MilkIT partner-staff meeting

1. MilkIT partner-staff meeting Bageshwar, 28.09.2013 Thanammal and team (8 staffs)

2. Discussion topics • Feed back of interventions • Winter feed interventions • Feeding trial plan • Exposure visit- Kishanmela-Pant nagar • IP meeting (feed) • How to capture outputs • Feedback

3. Interventions- CHIRAG-Saing cluster • 10 farmers purchased CB dairy animals- one or two animals from Dunagiri, Champawat area- NABARD loan • Farmers who went to purchase crossbred animals from Dunagiri impressed the development that area and motivated- They have seen Kirpalsingh, Dunagiri , who have brought their kids education due to livelihood through dairy • Dr.N.K.Singh, KVK, Kafligarhis giving technical feedback on the shelter construction, feeding and management • All these 10 farmers made feed trough/manger based on his expert advise- informal, he visit to villages • Now these farmers have systemic management, farmers are getting up early morning to clean the house, regular feeding • 25 more farmers are demanding for loan arrangement for purchase of CB as they have facility to sell milk themselves through the marketing system they developed in Bageshwar • Anchal are now supporting more to farmers- giving regular service- feed arrangement- may be they feel as competition- healthy relation • Farmers are maintaining the marketing with Anchal • Demand for concentrate feed is increasing- plan for shop among farmers- need for sourcing- help needed from ILRI to technical sourcing

4. Interventions-Sult • Baserianchal dairy-Farmers are not happy with the price with Anchal- they got more money initially, now they get very less- decrease number of farmers giving milk to Anchal • Staff decided to see where is the problem- farmer, secretary or Anchal level? • Discuss with Anchal for this issue • Feed intervention-the farmers gave feedback that the seed of maize and mandua (millet) (VPKAS)- grains more, grass is height and weight is more • Maize grain-lines 14-16(dual purpose), traditional-11. filled grains no gap • What to do-data-feed interventions • There is empty columns of feedback from farmers • Fill the format in feed interventions-details of harvest and feedback of farmers- end of October

5. Winter feed interventions • Dual purpose wheat • 300 kg seed is ordered with VPKAS- 200kg for Sult and 100 kg for Bageshwar, CHIRAG have little seed from last interventions • Barley and Oat • Sult- they have ordered 50kg with VPKAS • Bageshwar- they have seeds • Oats is not available with VPKAS- will get from pant nagar university through kishanmela • Feeding trial for prevention of wastage • Clover trial • Seed not available in VPKAS and Palampur. Will try from Pant Nagar and private seed company in Haldwani

6. Feeding trial • Locations-Bageshwar settlements • Saing cluster • Tana • Kaligarh • Talwarwai • ParBakhli • Beribagad • Paarketh • Pagna- outside our cluster but farmers are interested to participate • Joshiguan cluster • Garikhet • Awligarh • Binser • Sult- 6 settlements- Baseri, Sutoli, Besarbagad, Chiranga, Musoli, Gahnatimli (outside-interested) • Each settlement 8 animals- 2-control, 2-Feed trough, 2-cutting, 2-cutting and feed trough • 20 days? • CRP- for monitoring • 70-100 Rs per day, one each settlement • Josiguan- one person for three settlements- 5000 for 20 days

7. Equipment-feeding trial • Cutting fodder • Hand cutting knife(locally made)- 100 purchased for Bageshwar, 50 purchased for Sult • The manual chaff cutter of old model- will be not used- feedback from farmers they do not want to use- already CHIRAG and IFAD, AH and Anchal gave-nothing in use • The motor one is very costly for farmers to buy- there are one or two farmers purchased their level • Will try for the chaff cutter of Gujarat farmer innovation- Dr.D.V.Singh advise- will go and see the cutter- cost is cheap- farmers can try this in half price for trial basis- we will get 10 for bageshwar (have fund themselves), 5 (sult) but have to check with fund? • Staff want to visit Gujarat for this chaff cutter and some innovations for milk products- Bageshwar farmers want to try milk products for their milk- ghee and paneer- will be good if any staff visit Amul and few farms • Manger • There are ten farmers constructed cement one, we will try with them (Bageshwar), and we will explore the wooden manger, seen in Dunagiri area • Wooden feed trough purchased (50) bageshwar will be tried • Sult- will try for wooden- let us see how farmers will adopt this technology- behaviour if said for price contribution- nothing will be in free this time

8. Visit to Gujarat • Why? • To see innovations of cutting fodder- equipment (local grass will be gtaken with them) • To see the equipment for milk products • Marketing and feeding management • Feed trough models • Key success points for dairy development- innovation adaption? Farmer meeting • Who? • Two staff from each cluster level and Thanammal • Bageshwar- 4 field staffs like to participate, Sult- 2 field staff • When? • Before feeding trial which is planned end of October-farmers are free • 12-17 October (approx including travel- 2 days field visit) • Fund? • Both partners will contribute half expenses. • Accommodation • NDDB/Amul-500/day- 3-4 rooms? Will discuss with them • Approval from Nils/Alan

9. Visit to Pant Nagar University- kishanmela • CHIRAG is planning to take some farmers- especially the men group (20) as women are busy in cutting grass- 2-3 staffs will attend • Seeds different variety- oat, clover, demo of improved techniques • Animal husbandry exposure- university farm visit • Exchange information from other big farmers- knowledge flow • Some animal purchase- can see different breeds and interaction with experts • Poultry knowledge • Agricultural implements knowledge • Farmers meeting- constraints discussion • From Sult- one staff and 2-3 farmers will attend depends the budget they have? • Discussed with extension department- Kuldeep will co-ordinate • Budget- under exposure visit- partner level

10. Capturing intermediate outputs • How to capture? Ideas? • We can write in daily dairy- whatever observation will be noted- staff level- compilation at every 3 months in staff meeting • Before and after- report for any village- how to do? Who will do- compilation from daily dairy • Writing case-study or stories • Minutes of village meetings- SHG meetings- regularly maintained by Bageshwar

11. Feedback • The project is nice- capacity of staff is increased- thinking different to see evidence of interventions • There is constraint in fund for good development- especially sult area • Bageshwar- Vehicle problem is big problem for co-operative, so it will be good to have vehicle for the co-operative but how to get? Try to source fund- so that milk can be reached to Bageshwar in time- staff feel that if there vehicle they can cover more villages with same fund- as there is demand from many villages for marketing- for eg 10km from Saing cluster- many time they called for milk marketing. How to go ahead? We will discuss more for expansion- IFAD little interest to collaborate • Pagna- village they are getting milk for 12 km by walk to Bageshwar- due to road damage- how to capture this motivation • Options for milk products- sourcing for equipment and marketing- demand from Bageshwar • Kankhar-slow development- there is problem with secretary- measurement problem • There is more govt projects with more money without development- just distributing funds- sometime difficult to explain to farmers • We have made the platforms- for any govt or any organisation to work- SHG made by our project making a platform for the others to work there • There is diff method of working in research especially with ILRI- we have never worked this method of sustainability • We have to make our cluster like Gujarat- Ramesh Joshi- dream • Anchal rate is not satisfactory by farmers-Sult • Call senior management team for staff meeting- Thanammal suggestion