MKSP Detailed Project Report-Bihar

Project Title: To enhance the income and agriculture productivity of women farmer through
comprehensive agriculture intervention in Khagaria, Purnea, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Gaya,
Nalanda, Madhepura, Saharsa & Supaul of Bihar

E-mail id: ceo@brlp.in

Website: www.brlp.in

Submitted to:
The NRLM (MKSP Division)
Government of India

Submitted by :
Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS)
1st Floor, Vidyut Bhawan, Annexe-II, Bailey Road
Patna, Bihar
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 Project Background, Context & Rationale ............................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Demographic Profile of the area ........................................................................................................................................ 5
1.2 Rural Poverty Context in this area .................................................................................................................................... 7
a. Poverty & Human Development ............................................................................................................... 7
1.3 Livelihood Context ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
A. Agriculture & Allied Activities ............................................................................................................ 7
B. Irrigation................................................................................................................................................... 8
C. Livestock .................................................................................................................................................. 8
Chapter 2 Detailed intervention strategy and phasing ............................................................................................................ 9
2.1 Objectives of the project....................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Project Strategy ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.3 Community Institutions Architecture ............................................................................................................................. 12
Livelihood initiatives:.................................................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 3 Detailed Program Component .................................................................................................................................. 15
3.1 Detail of Proposed Action ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
Strategies addressing sustainable/evergreen/regenerative agriculturE......................................................................... 15
Management and control of seeds (identification & adoption of suitable farmer preferred varieties from a
basket of choice)........................................................................................................................................................................... 16
(I) yield increment: .............................................................................................................................. 17
(II) Bio-diversity enhancement – poly cropping, multi-layer farming etc. ............................................ 17
(III) Resilient to climate change.............................................................................................................. 17
3.2 Training and Capacity building of communities ........................................................................................................ 19
3.3 Training and Capacity building of Community Professionals ............................................................................... 19
Chapter 4 Implementation Arrangements ................................................................................................................................. 20
4.1 Implementation Design ....................................................................................................................................................... 20
Project Implementation Plan & Flow .......................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 5 Implementation schedule ........................................................................................................................................... 22
Chapter 6 Results framework- impact, outcomes and outputs ........................................................................................... 24
Chapter 7: Monitoring and Evaluation ...................................................................................................................................... 25
7.1 Web-Based MIS .................................................................................................................................................................... 25
7.2 Review Mechanism.............................................................................................................................................................. 25
7.2.1 Cross Verification Mechanism .......................................................................................................... 25
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Chapter 8: Budget Narrative ......................................................................................................................................................... 27

Rationale of C 4 is mentioned below; .................................................................................................................................... 30
Chapter9: Basic PIA Information ................................................................................................................................................ 32

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Abbreviations

MKSP Mahila Kisan Shashaktikaran Pariyojana

PVSP Participatory Varietal Selection Program
SRI System of Rice Intensification
SWI System of Wheat Intensification
VO Village Organization
CLF Cluster Level Federation
SHG Shelf Help Group
VRP Village Resource Person
CBO Community Based Organization
CC Community Co-ordinator
BPIU Block Project Implementation Unit
DPCU District Project Co-ordination Unit
SPMU State Project Management Unit

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Chapter 1 Project Background, Context & Rationale

In order to improve the present status of women in agriculture and to enable the opportunities for her
empowerment, Government of India has announced “Mahila Kisan Shashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP), as a
sub-component of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). MKSP recognizes the centrality of women
in agriculture and therefore aims to provide direct and indirect support to enable them to achieve sustainable
agriculture production. It will initiate a learning cycle by which women are enabled to learn and adopt
appropriate technologies and farming systems. MKSP will be implemented as a sub-component through
specially formulated projects.

a) The primary objective of MKSP is to empower women in agriculture by making systematic

investments to enhance their participation and productivity in agriculture based livelihood.
b) Through this scheme, it is proposed to create sustainable agricultural livelihood opportunities for
women in agriculture and in the process ensure food and nutrition security at the household and the
community level.
c) Under MKSP community based women institutions in the rural area will be strengthened in order to
enable them to manage their agriculture based livelihood activities.
d) Under MKSP, use of locally adopted resource conserving, farmer-led and environmentally-friendly
technologies has been emphasized upon.
e) The major components of the project thus would include- (i) Building & nurturing women farmers
groups at the primary and the apex level, (ii) Planning & implementation of agriculture based
livelihoods initiatives (iii) Formation and development of Mahila Kisan Producer Company for market
linkage and obtaining extension and knowledge services.
f) The project shall be implemented with 112500 small & marginal women farmers in 1400 villages of
the 9 Districts.
g) Agriculture based technology introduction, validation and adoption will be the key to bring in positive
change in the livelihood status of women and change in asset base.
h) The proposed project addresses the issues of- (i) unorganized and poorly recognized status of women
farmers despite their significant contribution in agriculture, (ii) low productivity in agriculture due to
significant contribution in agriculture (iii) poor market linkages for backward and forward linkages
(iv) poor extension system and (v) disadvantaged areas in terms of incidence of poverty and
backwardness.
i) The proposed project addresses the above issues by- (i) organizing women famers at primary level and
subsequently at the apex level to ensure sustenance (ii) invest heavily on the capacity building of the
Women Farmer’s to put them in leadership role and building social capital in villages (iii) introducing,
validating and disseminating various agriculture based livelihoods initiatives to create asset base at the
family level to enhance their income and food security (iv) WFPC to integrate small holders with the
market and knowledge resources to obtain farm inputs and services of high quality and fair price for
their produce. The WFPC would be an effective platform to carry out an alternative system of
extension mechanism and (v) the fleet who would be developed will continue to provide services on
revenue generation basis. All of these together would address most of the MKSP project objectives.

1.1 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE AREA

The districts chosen for the project are the poorest in India and have higher percentage of marginalized
community. In the following table some key data of the districts are given.

