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Capacity Enhancement for Promotion of organic farming in Gujarat.

The project intends to build the capacity of the farmers in the field of organic farming and bio manuring. It comprises the preparation of training module for producers; demonstration on some selected farm, pilot testing of training module at field level with respective target groups, and to publish a set of booklets on crop technologiy.

The project has successfully completed. As a result of the project the benefits not only received by the community by organic farming and composting but organisation has also opended a marketing channel for bio-compost at a very minimum rate so as to promote thebio-compost and also improve the crop and soil quality.

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Grantee:

Jatan

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 25,226.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 9,928.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 10,455.00

Project Number:

SGP/GEF/IND/OP2/02/GUJ06

Start Date:

7/2002

End Date:

12/2003

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Replication of project activities

Promotion of organic farming through different ways and means with the help of voluntary organizations had been a frequent activity of this organization. It also planned to establish self-managed producer-consumer networks in different districts of Gujarat. The modules prepared under this project would be a great asset and would be utilized during the coming years in Gujarat. Through the production of proposed training modules, organic movement could be effectively spread to other states.

Capacity - Building Component

The organization aimed to effectively evolve a producer-consumer network of organic supporters as a global solution to the environment problems. For this, few training modules were developed which helped the farmers to grow crop organically and help consumers to make wise and eco-friendly purchase The organization aimed to effectively evolve a producer-consumer network of organic supporters as a global solution to the environment problems. 3 live demonstration farms are working as a full fledged training centre for organic farming. Evert month 50-100 visitors come to see the various organic farms where all weather proof panels are displayed to educate the visitors.more tahn30 sets of consumers exhibition were distributed to various customers across Gujrat.the following programs were held with famremers to comment upon the draft prepared: Date Crop Venue No. of farm 25-5-05 Groundnut Panchavati Baug, Malpara 250 28-5-05 Cotton -do- 250 29-5-05 Vegetables BKK Ravipura 43 30-5-05 Pigeon pea Manund, dist Patan 45 31-5-05 Paddy Samadhara, dist Kheda 45 The resource centre for medicinal plant cultivation was established. It demonstrated, through regular on and off campus programmes, how to grow medicinal plants in an organic, chemical free and commercially viable way. The target groups of this were farmers from Piparia, Bankhedi and Sohagpur blocks of Hoshangabad district. A network of small farmer groups (SFG), located in Piparia, Bankhedi and Sohagpur tehsils of Hoshangabad district and adjoining Satpura region of Chhindwara district present. Food festivals ware also organized which created ?green? consumers and local NGOs capitalized on the opportunity to widen their base. decisions.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project has definite links to sustainable livelihood aspects by addressing the key problems being faced by the farmers of increasing input costs and reducing outputs. The strategy adopted was basically of creating demand and capacity building of farmers to meet it. The farmers who traditionally produced diversity of crops have now mostly shifted to monoculture. This is creating challenges in terms of supply and demand as a basket of diverse crops is required by the consumers. Also, farmers are not always entrepreneurs and fail to capitalize the opportunities in terms of marketing and sales. The process has also brought about group of farmers and entrepreneur from the society to bridge this gap.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project was rooted in a local framework and much generalisable learning emerged which had its usefulness in varying agroclimatic and social contexts. The project aimed to arrive at a successful solution to serve the global problems, having its own demonstration and inspirational values. Indirectly, the project had impact upon the wider contexts, The project has definite links to sustainable livelihood aspects by addressing the key problems being faced by the farmers of increasing input costs and reducing outputs. The strategy adopted was basically of creating demand and capacity building of farmers to meet it. The farmers who traditionally produced diversity of crops have now mostly shifted to monoculture. This is creating challenges in terms of supply and demand as a basket of diverse crops is required by the consumers. Also, farmers are not always entrepreneurs and fail to capitalize the opportunities in terms of marketing and sales. The process has also brought about group of farmers and entrepreneur from the society to bridge this gap. because of farming communities, conscious consumers, concerned scientists and policy makers

Gender Focus

The targeted beneficiaries were the drivers of the project by design. The increasing demand and supply is the indicators of success and sustainable systems the project has created. The project as such did not have any gender focus but this does not indicate any bias. The consumers were mostly women.

Notable Community Participation

There had always been a very high level of community participation that was ensured by undertaking need-based programmes, concerning the concrete issues of the community. The participants valued all the activities undertaken by the organization. In any case, had there been a lack of people?s participation, the Jatan organization would strive to explore the causes for the same and device ways and means to correct it.

Project Results

? The resource centre for medicinal plant cultivation was established. It demonstrated, through regular on and off campus programmes, how to grow medicinal plants in an organic, chemical free and commercially viable way. The target groups of this were farmers from Piparia, Bankhedi and Sohagpur blocks of Hoshangabad district.
? A herbal (medicinal plant) garden, an ex-situ medicinal plant bio-diversity conservation site. This acquainted farmers, villagers and other visitors with the plant diversity of the region. It ran regular outreach programmes for awareness generation about the cultivation potential and success of medicinal plants.
? A network of village medicinal plant gardens, maintained jointly by JATAN and village panchayats.
? A network of small farmer groups (SFG), located in Piparia, Bankhedi and Sohagpur tehsils of Hoshangabad district and adjoining Satpura region of Chhindwara district

Following were the results:
A demonstration unit
4 training modules
Greater awareness among the community about organic farming systems
Adoption of organic farming by the farmers
Increased choice of organic produce by more and more consumers

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