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Landscape restoration through nature-based solutions

Nirmal Project (SGP)? has been proposed in 15 villages of Bijawar Block of Chhatarpur District covering 1500 farmers (at least 500 women farmers) with the objective of ?ensuring improved livelihoods, food security, quality of life of marginalized & disadvantaged households, to create economic resilience of the rural community to reduce poverty and vulnerability, to ensure their economic & social empowerment through promoting a more efficient equitable self-managed and optimum utilization of the available Natural Resources.? With various initiatives on securing Bio-Diversity, reducing land degradation and addressing climate change under the project, total 15 Climate Smart Model villages are planned to be created with total 1500 farmers.

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Grantee:

HARITIKA

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

OP7 Y3 (July 22-June 23)

Grant Amount:

US$ 47,682.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 166,586.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

Project Number:

IND/SGP/OP7/Y3/CORE/LD/2023/11

Start Date:

7/2023

End Date:

7/2025

Status:

Currently under execution

Project Characteristics and Results

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The strategy is to build a large cadre of Champion Farmers those will be from the pool of CRPs, through whose agency many more farmers will learn about the concept, in its multiple variants and dimensions. Uniform package of practices will be developed and the project would strive to promote adherence to these practices through regular visits and handholding by CRPs. The events outside district and state are mainly for exposure to new ideas and building perspectives. The methodology would be a mix of classroom sessions and video sessions and live demonstration of the activity long with interaction with farmers and experts.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

VDC, (CIG) & Water User Groups/Farmer Groups are the base of the community institution which provides a perfect platform for disseminating information and skill transfer to the beneficiaries of the village. Thus, community will use the platform of these Groups for their own capacity building and enhancing their leadership skill. Annual conference cum exhibition for women farmers with all the stake-holders (Block, District & Panchayat) have been planned to build on learning and experience where they will get positively exposed to experiences. Campaigns & awareness programme will also be organized at village level.

Notable Community Participation

Women from Tribal and other disadvantaged communities earlier organized into various institutions will be engaged in viable micro-enterprise i.e., Bio-Input Resource Centre (BRC). Also, the women would be in the governance and involved in decision making role. They will also get trained and orientated on different NF & sustainable agriculture practices along with the procedure, rules & benefit. At-least 500 women farmers will be covered under soil improvement program initiatives. Other than this our 80% target population belongs to disadvantaged, small/marginal farmers group.

Gender Focus

Project Results

- Under the project, total 15 Climate Smart Model villages of Bijawar Block of Chhatarpur District will be created with total 1500 farmers.
- With Agro-forestry Model 2,500 hectares of land will be covered in 2 types of models; Individual Horticulture & Block plantation with furniture, NTFP & Medicinal plants.
- 1 Bio-diversity Park on 25 acres of land with 20 various varieties of plants.
- In each village on 20 hectares of land i.e., on total 300 hectares of land, endangered millet species will be promoted.
- With total 1500 farmers (at least 500 women), improved soil regime & climate smart agriculture will be promoted on their 600 hectares of land.
- 1 Bio-Input Resource center will be established to cover 15 project villages of block.
- With construction of 10 Doha, 10 Farm ponds & construction of 1 pond; 500 hectares of land will be irrigated.
- 30 Mahila Gram Sevaks will be trained as ToTs to train 3000 Farmers of project villages.
- 15 Solar irrigation pumps with 75 farmers will be established.

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