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Agriculture |
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Agriculture and Horticulture Development |
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One of the basic objectives of the ongoing and the Follow-on Projects is to bring about significant improvement in agriculture and horticulture production through increased productivity resulting in enhanced income levels of the large majority of small and marginal farmers. This component is crucial to the success of the project. Major goal is to increase family incomes in the communities who are partially or completely dependent on tank systems. For families who own or have access to land in the command areas of a tank, there is scope to increase agricultural production and incomes. Improvements to the agricultural production systems will depend on increasing farmer knowledge, based on location-specific, on-farm demonstrations of improved cropping systems and practices, water management practices and on farmer training. The determination of what would be the specific activities undertaken at each tank would be based on activities identified in an ITDP prepared for each tank. The preparation of an ITDP would depend on thorough participatory discussions between the communities, implementation teams and technical specialists from line departments and Universities.
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The ongoing project is implementing
this component through the UAS
Bangalore and Dharwad and the
available feedback and experience
would be taken into consideration
while formulating these programmes.
Selection of the programme would be
left to the individual TUGs who
would incorporate this sub component
in the ITDPs prepared by them.
Broadly, the following would be the
activities to be supported under the
Follow-on Project. On-farm research
activities on various aspects of
water and irrigation management were
undertaken under the ongoing
project. The Follow-on Project would
lay emphasis on transfer of
technologies through demonstrations.
Similar demonstrations with improved technologies related to agriculture are being implemented by the line departments with the similar objectives and goals. Quite a number of schemes were also implemented by the Agriculture and Horticulture Departments in association with the JSYS in project districts. This joint effort would strengthen the capacities of the community to bring changes in water management, cropping pattern, increased cropping intensity, etc.
The agriculture and horticulture development component would include all the components of the ongoing project. In view of existing manpower and infrastructure built up with JSYS support in the existing project, it is desirable to continue the collaboration with existing agencies like UAS, Bangalore and UAS, Dharwad. However, in case of some components other reputed NGOs may also be considered. As in the on going project, the UAS, Bangalore and Dharwad would continue to be contracted to carrying out OFDS, training, capacity building programmes and special studies.
The project would focus more on important aspects such as achieving water use efficiency through new technologies and shifts in cropping pattern, adoption of integrated management practices. The project support would be available for on farm demonstration of: (a) Improved water management practices (105), (b) Arable crops (105), (c) Horticulture crops (105) and (d) Improved Fodder crops (40).
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On-farm demonstrations
would be established in a cluster of about 20-30 local
tanks, with 80 tank clusters defined for the 2,000 tanks
to be included in the project. A total of five
demonstrations covering improved on-farm water management
(in two tanks) and arable / field (in two tanks) demos and
horticulture crop production improvement (in one tank)
would be conducted in both kharif and rabi/summer seasons
over a two-year period following from the planning stage
of tank rehabilitation works in each local tank cluster.
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Training activities would
be aimed at increasing the technical knowledge and skills
of district and taluk. JSYS and CFT staff and farmers in
tank command areas. Two farmers and two farm women per TMI
for such trainings that would include both classroom and
on farm trainings. One farmer and one farm women would be
taken for Study Tours apart from participating in state
level workshops. About 30 farmers per tank would be
participating Farmer Field School for one full crop
season.
To promote other income
generating activities for members of local tank
communities who have little or no access to land in tank
command areas. About 10% of the tanks would be given
technical assistance for establishing one ha., for Forage
Production followed by 5 units of milch animals for
effective milk production.
To take up
Participatory Technology Development (Pilot studies)
i.e., new technologies suited to the general conditions
found in tanks and their dependent communities. This would
consist of:
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Efficient irrigation
methods such as testing and developing low pressure drip
and pipe irrigation systems;
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Conjunctive use of surface
and groundwater in tank command areas; other equipment
for water control, monitoring, and management;
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Promoting new pilot technologies on siltation & desiltation Techniques for the
development in each Agro Climatic Zone of the project
districts
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Consultants to Implement the
Agriculture Activities |
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University of Agricultural Sciences , Bangalore for
following districts. |
- Kolar
- Tumkur
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Chintradurga
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University of Agricultural Sciences , Dharwad for
following districts. |
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Bagalkot
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Bidar
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Bellary
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Haveri
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Raichur
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Koppal
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