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Parameters Gaya Nalanda Muzaffarpur Khagaria Purnea Madhubani Saharsa Supaul Madhepura
Male 63.81 66.94 6019 52.02 46.16 57.26 52.04 53.23 48.67
Literacy (%)
Female 37.4 39.03 35.2 29.62 23.72 26.56 25.31 21.02 22.31
Total Population 2664803 1997995 2953903 987227 2541409 2832024 1132413 1342841 1177706
Total Area (Sq. Km) 4976 2367 3172 1486 3202.31 2501 1696 2420 1788
SC (%) 29.58 19.40 15.72 14.49 12.5 12.77 15.49 15.47 16.34
ST (%) 0.055 0.017 0.039 0.0035 4.4 0.0211 0.300 0.30 0.71
Gender Ratio 937 922 900 886 916 926 906 929 911
Net Sown Area (Ha) 235800 191000 219000 68300 210187 232700 107143 146600 127100

1. Gaya: It has an area of 4976 sq km. It is situated on the banks of Phalgu river and surrounded by small
rocky hills in three sides.
The total population of Gaya is 5330606 of which 23,08,908 are rural & 3,55,895 are urban. The
literacy percentage for male & female are 63.82 & 37.4 % respectively. Gaya has 5 sub-division as
Gaya Sadar, Neemchak, Bathani, Sherghati & Tekari. It has 25 blocks namely Atri, Belaganj,
Mohanpur, Konch, Barachatti, Manpur, Gurua, Tekari, Imamganj, Gaya, Sadar, Wazirganj, Fatehpur,
Paraiya, Sherghati, Bodh Gaya, Khizarsarai, Amas, Dumaria, Bankey Bazar, Dobhi, Tankuppa,
Nimchakbathani, Guraru and Muhra.

2. Nalanda: Also known as Biharsharif, has an area of 2367 sq. km. The rivers that flows through it are
Phalgu, Mohane, Jirayan & Kumbhari.
The total population of nalanda is 1997995. It is divided into 3 sub-divisions as Biharsharif, Rajgir &
Hilsa. It has 21 Blocks namely Giriyak, Rahui, Nursarai, Harnaut, Chandi, Islampur, Rajgir,
Asthawan, Sarmera, Hilsa, Biharsharif, Ekangarsarai, Ben, Nagarnausa, Karaiparsurai, Silao,
Parwalpur, Katrisarai, Bind, Tharthari.

3. Muzaffarpur: It has an area of 3172 sq. km. The major rivers that flow through this district are
Baghmati & Budhi Gandak.
The total population of Muzaffarpur is 29,53,903 and is divided into 2 sub-division as East
Muzaffarpur & West Muzaffarpur. There are 16 Blocks as Sakra, Muraul, Musahari, Gayghat,
Sahebganj, Kurahni, Saraiya, Minapur, Bochaha, Aurai, Katra, Kanti, Motipur, Paru, Bandra,
Marawan.

4. Khagaria: With an area of 1486 sq km, Khagaria is a mojar producer of Maize and Mentha in Bihar.
The rivers that flows through this district are Ganga & Kosi. The total population of Khagaria is
9,97,227 with 2 sub-divisions as Khagaria & Gogri. There are 7 blocks as Gogari, Parbatta, Khagaria,
Alauli, Chautham, Beldaur, Mansi.

5. Purnea: It has an area of 3229 sq. km. the major agri product here are Jute and maize. The rivers that
flow through this are Kosi, Mahananda, Suwara Kali & Koli. It has 4 sub-divisions as Banmankhi,
Dhamdaha, Purnea & Vaishi.
The total population of the district is 1878885. There are 14 Blocks namely Purnia, Amaur,
Bhawanipur, Banmankhi, Dhamdaha, Baisa, Vaisi, Barharakothi, Kasba, Rupauli, Krityanandnagar,
Dagarua, Srinagar & Jalalgarh.

6. Madhubani: This district has an area of 2501 sq. km. The rivers that flow through the Kamala, Koshi,
Jeevacha, Tirsulli, Dhous and Ghagar Sugarb Nadi. It has 5 sub-divisions as Madhubani, Jaynagar,
Benipatti, Jhanjharpur and Phulparas.
The total population of the district is 28322024 with 21 blocks namely Jaynagar, Khajauli, Pandaul,
Benipatti, Babubarhi, Rajnagar, Jhanjharpur, Ladaura, Madhwapur, Harlakhi, Lakhnaur, Phulparas,
Kaluahi, Ladania, Khutauna, Ghoghardiha, Bisfi, Basopatti, Madhepur, Andhratharhi & Lakhnaur.
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7. Saharsa: With an area of 1696 sq Km, this district is one of Kosi flood affected area. The river that
flows through it is Kosi.
It has a population of 1132413 with 2 Sub-division as Saharsa Sadar & Simri Bakhtiyarpur. There are
12 blocks namely Nauhatta, SImari, Bakhtiyarpur, Salkhua, Kahra, Mahishi, Sonbarsa, Saurbazar,
Patarghat, Sattar, Kateya, Banma Itahari.

8. Supaul: With an area of 2420 sq km, Supaul is again flood affected area. The river that flows through
this district is Kosi. Paddy is widely grown in this area.
It has a population of 1342841 with 4 Sub-divisions as Supaul, Birpur, Nirmali and Tribeniganj. There
are 12 Blocks as Supaul, Triveniganj, Pipara, Marauna, Kishunpur, Raghopur, Nirmali, Basantpur,
Chhatapur, Saraigarh, Bhaptiyahi and Pratapganj.

9. Madhepura: It has an area of 1788 sq. km with 2 Sub-division as Madhepura & Uda Kishanganj.
Paddy & Jute are the main crops grown here. Kosi river flows through it making it again a highly
flood proned.

