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Adoption of Energy Efficient devices and promotion of off-farm livelihood options for the hill tribals in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh.

The project aims at combining socio economic interventions with dissemination of energy efficient (EE) household devices. It will promote the adoption of EE cooking and water heating devices among approximately 1100 schedules caste and other backward caste households (out of a total of 1900) and promote planting of disappearing wild varieties of bitter apricot and peach trees on private land of villagers in the Kullu block, Himachal Pradesh. The goal of the project is to contribute to lowering the rural carbon footprint and conserve declining populations of wild fruit tree species through local community involvement specially women. The project will enhance incomes of the targeted households particularly SC women, who are among the poorest and most socially disadvantaged in the demographic socio-economic profile of the panchayats where the project will operate.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Jagriti

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

OP5 (Extended Period)

Grant Amount:

US$ 41,203.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 24,002.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 20,857.00

Project Number:

IND/SGP/OP5/Y5/FSP/STAR/CC/2016/97/HP02

Start Date:

12/2016

End Date:

12/2017

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Capacity - Building Component

2 local Group Co-coordinators will be hired and trained regarding the understanding of the project. Women members will be trained on ongoing IGAs by including demonstration of EE devices at group meetings. Training and skill development of members will be done in various aspects for enterprise functioning and quality control will ensure inculcation of good collection and processing practices.

Policy Influence

Activities under the energy saving and drudgery reducing technologies like distribution of water heating devices on cost sharing basis is highly replicable model for the mountain region.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

Learnings, outcomes and related data (reports documented by members on choices and strategies to meet their energy needs and periodic assimilation) will be uploaded on Jagriti's website.

Policy Impact

Links will be established with Government Departments - Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi; The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun; G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora; CSIR ? Institute of Himalayan Bio-Resource Technology (IHBT), Palampur; Himachal Pradesh Forest Department; and research institutions ? WWF India; Yale University, USA and ENERGIA. Link will be maintained with NABARD, GB Pant Nagar for Trainings/Exposure, Banks, Private Sector. Replication will be induced in adjoining and other panchayats by demonstration and effective communication with similar government initiatives under drudgery reduction and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Gender Focus

Mobilization of women will be done by organizing them into WSCGs in 25 panchayats of the Kullu district with over 130 Women?s Saving and Credit Groups and inculcating the habit of regular savings, opening bank accounts and intra-group loaning have been going on among the groups. The entire project will be built around WSCGs and will benefit poorer women and involve them in the process of their empowerment. Number of new women's saving and credit groups (WSCGs) will be formed and registered with the Bank and regular up-keeping will be done of the group's account. Empowering women through increased participation in the social & political sphere, regular institution building and access to credit. Presently 1400 women members are involved in the ongoing activities

Notable Community Participation

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Replication of project activities

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Sharing of the information will be done primarily through WSCGs meetings and training sessions. Baseline study will be done to establish firewood/biomass consumption per HH in summer and winter. Periodic monitoring of EE device performance and assessment of impacts specially on reduced firewood consumption will be done.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project proposes to combine socio economic intervention with dissemination of energy efficient (EE) households devices. The project will adopt energy efficient technologies like 500 tandoors, 500 hamams and 100 solar cookers, devices promoted by the project and their continued post project use leading to considerable reduction in CO2 emissions from burning biomass. Post-harvest technologies and Packaging (Rosehip de-shelling machine, packaging machine, indoor herb dryers etc.) will be introduced. The quality of life of women members and other HH economy will become more resilient as drudgery will reduce due to machines installations and income opportunities will increase. It will also ?free? some time for women for leisure or engagement with other / off farm income generation activities (IGAs), children?s health and education focus will improve.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The project will largely benefit hill tribal, OBC and SC families. Remotely place above 5000 ft. Most of the beneficiaries will be women.

Project sustainability

Women Groups and producers organization own up the project activities

Project Results

* 21 women's saving and credit group consisting of 315 members were formed and registered with bank.
* Women members' HH economy and quality of life became more resilient as their drudgery was reduced and opportunities to enhance income increased.
* The following EE device procured and disseminated contributing in lowering the rural carbon footprint and conserved declining populations of wild fruit tree species through local community involvement specially women:
Improved Tandoors: 278
Hamams: 500
Solar Parabolic Cooker: 31
Solar cooker distributed was procured through HIMURJA (Himachal Pradesh Renewable Energy Agency) with some modifications made in the model. The price of hamams and tandoors were to some extent contributed by the community members.The CO2 emission reduction: 3731 Mt.
* 1 herbal tea and 4 types of pickles were developed. The products have been send for testing to Avon Food Lab Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
Women members of the WSCGs set up have collectively planted over 5000 saplings of bitter apricot and wild peach trees in their own lands.

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Indicators

Biophysical

Tonnes of CO2 decreased or avoided by energy efficient and renewable energy technologies or applying environmentally sustainable transport practices introduced by SGP Project 3000

Empowerment

Number of CBOs / NGOs participated / involved in SGP project 21

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 800

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