Half yearly progress report on the programme titled “Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojna” – MKSP in Rapar, Bhachau and Santalpur taluka of Kutch and Patan District of Gujarat Jan to June, 2014 Supported by : Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Co. Ltd – Gandhinagar & National Rural Livelihood Mission – Delhi Project Implementing Partner - PIA : Cohesion Foundation Trust 6, Sejal Apartment, B/h. Navneet Publication, Gurukul Road, Memnagar, Ahmedabad – 380052 Ph. +91-79-27450171 Title of the Programme : Towards ensuring access to productive resources for marginalized women farmers. Project Area : Rapar, Bhachau and Santalpur blocks of Kutch and Patan District Target Beneficiaries : 10000, mahila kisan Vission : Recognition of women as farmer by empowerment through farming. Goals :  To improve skills and capabilities of women to support farming and farm based activities  To improve net incomes from farming and to sustain agriculture based livelihoods for Small and marginal women farmers.  To reduce the level of drudgery for at least 5000 women through introduction of women friendly mechanized farming.  To improve natural resource base in farms of women farmers particularly in rain fed areas by harvesting rainwater and conserving soil.  To provide special package for at least 600 single women headed households.  Project Inception Phase This the preliminary phase of the project where we have to document some pre project implementation reports. Therefore the preparation of “Detailed Progress Report - DPR”, “Technical Protocol Documentation – TPD”, “Inception Report” completed.  Mobilization and identification of the target community & CRPs The programme was initiated with the liasioning and meeting with the concerned village sarpanch, GLPC-field staff and synchronizing the list available with GLPC and the actual status of livelihood groups at the village level. All 10000 mahila kisan have been identified in 172 villages. Identifying and selection of CRP is also one of the key component of the programme from sustainability point of view. In our programme we have put one CRP per village based on the requirement. Till date we have identified 172 CRPs.  Institution Building As institution building activity, we have formed 511, WFPG (Women Farmer Producer Groups), 20 Clusters at block level.  Development of Training Module Considering the importance of the training in the programme, Bhanubhai and Richard the key members under the programme developed training module on “Basic orientation of the CRP” and “Capacity Building of the WFPG”  Training and Capacity Building Capacity building of the women farmers are the key component of the programme. Therefore training of the all the CRPs have been done for one day on the topic titled “Basic understanding and overview of the programme”. Under this training the concepts, roles and responsibility of the CRP members are discussed in detailed. Till date 10 CRP trainings have been completed.  Baseline Survey and Mahila Kisan Profiling Under the programme, baseline and mahila kisan profiling have to be done for all the target mahila kisan. The questionnaire for the baseline survey form was finalized at the end of the April, 2014. Then based on the basic orientation and discussion the survey was undertaken. BLS was done for 7946 and Mahila Kisan Profiling for 1767 M.K.  Soil Testing As one of the key element of the objective towards sustainable development, the soil testing conducted on the land of 10% of the target beneficiaries to avoid the blanket application of fertilizer and promoting the use of organic fertilizer. The soil testing sample was sent to GNFC for the testing. Now we have received the soil testing reports and based on that women farmers will decide for the amount of micro nutrients required to be use for particular crops. A practical exposure is also provided to CRP for taking soil samples. Project Progress At A Glance: Physical Progress till June – 2014 : Sr. No. Activities Santalpur Rapar Bhachau Total 1 CRP Identification 70 77 45 192 2 CRP Training 4 3 2 9 3 Mahila Kisan -Identification 3500 3862 2515 9877 4 Women Farmer Producer Group – Formation 174 199 138 511 1 1 1 Developed 1 1 1 Developed 310 (271, Res. Rece) 381 314 1005 5 6 CRP – Training Module Development WFPG – Training Module Development 7 Soil Testing 8 Cluster Formation 7 7 5 19 9 Base line Survey 3183 2401 2362 7946 10 MKSP – Profiling 290 148 1097 1535 11 Submission of – Inception Report (Other Documents) √ √ √ Submitted 12 DPR – Preparation √ √ √ Submitted 13 Technical – Protocol Documentation √ √ √ Submitted CRP training by Bhanu Prasad Mistry at Varahi Training to CRP on soil sample taking at Varahi, Santalpur Baseline survey by Vipul Ghoghari Review of MKSP at Taluka Panchayat, Varahi. Dashrathbhai Patel forming WFPG at Gaddhada village in Santalpur. CRP training at Bhachau by Bhanubhai CRP training Module WFPG training Module