The total population of the district is 1177706. It has 13 Blocks as Madhepura, Singheshwarsthan,
Murligaj, CHausa, Kumarkhand, Alamnagar, Udakishanganj, Shankarpur, Gwalpara, Biharganj,
Puraini, Dhelarh and Gamharia.

1.2 RURAL POVERTY CONTEXT IN THIS AREA

A. POVERTY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: In the specific context to poverty ratios in Bihar, the latest
estimate, relating to the year 1999-2000 shows it to be 44.3% compared to 27.1% for India as a whole. This
level of poverty is only 2nd highest in the country. But still Bihar has a much fertile soil and water resources.
Farming is the primary occupation in all the 9 districts. Over 80% of the population is depended on
agriculture. The average land holding size is low as 0.01 Ha. Since, irrigation facility is rare the agriculture is
mainly dependent on rain. Incidence of failure of monsoon is quite high leading to crop failure. Such
uncertainties in agriculture result in (i) poor agriculture productivity and food security. Coupled with this fact
is poor investment on land and agriculture technologies by the farmers; (ii) high level of borrowings from
moneylenders to supplement livelihood deficits and consequently high levels of debt (iii) high level of
seasonal distress migration, particularly for debt service and due to deficit in employment opportunities.

Hence, it can be said that there is a cycle of absolute poverty with uncertainty in livelihood with majority of
the people living in this area. The problem is further aggravated by low literacy level, lack of awareness on
various issues including good agricultural practices, poor infrastructural facility and unorganized status of
small farmers, particularly women farmers.

Fortunately, women’s participation in small groups for social and economic activities are increasingly getting
social acceptance in selected area. Food security is still a big issue in the most of the remote villages of the
district. Food is generally available maximum up to ten months in a year with majority of the rural people that
forced them for huge distress migration.

1.3 LIVELIHOOD CONTEXT

A. AGRICULTURE & ALLIED ACTIVITIES

The principal base for earning livelihood in rural Bihar is land. However, the utilization of this critical
resource is not uniform in all the districts; it varies depending upon the availability of irrigation facilities,

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which allow for higher cropping intensity, and also wider use of modern 12 agricultural inputs leading to
higher land productivity. As regards land related potential, it is interesting to note that the per household
availability of cultivable land varies widely in Bihar. These varying land endowments are, however, partially
offset by relatively higher cropping intensities in many of the land-poor districts.

Agriculture in the districts are lag behind in all aspects as compared to the state and national agriculture status.
Whereas plain land, normal topography, fertile black and loamy soil, suitable weather, good rainfall and
improved transport connectivity of the villages, makes these districts very conducive for better crop
production and suitable for agribusiness activities.. Hence, all the districts except the Kosi flood affected area
have tremendous potential agricultural development. The net sown area of these 9 districts is 1562165
hectares.

B. IRRIGATION

To be free agriculture from the uncertainties of monsoon, it is extremely important to provide assured
irrigation facilities to the sector. Not only does it provide stability of agricultural production, assured irrigation
is also necessary pre-requisite for adoption of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds. In view of the abundant
water resources in the state, the provision of adequate irrigation facilities should not be a major challenge in
Bihar, but unfortunately, only 60% of the cultivated area is endowed with some irrigation facility in the state.
During the period of (2000-01) to (2007-08), the total irrigation area in Bihar has increased from 28.20 lakh
hectares. This implies a growth of 14.3%, over a period of 7 years. One of the major constraints in the spread
of irrigation is that tube wells & borings are now the major source of irrigation, in the absence of adequate
supply of electricity.

C. LIVESTOCK

Livestock are those domestic animals which are reared to make use of them for some food, fibre or some kind
of work. Today livestock is an important part of agriculture and Bihar being an agricultural state, livestock is
slowly and steadily grabbing its share in Bihar’s economy. Total livestock population in the state, according to
Census 2003 is 207.83 lakhs. Of this 39.8% are milch animals with population of cow being 104.7 lakhs and
that of buffalo being 57.66 lakhs. The state also has substantive number of goats and poultry is also growing as
profitable business.
The major feed for the cattle rearing is coming from crop residues of wheat, rice, maize and legume straw. The
white bhusa and oil cakes are given only to cows and buffaloes which are milk producing animals. So if we
can have an integrated approach then it would beneficial to farmers in both ends for agricuiture and livestock
management too.

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Chapter 2 Detailed intervention strategy and phasing

2.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

Vision: To enhance the income & skills of the women farmers f r o m improved agriculture practices
and allied activities through institutions of women belonging to poor households

Goals : To empower the women farmers through production & income enhancement by taking up System
of Rice Intensification, System of Wheat Intensification, System of Root Intensification (SRI) in pulses,
oilseeds, vegetable, etc. and apiculture, vermi-compost promotion, NPM based natural farming through
the community institutions of poor. The specific objectives of the proposed project are as follows;
(i) To promote agriculture productivity enhancement programme through System of Root
Intensification (SRI) in 10 crops such as cereals, pulses & vegetables to achieve food and
nutrition security.
(ii) To promote the maximum use of land by covering the agriculture land with crops throughout
the year for retaining essential nutrient in the soil.
(iii) To promote non-pesticide based natural farming in the agriculture land.
(iv) To promote vermi-compost for improving soil health & increase water retention capacity of
the soil.
(v) To promote apiculture as a secondary source of livelihoods for bringing additional income
and nutrition.
(vi) To create a pool of local resources for the management and expansion of the agriculture
based livelihoods programmes.
(vii) To strengthen the women SHGs and their federation for management of the agriculture
based livelihoods program

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Objectives Description of Objectives Key Outputs/Verification Indicators

