Enhancing Agricultural Livelihoods through POP Strategy in CMSA: A Focus on Small Farmers
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The POP strategy in CMSA promotes sustainable agricultural livelihoods, targeting small and marginal farmers, women, and agricultural workers. Key objectives include improving food security and nutritional status, enhancing women's farming skills, and providing alternative income through land leasing and NPM shops. The initiative emphasizes natural resource management, soil fertility enhancement, and effective cropping practices such as SRI and poly-cropping. Success stories highlight how villagers transitioned from wage seekers to net food producers, improving their incomes and self-sufficiency.
Enhancing Agricultural Livelihoods through POP Strategy in CMSA: A Focus on Small Farmers
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POP strategy (1/2Acre irrigated land) in CMSA K.Jayaram, SERP
Main objective • To sustain agriculture based livelihoods with multiple livelihood options • Special focus on small and marginal farmers, Women, tenants,agriculture workers • Improving women’s farming skills through decentralized agricultural extension system • To improve house hold food and nutritional security • Providing livelihoods to the land less poor through land lease and NPM shops etc • Enhancement of Natural Resource base • Feminization of Agriculture and rural livelihoods
Pest Management Seed and Seedling Treatment Community Bonfires Summer Ploughing White and Yellow Plates Alleys in Paddy Trap Crops Different types of Traps 3
Natural resources based soil fertility management • Soil fertility management: • Application of tank silt • ‘Dung’ based inoculants • Biomass plantation on bunds, common lands, etc. • Azolla application for paddy crop • Efficient composting methds like Nadep • Improving Cropping practices • Crop rotation • Multi-cropping • Strategic intercropping with Legumes • Live mulch • Tree farming and livestock as important ingredients
Rainwater conservation measures Components include Trench, Conservation furrows, Farm Pond, compost pit , tank silt application. Rs. 48,000 per acre - MGNREGS • Rs.185.18crores worth works were executed Conservation of the entire rain water in the field itself
POP strategy Converting “wage seekers” into “net food producers” Providing regular income – Annual income Rs.50,000/- ½ Acre irrigated land on lease ¼ th Acre SRI and ¼ th Acre of Poly crops 2009-10: Piloted with 251 beneficiaries 2010-11: Scaled up with 912 beneficiaries 2011-12: Targeted for 10,000 families
Journey of POP family from “wage seekers” to “net food producers” Smt. Punyavathi, belongs to Pedarama village of Seethampeta mandal in Srikakulam district. She hails from a tribal family. The village Organization provided a loan amount of Rs.7,000/- for leasing in 0.5 Acre land Incomes SRI Paddy – Rs. 20,000/- Kharif Vegetables- Rs.20,200/- Rabi Vegetables - Rs.24,500/- Total gross incomes – Rs.64,700/- Total cost of cultivation – Rs. 12,200/- Net income from 0.5 Acre – Rs. 52,500/-
Case Study of Smt.B.Laxmi of Warangal • Smt. Burri.Laxmi hails from Chinnaramancherla village of Warangal District • She taken ½ acre irrigated land on lease • She cultivated “SRI” and “Poly crops” in her ½ acre leased land
Domestic consumption Rs.3000/- • Total Income : 48,015/- + Rs.3000/- = Rs.51,015 • Expenditure : 10,185/- • Net Income : 51,015/- - 10,185/- = Rs.40,830/-
Increased food grain production – House hold level • Yadireddy pally village of Mahabubnagar district • Earlier they all used to purchase rice from PDS shop and kirana shops
Key factors for success • Identification of Suitable lands • Timely leasing agreements • Intense hand holding • Regular monitoring • Support for supply of implements and other inputs
