Project Detail

Conservation and Land Development through Rambans (Agave) enhancing incomes of the hill communities in degraded lands.

The primary objective of the project is to treat land slide prone area and to prevent soil erosion through Rambans plantation and to create the base for income generation activities in the villages of Uttarakhand. The Rambans plantation will provide a strong base for the people of the villages/communities to link with other development schemes such as skill development schemes, design development schemes, market linkages schemes to establish a common facility center (CFC) in the area.
Project Activities:
1. 1st Phase: Nursery will be developed.
2. 2nd Phase: Awareness programs will be organized by the organization to get good results for the projects.
3. 3rd Phase: Plantation work will be done and training and skill up-gradation program will be organized for the group of villagers.
4. 4th Phase: Production and marketing linkages will be done for sustainability of the project. Market linkages through craft exhibitions will be done and the product will also be advertised on the website www.gauras.org.
The specific results will be: The forest cover area will increase, it also provides protection to grow new trees and plants inside plantation area without any further plantation of trees naturally, the project will create opportunity for income generation in villages.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Girish Grih Udyog Evam Resha Utapadan Samiti Kimsar

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation
Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

OP5 – Y4 (Jul 14 – Jun 15)

Grant Amount:

US$ 30,073.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 15,024.00

Project Number:

IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/LD/STAR/ 2014/61/UKD01

Start Date:

12/2014

End Date:

6/2017

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

2 workshops will be organized on crop yielding, leaf cutting, fibre extraction, fibre keeping, fibre storage, fibre maintenance, fibre cleaning, cutting etc. Meetings will be organized with the people of the village of Yamkeshwar and Dugadda block of Pauri Garhwal district, to select suitable land for the plantation. Awareness programs will be conducted among the villagers. Short presentations will be given in front of the villagers about the activities of the projects.

Planning non gef grant

GAURUS is in process to raise fund from other sources including government

Gender Focus

Major part of the villagers involved in the project will be women as they are more involved with their land and other properties. The villagers will participate actively in the project implementation. Villagers will be involved for looking after the plantation sites from fire to prevent damage by the harmful activities in the area, which will help in carrying out the project in a better manner. Market links will be done for sustainability of the project through craft exhibition.

Linkages gef projects

Planning gef grant

Replication of project activities

Policy Influence

State government started promoting natural fiber.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The beneficiaries are not indigenous community.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The main aim of the project is to treat the land slide prone area and to prevent soil erosion through Rambans plantation, and to create income generation activities in the village of Uttarakhand. This will increase the forest cover area; it also provides protection to grow new trees and plants inside the plantation area without any further plantation of trees naturally. The project plans to ensure for retention as well as recharge the water level, waste land development, protect bio diversity of the area. Nursery will be developed, 10 villages (300 households/villagers) will be benefitted either directly or indirectly.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The product will be advertised on their website www.gauras.org.

Policy Impact

The project plans to increase Green belt in Uttarakhand, which could be the part of income increment for the State Government, through Rambans (Agave) plantation. Activities will be carried out with the support of the government bodies like Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) in the ministry of textile Government of India the leading government office of India for craft development, to link them with the market support program. Funds will also be raised by the organization from the state govt./ central govt./ international organization from their promotional schemes.

Capacity - Building Component

Training and skill up-gradation program will be organized for the group of villagers. Views of the villagers will be invited and discussions will be done, new ideas producing good results will be included in the schedule of training program. 2 exposure visits will be organized for the villagers from selected areas to develop the Rambans plantation areas and in different institutions. 10 days training for 100 people on the use of fibre for development of different designs will be conducted.

Notable Community Participation

Women (including young girls) will be involved in the project activities.

Project sustainability

Women Self Help Groups and federations take up income generation activities and marketing of fiber based products

Project Results

* SHG?s/Villagers have their own setup of Raw material (fibre) extraction/collection which is basic need for sustainable livelihood activities. Due to the own setup of fiber collection & extraction participants/villagers/ SHG?s are able to extract the Rambans fiber at their own village for the livelihood activity.
* Due to set up of the 5 syntax bio gas production units near the fiber extraction unit in villages the stakeholders are able to reduce their spending on the LPG cylinders and fertilizers as they are getting organic fertilizer from bio gas units.
* Newly formed SHG have their micro savings deposited in their bank accounts.
* SHGs planted sapling of Ramban in near by Forest Land in 75 acres for fiber production i.e. 605 Kg of Rambans fibre is available with the NGO.
* Reduce 33.45 MT of Co2 emission.

+ View more

Back to search results

Countries

Regions

Project Snapshot

SGP Country office contact

Address