1. Orientation, training & exposure of 1.1.a. 112500 poor women farmers will

1. Mobilize the poor women
farmers among the SHGs &
enhance their skills, knowledge
to facilitate plan and
implement agriculture & allied
activities
2. Village Resource Persons
(VRPs) developed for
providing handholding support agriculture practices, technologies and
to women farmers in
agriculture & allied activities
3. Increased crop productivity
of Women Farmers through
improved agriculture practices,
techniques through
demonstration and adoption.
4. Best practicing women
farmers and community
resource persons will be
developed
women SHG members on agriculture be mobilized for agriculture & allied
& allied activities
2. Train the SHGs & their higher level
federations on micro-planning, 1.1.b The SHGs and their higher level
community led extension mechanism federations such as VOs and WFPCs will
& management through community plan & implement agriculture and allied
institution architecture
2.1 VRPs will be trained on various
group management aspects
3.1 Improved agriculture practices
such as PVSP, SRI, SWI, System of
Root Intensification in pulses, oilseeds,
vegetable, community based irrigation
management, etc will be
demonstrated and scaled up
3.2 NPM based natural farming
promotion of vermi-compost pits and
use of vermi-compost in the improved
agriculture practices
3.3 Apiculture will be taken up for
additional income enhancement
4.1. Best practicing women farmers
will be identified through organized
Kisan days & developed for
mobilization of women SHG members
to scale up agriculture & allied
activities as part of NRLM
4.2 Best VRPs will be developed as
Skilled Extension Workers (who will
manage 10 VRPs in 10 Villages), will
be used for scaling up & integration
into NRLM
activities
activities in around 1400
2.1.a. Approximately 1400 VRPs will be
identified & trained to provide
handholding support to around 112500
women farmers belonging to SHGs
through VOs & WFPCs in a period of
three years
3.1.a Around 80% of the women farmers
belonging to SHGs will take up 3
agriculture and allied interventions in a
year.
3.1.b Around 80% of the 112500 women
farmers will increase their yield by two
times in the newly introduced crop
practices & 60% will have 2 times
enhanced income
3.2.a Around 30% of the women farmers
will have improved soil health and water
retention capacity of the soil at the end of
three years
3.3.a. Around 80% of the 2500 women
farmers will havve additional income
15000 per annum in a normal season
4.1.a Around 7000 best practicing
farmers will be identified through Kisan
Days and further trained for mobilizing
women SHG members for scaling up in
NRLM
4.2.a. Around 140 Skilled Extension
Workers will be developed for scaling up
into NRLM

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2.2 PROJECT STRATEGY

The MKSP project is proposed for 9 districts 15 blocks 45 clusters and 1400 villages of Bihar. It is envisaged
that this project would cover around 112500 numbers of women farmers of 3476 Village Organization.
JEEViKA had already been working in these districts as a result the SHG of women and federation of SHG
called VO and federation of VO called CLF is in place. Since these CBOs are already into the agriculture
sector their core functioning will remain same however will be further strengthened by providing inputs in
regard to organizational development and agriculture based livelihood interventions. These CBOs shall be the
pivotal point for planning and implementation of the initiatives planned in the project. Under MKSP project
the under mentioned activity would be initiated or extended.

Sr. Items Activities

1 To promote agriculture productivity enhancement programme through System of Root
1.1 Intensification
Organizing ToTs(SRI) in 10 crops
& Exposure visitssuch as cereals,
for Mahila Kisans (i)&
pulses vegetablesgeneration
Awareness to achieve about
food and
the project-
nutrition security objectives, modalities, role project team and
CBOs
(ii) Participatory identification of eligible
women farmers for the project
(iii) Concept seeding with the existing
groups and newly formed groups,
identification of capacity building needs,
prepare CB plan
1.2 Selection of VRPs (vi) Establishment
(i) of group(meeting,
Awareness generation norms and exposure,
handhold
etc.) support for nurturing
1.3 ToT and Exposures of CRP (i) Training of VRP, CRP on various aspects
of agriculture based livelihoods

1.4 Demonstrations of SCI in 10 crops – SRI SWI and Self explanatory

cereals , pulses and vegetables
2 To promote the maximum use of land by
covering the agriculture land with crops through
out the year for retaining essential nutrient in
the soil
2.1 Organizing Front line Demonstrations with VRP on (i) Training VRP on development of
multiple cropping
2.2 Training on crop planning
2.3 Promotion of Landless Kitchen garden
Self explanatory
demonstration plots
(ii) Organizing women farmer trainings on
these plots for hands on experience and
learning
(iii) Organizing exposures and cross visits on
these demonstration plots
Conducting trainings on multiple cropping
and incorporating those in microplanning
exercise
For landless and poorest for poor to ensure
nutritional and food security.

3 To promote vermi-compost for improving soil (i) Increasing awareness on health of

health & increased water retention capacity soil and soil as living skin of earth
of the soil through use of vermi compost

Sr. # Items Activities

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3.1 Exposure and Training of VRP and CRPs on Self Explanatory

vermicompost benefits and usages, vermipit
construction
3.2 Construction of demonstration Vermi-compost pits Self Explanatory
increased adoption

3.3 VRP handholding in construction of Vermi pits VRPs will be trained vermi compost
technologies for handholding
members in construction of pits

2.3 COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS ARCHITECTURE

BRLPS has been working in the agriculture based livelihood promotion since last few years and the
progress is happening. The MKSP is a value addition initiative of BRLPS’s past and current work in
the area. Primary groups of women i.e. SHG & village organizations are in place covering almost 60%
of the target community. More are being organized. A three tier development of community based
organizations as mentioned in the following table provides the information on community institutions
formed so far and being instrumental in project implementation.
Sr. District Block Cluster Progress in CBO formation & development
(nos.)
SHGs formed Village organization(VO) CLF
09 15 45 55704 3476 25

LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVES:

i. Agriculture productivity enhancement activities :

Different agriculture productivity enhancement measures have been initiated where farmers have
realized yield increment from (20-25)%. Sustainable agriculture practices have been disseminated
amongst target project beneficiaries. Good agriculture practices like line sowing, seed treatment,
proper seed rate, plant spacing, integrated pest management practices, use of organic fertilizers
like vermi composting, S R I , SWI, irrigation water management, etc. have been disseminated
which has resulted not only in the terms of productivity enhancement but also have reduced
cost of production.
System of root intensification for paddy and wheat is widely disseminated resulting in higher yield
and cost cutting in production. Based on the grass-root realities, the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project
has piloted PVSP, SRI and SWI the women farmers got encouraging results. In SRI & SWI the
productivity increased by two times and ensured food security for the poor households.

