| Sanction Date: | 30.08.2024 | |||
| Project Category | MG | |||
| Year | 2024-2025 | |||
| Project Duration | 3 Year | |||
| BTA : | LOEG | |||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Boarder Districts (Vibrant Villages) of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Integrated Mountain Initiative, Dehradun | |||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | ||
| 1 | Department of Agriculture, Government of Himachal Pradesh | |||
| 2 | Department of Agriculture, Government of Uttarakhand | |||
| 3 | Agriculture Department, Government of Sikkim | |||
| 4 | Uttarakhand Council for Science and Technology, Government of Uttarakhand | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Ms. Binita Shah
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| Project Brief Description: | The IHR as biological hotspot exhibits a wide range of farming systems and harbours a rich crop diversity such as millets, cereals, pseudo-cereals and vegetables. Many crop varieties have innate capability to withstand climate variability and maintain ecological as well as nutritional security. This project aims to undertake an in-depth study on the state of agro-ecology, document climate resilient farming practices and develop strategies for upscaling the key elements of good practices covering the border districts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. Major objectives of the project are to: (i) assess the impacts of recent climate change on agro-ecology and farming practices in the border districts of Indian Himalayan region, (ii) document the traditional knowledge and key features of good practices pertaining to conservation of traditional crop varieties in the pilot areas, (iii) assess the land suitability classes at landscape scale for various niche crops and map the extent of past and present area under cultivation, (iv) evolve strategies for climate resilient farming and conservation of unique geographical indicators especially millets and pseudo-cereals, and other such land races, within a Landscape approach (iv) develop farmers’ cooperatives and agribusiness based on traditional crops for enhancing livelihoods in the pilot Gram Panchayats/cluster of villages, (v) develop species specific post-harvest technology and associated inputs, and (vi) facilitate sustainable marketing of the produce through the community based organizations. | |||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | • Farmers of the border villages, actively involved in the production of the agro-ecology for their sustenance and subsistence. |
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| Activity Chart (For 3 years) | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 2,16,95,523 (Rupees: Two Crore Sixteen Lakh Ninety Five Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Three Only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| •To assess the impacts of recent climate change on agro-ecology and farming practices in the border districts of Indian Himalayan region and document the traditional knowledge and good practices pertaining to conservation of traditional crop varieties in the project (pilot) village clusters. • To evolve strategies for climate resilient farming and conservation of unique geographical indicators especially millets and pseudo-cereals, and other such land races. • To develop farmers’ cooperatives and agribusiness based on traditional crops for enhancing livelihoods in the pilot villages and establish seed banks for the traditional crops and market linkage. |
• Baseline data of agro-socio cultural diversity and Status Reports on unique Geographical Indicators of landraces, Agro-ecology and Farming Practices, covering the given "Indicators"; • Climate-resilient Agro-ecological Value Chain development through the community-based organizations with associated Market linkages; • A Compendium on Traditional Knowledge and Good Practices of the target border villages; •Capacity Building of Farmers (max.500 in each location). • Documentation of Agro-Ecology Landscape and Crop Viability Analysis. |
•No. of Database: Agro-Socio-Cultural Diversity (No. of Datasets); Unique GI Tags – Landraces, Agro-ecology, and Farming Practices (Nos.); •No. of Analytical/ Assessment Reports: CC-resilient Strategies and Best Practices, Agro-ecology landscape and crop viability analysis report (Nos.); •No. of CC-resilient Value Chains: Agro-ecological Value Chains (Nos.); • A Compendium on TKS and Good/ Best Practices of the target Border Villages; programs (Nos.) • No. of Stakeholders’ Capacity Built: Local stakeholders, farmers, NGOs, VOs, developed FPOs, Market linkages, etc. through trainings/ capacity building programs (Nos.); • No. of New FPOs and Seed Banks developed (No.); •No. of Knowledge Products: Research articles, Book Chapters, Popular articles, etc. (Nos.) |
| S.No. | Name (Sanctioned) | Salary (Sanctioned) |
| 1. | 01 RA-1 | @58,000/- |
| 2. | 03 SRF | @ 42000/month +16% HRA |
| 3. | 04 Marketing and Business institution Consultants | |
| 4. | Office Assistant and Data Entry Operator | |
| 5. | 03 Field Assistant | @ 12000/-month |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned) | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Computer & Accessories, cameras, field equipment; GIS/RS Cost; Need based Harvest equipment | 3,00,000/- |
