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Rehabilitation of Tsunami affected families through strengthening livestock based resource management in Nagapattinam district

Post Tsunami, the coastal villages incurred huge loss in terms of property, livelihood and livestock. In addition, agricultural land was deposited with silt from the sea, which resulted in salinity of soil as well as ponds and wells. This led to failure of agriculture as well as death of livestock. The organization decided to intervene in these areas and strive to provide the sustainable sources of livelihood to tsunami affected families by introducing income generating activities based on livestock keeping. The aim is to conserve native animal species, land and water resources, and promote animal husbandry based sustainable farming system. Coordination will be established with various NGOs and Government Organizations/Institutes involved in post tsunami rehabilitation programme so as to avoid overlapping of work and thereby improve in efficiency and effectiveness of the envisaged programme. The entire programme will be implemented through community participation and contributions in all stages of project planning and implementation. The basic objective of the project is to rehabilitate tsunami affected families through promoting local native species based animal husbandry based sustainable farming systems.

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Grantee:

SEVA. (Sustainable Agriculture & Environmental Voluntary Action)

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 34,706.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 18,046.78

Co-Financing in-Kind:

Project Number:

SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/1/05/TN12

Start Date:

5/2005

End Date:

5/2005

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

A programme for promotion of animal husbandry was done for 200 families by including native animal species in the income generation activities. Local buffalo breeds were distributed to the tsunami affected villages. Local breeds of goats are also being distributed. This is being done as the local breeds are known to sustain harsh saline conditions. Various activities will be carried out to generate man-days for the community. 1000 men and women are being given employment opportunities by engaging them in drainage of saline water from 10 seawater-filled ponds by cleaning the supply channels and reclamation of saline land by laying of 50 demonstration plots by raising green manures, manuring of land by cattle penning, preparation of organic pesticides and fertilizers, introducing salt tolerating species, raising fodder and promotion of hedge plants and trees. Fodder cultivation facilities will be provided in 5 acres of community land to meet fodder requirements of livestock. For irrigation, two bore wells of 200 ft depth will be dug and fencing arrangements will be erected.

Gender Focus

Eighty women belonging to lower castes and engaged as agricultural laborers who lost their houses have been organized into Self Help Groups. These SHGs have been promoted for mobilizing savings and create their own funds for credit and goats will be distributed to them to initiate income generation.

Replication of project activities

Establishment of micro-credit and revolving fund mechanism among the SHGs will lead to replication of the project. After the first calving the young once will be distributed to other affected families bringing replication and sustainability in the project activities.

Policy Impact

Regular coordination meetings with government departments, district administration, village level organizations and various NGOs are being held in order to cross share and learn field level experiences. Issues of duplication of work and relief have also been avoided in this manner. This has been useful in mobilizing co-financing contributions from the administration.

Notable Community Participation

The entire programme will be implemented through community participation and contributions in all stages of project planning and implementation. SEVA carried out extensive participatory exercises in order to build rapport and trust with the community and to identify target villages with community participation. This ensured the sustainability of the project and involvement of the local self governance bodies in the project implementation.

Project sustainability

The proposed project plans to organize the tsunami affected families into SHGs, farmers groups and village level committees through which the project activities will be implemented. Local people representatives and panchayat leaders will be active member of the committees and will be involved in monitoring and follow up of activities. The project plans to provide cattle at 50 per cent subsidy to the tsunami affected families. The other 50 per cent will be provided as micro-credit, which will be used as revolving fund thus sustaining the project activities overtime.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

To rehabilitate tsunami affected families through promoting local native species based animal husbandry based sustainable farming systems.

Capacity - Building Component

Training of 200 members are being carried out on herbal healing for animals, raising of medicinal plants and sustainable animal husbandry practice. Training material will be distributed to the trainees.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

persons have been trained in herbal healing for animals, organic farming, nursery raising and fodder cultivation. and they participated actively in this project. Women belonging to lower castes and engaged as agricultural labourers who lost their houses have been organized into Self Help Groups. These SHGs have been promoted for mobilizing savings and create their own funds for credit and goats will be distributed to them to initiate income generation.

Project Results

Drainage of saline water has been done from the ponds of villages Vanagirim and Manickampangu through community labor contributions. This has generated man-days worth USD 1-2 per day as wage development. Renovation for Periyakulam, Chinnakulam and ThambaNaickan Channels has already been done. In Kesavanpalayam village, four women Self Help groups have been organized. The organization has deposited 218 USD for each group to purchase goats as income generation programme. 105 families have benefited from livestock distribution so far. 21 vulnerable native breeds of Umbalacherry cattle and country goat have been preserved. Employment opportunities are provided regularly to 1000 families in 12 villages. 4 farm ponds have been renovated and 20 supply channels of 19.5 kms in 8 villages have been cleared providing man-days worth USD 4500 for the local community. Demonstration plots covering a total area of 154.75 acres have been established with 49 farmers in 3 villages to demonstrate land reclamation activities. About 146 persons have been trained in herbal healing for animals, organic farming, nursery raising and fodder cultivation in 2 villages. 2 acres of land has been covered under fodder cultivation in 2 villages.

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Indicators

Empowerment

Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 100

Empowerment

Total additional in cash or in kind support obtained for new initiatives and opportunities through SGP project (in US dollars) 20000

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 1000

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