Hence, looking at the availability of small landholding in the form of own land / leasing land /
share-cropping land / izara land and yielding less production leading to inadequate food security,
the project has strong belief to pilot and scale up System of Root Intensification in pulses, oilseed,
vegetable to increase the productivity of all the crops by two times and ensure food and nutrition
security along with creation of additional income at the level of poor households. Under this
proposed project; SRI and SWI will be undertaken in the new villages and pilot and scale up of
System of Root Intensification in pulses, oilseed, vegetable, etc.

NPM based natural farming, vermi-compost pit making and apiculture will also be added in the
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basket of poor for reduction of input cost in agriculture and additional income through sale of
vermi-compost and honey in the market. Quality seed production, processing, certification and
selling will be undertaken to provide quality certified seeds to the poor women farmers through
Participatory Varietal Selection & Promotion (PVSP) programme.

The project mobilizes the poor household women to form Self Help Groups (SHGs) with the help
of transect walk and social mapping. Each Self Help Groups comprises around 10- 15 members
belonging to poor households. The project follows the saturation approach and in every village,
efforts are made to mobilize all the poor households into the fold of SHGs. There are around 7-15
nos. of SHGs in a Village Organization depending on the population & poor households in the
villages. The SHGs are federated into the Village Organizations at the Village level, which
undertake the larger level interventions for the benefit of the SHG members.

Till December 2010, the project has mobilized around 354540 poor households to form 29545
SHGs and 1452 VOs were formed in the project. The project has undertaken System of Rice
Intensification (SRI), System of Wheat Intensification (SWI), Participatory Varietal Selection &
Promotion (PVSP) programme, Vermi-compost pit and Green Manuring promotion under the
agriculture based livelihoods with existing SHGs.

In the project, the SHG members have selected seed by adopting Participatory Varietal Selection &
Promotion (PVSP) programme and followed the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and System
of Wheat Intensification (SWI) and the yield have been more than two times in both paddy and
wheat. Basing on the success of the SRI and SWI; System of Root Intensification (SRI) have been
piloted in Rapeseed & Green Gram and the yield have been more than 2 times.
Promotion of vermi-compost pit making and its use has improved the soil health by enhancing the
water retention capacity of the soil. The use of green manure is also found to be beneficial in
improving the soil health.
The low cost community based extension1 & monitoring mechanism has been inbuilt within the
community institution. Each village organization has a Village Resource Person, who has been
trained to handhold the SHG members and manage the Management Information System (MIS) of
the Agriculture Intervention. The village organization has a 3 member livelihoods committee,
which monitor the agriculture programme and verifies the work of the VRP. Weekly VRP meeting
is organized to update the progress and support the VRP for better performance in the agriculture
plot of the SHG members.

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To address the issue of institutional credit for agriculture approaches/strategies were taken:

(i) Microfinance is to be provided through micro financing scheme of BRLPS already in place in the CBOs.
These SHGs also are linked to bank and they can leverage credit from bank. The credit given to CBOs is for
varied purpose including agriculture or other livelihoods promotional sectors.

ii) At the producer company level the requirement for working capital loan and capital asset loan would be met
through internal financing through BRLPS as well as bank linkage met through borrowing from the banking
institutions.

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Chapter 3 Detailed Program Component

3.1 Detail of Proposed Action

Plans for promoting and enhancing food and nutritional security for women farmers

The food and nutrition security will be promoted by enhancing the yield of main staple food crops i.e.,
paddy and wheat. The nutritional security will be achieved by yield enhancement of pulses and
vegetable crops. The following interventions will be taken up through System of Root
Intensification methodologies, honey production in a period of three years as follows;
a) System of Rice Intensification (SRI) with 25000 SHG households
b) System of Wheat Intensification (SWI) with 50000 SHG households
c) System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Rape seed with 10000 SHG households
d) System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Green Gram with 25000 SHG households
e) System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Tomato with 25000 SHG households
f) System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Brinjal with 25000 SHG households
g) System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Chilli with 25000 SHG households
h) System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Ladies Finger with 50000 SHG households
i) System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Ridge Gourd with 10000 SHG households
j) System of Root Intensification (SRI) in Cauliflower with 10000 SHG households
k) Arhar in Bunds will be promoted in bunds with 25000 SHG households
l) Machan Bidhi in System of Root Intensification (SRI) Bottle Gourd with 10000
SHG households
m) Machan Bidhi in System of Root Intensification (SRI) Bitter Gourd with 10000
SHG households
n) Vermi-compost will be promoted with 10000 SHG households
o) Beekeeping will be promoted with 2500 SHG households
p) Non pesticides based natural farming will be promoted with 25000 SHG households
q) Equipment management such as Cono-Weeder, Seed Dibbler & Irrigation System will be
managed through higher level federation of the community institution such as Village
Organizations

STRATEGIES ADDRESSING SUSTAINABLE/EVERGREEN/REGENERATIVE

AGRICULTURE
a) Soil Health Improvement through NPM based natural farming / community managed
sustainable agriculture & vermin-compost pit promotion :

Promotion of NPM based natural farming also known as community managed sustainable
agriculture will be demonstrated and scaled up to 25000 women farmer households. Community
Managed Sustainable Agriculture is an understanding of the soil, soil fertility, ploughing back
crop residues, dung and the role of earthworms. It includes focusing on the role of local
earthworm & its reactivation in the soil, which is critical for the tropical countries. CMSA does
not mean stopping of fertilizer suddenly, the use of fertilizer is gradual reduction and it is
coupled with application of tank silt, ploughing back crop residues, mulching, dung based
inoculants and the application of azolla in paddy fields, etc. The azolla use will reduce the urea
use to 50% in one go. Azolla can totally meet the requirements of nitrogen without any need for
external urea application.

