Facilitating Farmers’ meetings at Cluster Level for promoting organic farming

A big change has been realized at Jeevika project areas after farmers’ fest,

where we saw farmers have started to take leadership. This time leadership is not for highly technical issues,

which were out of their reach. This leadership was for sustaining their own cultural biodiversity,

sustaining organic pattern of their whole agricultural system.

After farmers fest,

farmers took meetings at each ward of every villages and spread the words of sustainability.

After these meetings they organized block level meeting of Jeevika farmers at Bada Julwaniya’s farmers farm, named Raichand Bhuriya, in which they discussed their further strategy for promoting organic and more sustainable traditional/local seed farming. This meeting had been organized at 31st May, 2014, in which farmers of 18 villages have been participated. Main topic of discussion was to promote local varieties,

strengthening farmer led seed bank, promotion of organic culture and increasing consumption of self-grown nutritious food,

so that dependency on market can be reduce

By Jeevika Pragati Jhabua team MP

Training on Income generation Activity@JEEVIKA Shehore

Date when organised: On 16th of May 2014

Place of activity: Jeevika Office, Nadan

Purpose of activity: To proved information of various trades of Income generation.

To motivate for taking up IGP Programme

To provide technical information and importance of IGP.

No. of participants: 35

Facilitation by: Bhagatram Dayma, the Project Coordinator, Mritunjay Pandey,Field coordinator, Suresh Kumar,Omprakash,Bahadur singh and Sayama,cluster coordinator.

JEEVIKA team found out some points from much discussion and field visit, for example, people are not aware about IGP and they are not showing interest in additional income generation programme and that they are only depended on labour work. So, because of this, their standard of living is very poor. Jeevika team decided to provide motivational and technical training programme for our target community and jeevika team conducted a training on Income generation Activity on 16th of May 2014, started with a prayer “ Itani Shakti Hame de na Data Man Ka vishvas Kamjor hona” . After that Mr. Bhagat Ram dayma ,the Project Coordinator welcomed all the participants for the programme, followed by , Mr. Dinesh Thakur, Guest speaker facilitated on various trades of income generation in brief. He said that the need to go for motor winding, motor Bike repairing, mobile repairing, bicycle repairing, tailoring for men and women, as well as he also briefed that people how can learn and how can start this type of income generation Programme in their localit. While motivating, he told that how can youth make their future in this field. During the second session, Bhagat Ram dayma, the Project Coordinator and Mritunjay pandey, the field coordinator had a discussion with participants regarding their need to go for it.

Key points discussed:

Who are called youth? Participants gave answer that who are 18 years old and above. After giving answer, Mr. Bhagat replied that we can call that person youth, who want to do something differently in life, who wants to bring change, who think positively, who is helpful for other person)

What is youth’s career choice.

Why do you want career in electrician field (Participant gave ans. Because we can make our future and we can increase our income and support our family )

Girls/women how can do tailoring work and can become self dependent.

Women can take initiative in fertilizer cultivation and can support her husband in farming.

Women/girls can start small skill business.

After that, Jeevika team gave award to youth and women for their good works, support to Jeevika team and management. Before concluding the programme, Jeevika team took feedback. After this training, youth are awarded and motivated for following skilled income generation programme. Youth will take initiative for taking skill training as well as they are showing interest in skill training. 35 youth were present there and this programme.

Result: 15 youth have decided to take training and take up IGP.

Participant gained more information about various trades of skilled IGP.

By JEEVIKA ANWC-Bhopal team

Building communities capacity on micro-planning@JEEVIKA Umariya

One day training program conducted at different villages. Selected key community members have been encouraged to take part in these training programs. The most important and interesting thing is that the people introduced about the microplanning first time at the area. The people surprised after listening about the microplanning and its concept. They said "Aisa bhi hota hai kya?" The concept of microplan was totally new to them. They eagerly attended the training programs and willing to learn the process of microplanning. Some of the community members took so much interest in learning the basics of microplanning and willing to contribute in developing the microplan of their respective villages. The trainings were conducted by the Jeevika staff in different villages. The people were provided knowledge on how to develop a microplan for the village.

What is a plan? What is a microplan?

The important aspects of microplan are name of the activity, unit, quality, time, place and estimated budget. Importance of microplanning.

How to conduct the process of microplanning?

The process of microplannin was introduced to the CBMOs and other community members.

•Transect Walk. •Social Mapping •Timeline •Problem Analysis •Causal Analysis •Pairwise ranking •Seasonality Steps in microplanning-

•Collection of necessary information (data). •Situation Analysis. •Socio-economic status. •Analysis of the status of natural resources. •Problem analysis and it's prioritizing. •Analysis of obstacles and opportunities. •Deciding the activities and its proper planning. •Yearwise listing of activities. •Capacity Building. •Approval in Gram Sabha meetings. •Approved activities must be indicated on the map.

The detailed discussion took place on the above points and people are enriched in these training program. The community members came forward to initiate developing microplan for their respective village and it will be started right from the next month. The objective of these training programs was to aware the people about the planning and to encourage them to take part in the planning of development activities which takes place at the villages.

