National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)

Progress Report

 

Name of the project: National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)

Component:  II (Technology Demonstration)

Name of lead institute: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santoshnagar, Hyderabad -500 059

Name and address of project partner (KVK/ZPD):  KrishiVigyan Kendra (PIRENS), A/P-Babhaleshwar Tal- Rahata 

                                                                                    Dist-  Ahmednagar (Maharshtra)- 413737

Zone (ZPD):  VI

Year: 2010-2011

Duration of report: October 2010 to March 2011

I)           Technical Programmes

Modules

Target

(Oct 2010-Mar 2011)

Achievements  (Oct 10-Mar 11)

Target 

(Apr 11-Sep 11)

Remarks (Reasons for part/ non-achievement) or success story

Activities undertaken

No of farmers covered

Area covered ha (if applicable)

Grounding of the project (recruitment, purchase of implements etc ;)

Staff  recruitment

JRF-2

Skilled worker-1

Staff have been appointed as per project sanction

JRF-2

Skilled worker-1

 

 

 

 

Purchase of farm implements as per the list approved by CRIDA

Farm implements have been purchased and list enclosed herewith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural resource management (NRM)

Well recharging -24

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-

 

Renovation of water storage tank- 5 tank

Renovation of three water tank is completed ,remaining work will be completed during this year

Soil testing -100 sample

Soil testing

100

 

 

 

Water testing – 50

Water testing 

50

 

 

 


 

 

Crop production

-

-

-

 

Pearl millet + Moth bean-50 farmers

 

 

 

 

 

Soybean (short duration variety)-

25 farmers

 

 

 

 

 

Onion (Short duration variety)-

10 farmers

 

 

 

 

 

Pomegranate-

30 farmers

 

 

 

 

 

Drumstick Cultivation-

50 farmers

 

 

 

 

 

Health and nutrition garden-60 families

 


 

Livestock and fishery

De worming of cattle

De worming of cattle

110

 

Jayvant grass – 50 farmers

 

Value addition of crop residue

Value addition of crop residue

100

 

Multicut fodder sorghum-70 farmers

 

Up gradation of goat

Up gradation of goat

10

 

Fodder Tree(Anjan)-

1000 seedlings

 

 

 

 

 

Stylo (Phule Kranti)-

10 farmers

 

Institutional interventions & capacity building

Office  in village –for implements and activities

Office has been hired  in village on rental basis

 

 

 

 

Baseline orientation training (Inauguration)

Baseline orientation training (Inauguration)

400

 

 

 

On campus training-1no.

Off campus training-1no.

On campus training-1.

Off campus training-1

30

50

 

Training -

On campus -02-60 farmers

Off campus -04-200 farmers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field day-2 -100 farmers

 

Exposure visit -1

Exposure visit -1no.

60

 

 

 

Charts & handbills

Charts & handbills

Prepared and distributed to the farmers

 

 

Literature, CD, posters

 

 

Project board-1

Project board-1

 

 

 

 

Any other intervention

 

 

 

 

Mobile alert system -500 farmers

 

 

 

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