CMSA considers soil as a living organism and a bank for crop nutrients. The focus is on
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building soil microbial activity. Every crop removes substantial amount of nutrients, but the
formation of the grain only takes 15 percent of those nutrients. The remaining 85 of nutrients are
used in the growth the entire plant. The consumer uses the grain as main product and straw as a
bi-product from the paddy or other crop plants. This is recommended that crop residues should
be returned to the soil either directly or through the animal route during the crop period.
Promotion of Vermi-compost pit making and its use will also be enhanced to create an organic
environment for the plant and it will loosen the soil for better aeration and improved water
retention capacity of the soil. The vermi-compost pit will be promoted with around 10000
women farmers on an economic basis and the marketable surplus will cater to at least 75000
women farmers belonging to SHG households. Around 3 crops per year will be taken up with
112500 women farmers leading to continuous crop cover in the agriculture land will have better
water retention capacity. The pulses cultivation through System of Root Intensification
methodology will add continuous nitrogen in the soil through root nodule

MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF SEEDS (IDENTIFICATION & ADOPTION OF SUITABLE

FARMER PREFERRED VARIETIES FROM A BASKET OF CHOICE)
Participatory varietal selection and promotion (PVSP) programme will be carried out for the
selection of seed by the women farmers in all the crops. PVSP is a method intended to
understand the felt and perceived needs of the farmers for suitable crop varieties and allow them to
test, identify, and adopt/spread the suitable “farmer preferred” varieties from a “basket of choices”
provided to them. Steps followed in PVSP are:

(a) Identification of farmers’ preference: In PVSP an understanding is developed about the qualities or
attributes on which farmers prefer a particular variety which is under cultivation in the area for a
long time and popular. This variety or varieties are called the local check. There must be some
preferred traits (viz. high yield, better taste, short maturity, drought resistance, etc.) because of
which the variety is preferred over others. Participatory methodologies are applied to get this
information from the farmers/villagers.

(b) Search process for varieties: Based on this understanding a search process is carried out to identify
varieties within the released and pre-released varieties of the Research institutions all over the
country, which have attributes matching or closely matching with the farmers’ preferred traits that
were identified at the first stage. This process ends with the procurement of seeds in smaller
quantities of those varieties which have attributes closer to what farmers are looking for. These
varieties are called the introductory varieties.

(c) Trial in farmers’ field: The seeds of these varieties are then tested in the farmers’ field in a very
small quantity alongside their local check in the same field and under same management
practices. No additional inputs are recommended for the introductory varieties. Typically in a
village 3-4 variety of a crop is tested with at least 4-6 replications for each variety. Simultaneously
with one farmer per village all introductory varieties are tested in one field to compare the relative
performance of each variety under same inputs and management practices.

(d) Evaluation by farmers: During the cropping season and post harvest the focused group discussions
are conducted with the participating and observant farmers to evaluate the performance of the
introductory varieties vis-à-vis the popular local check. Through this process the preferred varieties
are screened by the farmers themselves. A scientific database is also developed about the
performance of the varieties on parameters commonly used for the varietal performance assessment.
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(e) Dissemination of preferred varieties: The varieties are identified as preferred through this process, the
seeds of which are multiplied locally through proper seed production process and disseminated
within the area.

The benefits of involving farmers in identifying appropriate varieties are significant in terms of:

(I) YIELD INCREMENT:

Yield increases up to 30-40% by adopting new varieties against local variety, (ii) reduction in cost of
components like fertilizer, irrigation, pesticides, (iii) increasing varietal diversity in the area, and
finally (iv) the increased awareness among the farmers, about the newly found varieties empowering
them to demand for more such technologies.

(II) BIO-DIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT – POLY CROPPING, MULTI-LAYER FARMING

ETC.

Three crops per women farmers will be undertaken, cereals-pulses, pulses-vegetables will be taken as
mixed farming and agriculture-apiculture will be taken as integrated farming.

(III) RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE

In case of water stagnation caused due to flood, shorter duration seed varieties will be taken up for adoption
of System of Rice Intensification and other related crops. In case of drought, alternative cropping
pattern will also be promoted such as in case of drought, pulses will be taken up to reduce losses to the
women farmers.

1. Targeting : Approach and Details on landless, small and marginal farmers as project participants- The
Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project is mobilizing the poor households into the fold of SHGs and around
40% of the SHG households have agriculture land ranging from 1/16th to 1/5th of a hectare of land.
Around 10% of the SHG members take 1/5th of a hectare of land on lease or share cropping basis to
undertake agriculture activities. Around 40%-50% of the SHG households out of 354540 SHG households
will be the project participants under MKSP and their average land holding is ranging from 1/16th to
1/5th of a hectare of land.
2. Plans for Post-project Sustainability and Scaling up strategies: In the first year 12500 interventions will be
taken up as demonstration, where all the required inputs will be provided and in the subsequent years
the women farmers will adopt these practices themselves. In the second year 50000 interventions will be
taken up as demonstration, where all the required inputs will be provided and in the subsequent years the
women farmers will take up by themselves by the support of VRPs only. In the third year, 50000
interventions will be taken up as demonstrations, where all the required inputs will be provided and in
the subsequent years the women farmers will take up by themselves by the support of VRPs only.

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The said interventions shall be implemented by VRP for which they shall be paid an honorarium.
The VRP service charge is a tool to assess the adoption rate and sustainability of the
programme. The irrigation support system and the equipments will be provided to the
Village Organizations and the VO will manage the assets on a service charge basis for its
sustainability. Exposure during the critical stages of the intervention, campaigning through
digital green mechanism and new women farmer mobilization through 7000 best practicing
women farmers & 140 Skilled Extension Workers will be pooled together for expansion in the
old villages in existing area and new villages under National Rural Livelihood Mission.