Technically empowering women farmers@JEEVIKA Shehore

Ganga Barela is a brave and respectful woman of her village. She lives in sankota with her family. Her family occupation is farming. Her family owns a few acres of land. Her family was facing an economical crisis due to costly chemical cultivation. In farming, the expenditure was more than the income. Due to this reason, her family was very much disturbed and losing interest in farming. Ganga Bhai shared the same problem with Jeevika team. Jeevika team was guiding and giving counselling to go take up vegetable-cultivation as an IGP, following cost effective agriculture practices. After much motivational discussion and support, Ganga Bai decided to start mixed cropping cultivation and also to adopt Bio-fertilizer process. She sowed seed of ladies-finger and tomato in her land with the help of her husband. She worked very hard in the cultivation of crops. With this effort, Ganga got good crops and she is getting good produce of vegetable which is bringing additional income to the family. Her family income has increased to some extent. After all, Ganga Bai is successful because of her hard work. The other members of Santoshi SHG got inspiration from Ganga Bai and have started mixed cropping through Bio fertilizer process.

Result: She is successful in her undertaking.

Challenges: Ganga Bai faced a challenge while following a new practice of using Bio-fertilizer, because she feared that she had no information and technical knowledge in this regard. How to apply in field? If it fails, I will lose even what I have.

Bringing power ( electricity) in villages@ JEEVIKA IDSSS Indore

Four families of Chasiya village in Khurda cluster were affected by the high-tension power line passing through the village. When there was rain, current from the power-line affected the houses creating fear among the people of the village. Jeevika team member visited the village and discussed the problem. It was further reported in the local news-paper (Naiduniya). The concerned authorities of electricity dept. came to know about it and they have visited the village to assess the problem. The affected families have been offered compensation and told them to shift the houses to alternate location. The families have agreed to shift the houses provided they get sufficient compensation to build new houses.

Key achievement in JEEVIKA at Ujjain in May 2014!

•14 New IGPs, worth Rs. 74000/- have been started by utilizing the saving of the groups.

•1 Kisan Sammelan was organized by Kripa Ujjain at Bachchukheda with the collaboration of KVK and Agriculture department. Hundred farmers participated in the fair. Farmers exhibited their organic agriculture products in the Kisan Sammelan.

•One skill devlopment training were started in this reporting month for youth boys and girls at Aslana village with support of Jan Sikhshan Sansthan. (Tailoring for girls and motor winding for girls).

•One RTI have been filed in this reporting period to get information about different schemes which are being implemented in Anganwadies.

•Two house hold members submitted application for different social security schemes.

•Members of three households received social security schemes.

•12 house hold members received government schemes worth Rs. 114760/-

By JEEVIKA Kripa Ujjain team

Collective ownership effort can change society@JEEVIKA Indore!!!

At Gadiya Daggad village of Dhani cluster drinking water scarcity was a burning issue for the villagers. There was a community well dug by the Panchayat. But it was not yielding sufficient water for all the villagers in summer months. Moreover it was monopolized by few influential people of the village and they were misusing the water for producing local brew (liquor) from Mahua flowers. With the motivation and effort of Jeevika staff, this problem was discussed in the SHG/FC meetings by the members. Under the guidance of Jeevika, the community members have decided to convince the Sarpanch and local administration the need of freeing the well from the illegal control of few people, so that they can deepen the well with collective effort and labour, for getting more water for the entire village.

The Sarpanch and secretory of the Panchayat visited the spot and tried to remove the illegal possession and hand over the well to the Panchayat so that digging work can take place. They refused to oblige the Panchayat authorities. The SHG and FC members had prepared an application with signatures of villagers and Panchayat authorities and it was submitted to the SDM Dharampuri block. With the result, the SDM made a visit to the village and verified the situation. He took possession of a motor pump and distillery materials from the site. He warned them of legal action, if they continued the illegal activity. The ownership and the use of the well was handed over to the village Panchayat and the people.

The village community decided to deepen the well to a depth of 10 feet with voluntary labour and local contribution. The Jeevika team agreed to arrange for machinery support for blasting the rocks and the rest of the work will be done by the volunteers. The work was started by the end of April.

By JEEVIKA IDSSS-Indore team

From "labour" to entrepreneur… How? @JEEVIKA Shivpuri!

This is story of man from Kharaibhat village whose name is Purshottam Jatav, a daily labor who merely earns Rs. 200-250 and its not regular. He daily comes to Shivpuri by bus and sometimes he went back to village with barren hands. He was in regular contact of Jeevika staff and discussed with us that he is having perfect and long experience of construction work and want to start his own construction business. Then he went to Khadi Gram Udhyog Dept. with Jeevika team members and asked about Mukhyamantri Karigar Sahayata Yojna and he applied under it in month of January. Due to achar sanhita and election this case went in pending cases but in this month he got sanction letter from Dept. about sanction of his loan of Rs. 2,00000 and feeling very happy (As you can see him in picture). Next month he will open his account in Allahabad bank and get money for starting his own business. He assured us that he will use a single penny of his loan for fulfil his dream of becoming a contractor from a labor. He thanks Jeevika project and team.

Be in touch with us for seeing more happy faces through Jeevika

By JEEVIKA Shivpuri team.