component

Locals are to be involved in animal husbandry practices trainings, travis installation, animal health camps. Capacity building to be provided in dairy farming activities like: Handling fat measuring machine set, cans, etc. for new collection villages for 10 new villages; form fill seal, poly bag packaging machine; packaging materials & labeling on 60 days rotation basis. Youth will be trained in plant nursery raising and fodder cultivation.

Policy Impact

The key project activities are to influence the policies of State Government. Animal Husbandry Department will extend trainings in the remote areas. National Medicinal Plant Board and State Horticultural Plant Board will finance the innovative means of plantations and their sale.

Notable Community Participation

The project involves 398 House Holds of 7 villages as beneficiaries. Participation of 30 Self Help Groups (SHG)s in the project activities indicates the notable community participation. The SHGs are to be provided with skill and capacity building trainings which ensures planning and implementation of the activities through the community.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project is a scale up model to strengthen the federation of 23 SHGs with 35 more SHGs to be made functional under it. The federation will be equipped with more tools of milk and fat measurement to get better profits which will be retained by the federation as a revolving fund to meet out expenses during insurance, and medication of animals and incentives to paravets. There will be around 400 members to collect approximately 4000 litres milk per day. The federation takes annual fees of Rs 100 per member for registration.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

There is a significant participation of local community people.

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