Cono weeder in SRI & SWI, Mahila Seed Drill / Dibbler will be developed and promoted for
reducing drudgery of the women farmers.
3. Plans for awareness generation with regard to “women farmers” rights entitlements under
different schemes related to her identity as “women farmer”. Any plans towards enhancing
accessibility of land to women farmers. The outcome of the proposed programme will have at
least 10% women farmers have access to land through land leasing because of at least 2 times
production enhancement through SRI methodology in different crops.
4. Any other plans to intervene in value chain development (end-to-end solution) e.g., intervention
in production / processing / marketing. Plans for increase market accessibility of women
farmers. Like; the Women Farmers Producers Companies will undertake the seed production,
processing and marketing and the Village Organizations will also undertake the vermi-compost
preparation and its marketing. In the proposed project, it is envisaged that around 100000
women farmers will access to quality seeds and vermi-compost for 3 crops per annum in a patch
of 1/5th to 1/16th of a hectare of land from marketing / collective procurement by Women
Farmers Producers Companies and the Village Organizations.
5. Strategies for disseminating knowledge. Including plans for skill up-gradation among women
The VRP will impart training to the SHG members (women farmers) in the SHG meeting and
VO meeting. The livelihoods committee members & the office bearers of the VO will be trained
from the team members of the Block Project Implementation Unit. Best Practicing Farmers
will be identified and trained from the Kisan days organized in the Villages. Best Livelihoods
Committee members will be identified and trained to further refining their skills through
cluster adhibesan organized in the cluster. The VRPs will be trained by agriculture experts at
the BPIU level. The potential VRPs will be identified and trained as Skilled Extension Workers
and will be made part of the cluster level federation. The best practicing women farmers further
engaged in mobilizing new women farmers for the improved agriculture interventions in the new
villages.
6. Plans for increasing access of credit to women farmers and women groups. The Initial
Capitalization Fund of the project followed by the credit linkage from the commercial banks to
the women farmers through SHGs is the process of credit access under the proposed project.
7. Direct Incremental income returns to the women farmers. The gross incremental income per
woman farmer per annum is Rs. 36492/- and the net incremental income per woman farmer
per annum is Rs. 27816/-.
Plans for community contribution of any kind, be it in-kind or monetary or regular thrift. The
SHGs have their own savings is around Rs. 19.67 crore, inter-loaning is Rs. 54 crore, credit
received through SHGs as Initial Capitalization Fund is Rs. 69 crore and from commercial banks is
approximately Rs. 40 crore. The women farmers contribute in the service charge of the Village
Resource Persons i.e., Rs. 10/- per women farmers per month and from the second year onwards
and use her own resources for the interventions in the subsequent years. For vermi-compost pit
making and the beekeeping, the women farmer will contribute 250/-

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8. Plans aiming at drudgery reduction for women farmers per pit and 4000/- per four beehives for undertaking
the interventions.

3.2 TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF COMMUNITIES

Training of the women farmers would be facilitated by the men or women community cadre named Village
Resource Person(VRP). Each VRP would handhold 50-60 farmers on every intervention. Village resource
person, men and women, will be groomed on institutional and technical aspects with a view that they will be
serving as service providers in the local area.

3.3 TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS

Village resource person and CRPs selected through kisan days. After selection of the cadre they would be
trained on different farming practices like PVSP, SWI, IPM, INM, Biological & indigenous methods of pest
control, vegetable gardening, promotion and strengthening of primary groups and other interventions.
Training modules will be developed for different intervention These VRPs would also maintain
demonstration plot to demonstrate the intervention to the farmers.

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Chapter 4 Implementation Arrangements

The project would be implemented by BRLPS with the existing teams based at State, District & Block level.
JEEViKA already has a structured body for the planning, execution & implementation known as State
Project Management Unit, District Project Co-ordination Unit & Block Project Implementation Unit. The
entire team would comprise of Professionals, Subject Matter Specialists, Assistants and Consultants.

At village level all the women are already organized in to SHGs, VOs and CLF. These Community Based
Organizations are running numerous programs on different area like income generating activities, social
issues, capacity building etc.

4.1 IMPLEMENTATION DESIGN

Elements of Implementation Process: Since the project is already working in livelihoods context
implementation of MKSP becomes field tested activity for BRLPS. The process of implementation of
livelihoods activity is already in place and hence would be turn to roll out MKSP is detailed below.
i. Identification of women farmers through SHG micro planning: A field level micro planning would
be held to identify the women farmers. The micro planning would be done by community cadre
(CM, VRP, SEW) already working in the area.
ii. Identification of VRPs through VOs: As the VRPs are placed in many VOs the same identified
VRPs would be working with the women farmers. In the VOs where the VRPs have not been
identified it would be done by the VO members after the micro planning is done by the other
community cadre.
iii. Identification of SEWs through BPIUs / CLFs: The VRPs would gradually be trained and groomed
to provide training as well as monitor other VRPs from the same cluster. Out of the VRPs already
working in the field CLF where formed or BPIU where CLF is not into existence would select SEW.
iv. Training of staffs through Agriculture Experts: Livelihoods manager placed at district level would
impart training to other block level staff. In case any technical training is to be organized different
agencies having expertise in the subject would be hired to impart the training.
v. Training of VRPs through Agriculture Experts / Agriculture Experts of the Expert Agencies
vi. Orientation, training and exposure through demonstration of enrolled women farmers: The farmers
would be trained by VRPs on the agriculture and other livelihoods practices for which the VRPs
have been trained. These women farmers would be sent to other blocks/district where the
intervention has already been started for exposure.
vii. Handholding support to the SHG members during the intercultural operations by the VRPs: As the
VRPs are from the same area they are able to convince as well as provide hand hold support to
farmers on agricultural or other livelihoods practices.
viii. Crop monitoring by the VRPs & recommendation to women on a weekly basis: VRPs would visit
the plots of farmers on daily basis and recommend farmers accordingly at different stages of crops.
These VRPs in case finds any problem or issues which they are not capable of handling would in
turn inform the livelihood specialist placed at block level so that timely action can be taken.
ix. VRPs imparting training to women farmers in the SHG meetings: The VRPs would impart training
to SHG members on regular weekly basis on different stages of crop as well as to take feedback
from farmers about their field.
x. Weekly VRP meeting for the review of the VRP and programme performance: Weekly VRP meeting
would be held at cluster level by SEW/ LHS to keep a close follow up and review of the
intervention.
xi. Organizing monthly Kisan Days during the crop in the agriculture field: Kisan days would be
organized just before crop cutting. This process would help to identify best practicing farmer and she
could be further promoted as agriculture CRPs.
xii. Organizing monthly Cluster Adhibesan during the crop in the agriculture field: Cluster Adhibesan
would be organized for each crop/intervention to promote best VRP of the cluster.
xiii. Fortnightly Block Project Implementation Unit (BPIU) meeting shall be held.
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xiv. Monthly District Project Coordination Unit (DPCU) meeting shall be done.
xv. Exposure of new women farmers to the existing demonstration sites during the critical stages shall be
done.
xvi. Cross Verification Mechanism will be adopted during yield assessment.
xvii. VRP register will be maintained for all the agriculture and allied activities.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN & FLOW

