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- Identify various agricultural water management technologies and practices that reduce the demand for water, and enhance water productivity in agriculture, but are financially viable for the farming communities of semi arid and arid regions.
- Testing the techno-economic viability of the technologies and practices in the field through on-farm demonstrations and action research.
- Training, extension and educational activities for the farmers to facilitate large-scale adoption of these interventions.
- Building capacities of grass root organizations in evolving and implementing groundwater management strategies in their areas of operation through well-designed professional training programmes and other capacity building initiatives.
- Field monitoring of various interventions and participatory monitoring of groundwater in the project areas to gain knowledge about various aspects of the interventions and their overall effectiveness.
- Research: will be undertaken on physical and socio-economic aspects of the interventions. The research on physical aspects would include that on: impact of agricultural water management interventions on yield and water productivity of crops and farming systems; and groundwater regimes. The research on socio-economic aspects would include that on: impact of AWM interventions on farm income and livelihoods of the adopter families, socio-economic conditions of the adopter families, including gender division of labour, and village/regional level socio-economics.
- Publication of research outputs, case studies and documentation in English and local language.
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- Preparation of training and educational manuals on the physical strategies for groundwater management in different semi arid and arid regions that represent unique geo-hydrological and socio-economic environments, and the ways to implement the field interventions, based on the experience gained from field monitoring.
- Organizing dissemination workshops and policy dialogues with state/central government agencies, and other policy makers.
- Financial support to poor and marginal farmers: To extend large social and economic benefits (Better yield, higher income, low input) of water saving technologies to poor and marginal farmers through interest free loan.
- Providing decision support and market assistance to orchard growers.
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Women Self Help Groups (SHG)
Women play an important role in agriculture operations. Women are involved in the agricultural and livestock activities directly. For example, feeding of cattle, collect fodder; collect cattle dung, milking of cattle, application of fertilizers, weeding etc. Due to heavy work load and social engagements, women stay behind in day to day fast changing world. To get exposure in the field of new technologies as well as to generate funds for the agricultural activities, SOFILWM formed Self Help Groups in the region. Through Self Help Group women have actively participated in on going activities of the organization. Female field extension staffs have formed 88 such groups of 1086 members in Palanpur, Danta, Dantivada And Vadgam taluka. Total savings of these groups are rs.1931142 and inter loan with in groups is rs.1153810. The members of these groups have obtained trainings on various new technology operations like low cost drum kit for vegetable cultivation and Micro irrigation technology in fodder kit, Organic farming including vermin compost and bio pesticides. They not only produce vermin compost for their farm but also sell worms and vermi compost and earn handsome income. |
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Taluka |
Groups |
Members |
Inter Loan |
Bank Balance |
Total Savings |
1 |
Palanpur |
36 |
469 |
242466 |
327709 |
570175 |
2 |
Dantivada |
18 |
167 |
208444 |
77575 |
286019 |
3 |
Vadgam |
26 |
346 |
619800 |
309772 |
929572 |
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Danta |
8 |
104 |
83100 |
62276 |
145376 |
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Total |
88 |
1086 |
1153810 |
777332 |
1931142 |
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