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
Summer Ploughing
White and Yellow
Plates
Community Bonfires
Trap Crops
Seed and Seedling
Treatment
Alleys in Paddy
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
Conservation of the
entire rain water in the
field itself
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
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
Quantity ( Kgs )
Price per Kg
Amount in Rs.
SRI paddy ( 25 cents )
730
12
8760
2
Ridge gourd
100
25
2500
3
Bhendi
100
30
3000
4
Tomato
500
15
7500
5
Cluster Beans
100
25
2500
6
Cucumber
100
12
1200
7
palak
100
25
2500
8
Amamranthus
50
20
1000
9
Coriander
50
40
2000
10
Bitter gourd
50
20
1000
11
Bottle gourd
55 nos
10
550
12
Chillies
200
25
5000
13
Menthi
18
35
630
14
Marigold
5
25
125
15
Red gram
300 Kgs
30
9000
16
Sorrel
25
30
750
Sl.No
1
Crop
48,015
• 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
Sl.No
Name
Req of rice for
family in qtls
Qty produced
through 0.5 acre
model in qtls
Status after 0.5 acre
model
implementation
1
Smt.Ramulamma
12
8
4 qtls deficit
2
Smt. Kishtamma
7.5
8
0.5 qtls surplus
3
Smt. Vineetha
7
8
1 qtl surplus
4
Smt.Balamma
8
8
sufficient
Key factors for success
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Identification of Suitable lands
Timely leasing agreements
Intense hand holding
Regular monitoring
Support for supply of implements and other
inputs