Internal structure for implementation: The Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project will engage its existing
staff through the field team members of BRLPS and one agriculture experts will be hired in every
20 villages or expert agency will be hired to place one agriculture expert in every 20 villages.
i. Geography and Yearly Distribution
The MKSP will be implemented in 15 blocks of 9 districts namely Gaya, Nalanda,
Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Khagaria, Purnea, Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura of Bihar. The
yearly distribution of nos. of women farmers is distributed in 3 years across 9 districts is indicated
under the column of Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 & total will be as follows;

Sl.
No. Proposed Activities Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total

1 System of Rice Intensification 5000 15000 5000 25000

2 System of Wheat Intensification 10000 35000 5000 50000
3 System of Root Intensification in Rapeseed 1000 7000 2000 10000
4 System of Root Intensification in Green Gram 5000 15000 5000 25000
5 System of Root Intensification in Tomato 5000 15000 5000 25000

6 System of Root Intensification in Brinjal 5000 15000 5000 25000

7 System of Root Intensification in Chilli 5000 15000 5000 25000
8 System of Root Intensification in Ladies Finger 10000 35000 5000 50000
9 System of Root Intensification in Ridge Gourd 1000 7000 2000 10000
10 System of Root Intensification in Cauliflower 1000 7000 2000 10000
11 Arhar in Bunds 5000 15000 5000 25000
12 Machan Bidhi Bottle Gourd 1000 7000 2000 10000
13 Machan Bidhi Bitter Gourd 1000 7000 2000 10000
14 Vermi Compost Pit making 2000 7000 1000 10000
15 Beekeeping with 4 hives 500 1500 500 2500
16 Natural Farming / NPM promotion 5000 15000 5000 25000
17 SRI - Cono Weeder (CW) 500 1500 500 2500
18 SWI - Cono Weeder (CW) 1000 3500 500 5000
19 Irrigation Support (IS) 500 500 0 1000
20 SWI - Seed Dibbler / Seed Drill 500 1500 500 2500

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Chapter 5 Implementation schedule

With the MKSP funds being transferred, livelihood team has started preparing detailed village level micro
plan. BRLPS follows a standard format for this purpose which will be used for the documentation of the
plan. Participatory exercises are being conducted in the village for the preparation of the plan in village
organizations. Gantt Chart for the same is as below.

4. Activity Schedule (Gantt Chart) :

S.No. Items Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1 To promote agriculture productivity
enhancement programme through
System of Root
Intensification (SRI) in 10 crops such as
cereals, pulses & vegetables to achieve
food and
nutrition security
1.1 Organizing ToTs & Exposure visits for
Mahila Kisans
1.2 Selection of VRPs
1.3 ToT and Exposures of CRP
1.4 Demonstrations of SCI in 10 crops – SRI
SWI and creals , pulses and vegetables
2 To promote the maximum use of land
by covering the agriculture land with
crops through
out the year for retaining essential
nutrient in the soil
2.1 Organizing Front line Demonstrations with
VRP on multiple cropping
2.2 Training on crop planning
2.3 Promotion of Landless Kitchen garden
3 To promote vermi-compost for
improving soil health & increased water
retention capacity
of the soil
3.1 Exposure and Training of VRP and CRPs
on vermicompost benefits and usages,
vermipit construction
3.2 Construction of demonstration
vemicompost pits for increased adoption
3.3 VRP handholding in construction of
vermipits
4 To create a pool of local resources for
the management and expansion of the
agriculture
based livelihoods programmes

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4.1 Selection of VRPs through Village

4.2 organisations
Training of VRPs
4.3 Selection of best performing mahila Kisan
through Kisan Diwas
4.4 Creation and grooming of CRPs
4.5 Development of trainings modules,
training materials & Audio Visuals Aids
5 To strengthen the women SHGs and
their federation for management of the
agriculture based livelihoods
programmes
5.1 Selection of livelihoods committee,
procurement committee in VO
5.2 Training of livelihoods committee,
procurement committee in VO
5.3 Awareness generation of Livelihoods
Activities in Village organisations and
CLFs
5.4 Community procurement of assets
5.5 Establishment of cross verification
mechanism

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Chapter 6 Results framework- impact, outcomes and outputs

The project framework for achieving the objectives under Mahila Kisan Shashaktikaran Pariyojana with
the key outputs are described below in the table. It details the entire process of mobilizing women farmers
into CBOs, selection of VRPs, introduction of Sustainable Agriculture Techniques and recognition of best
practioners.

TABLE: PROJECT FRAMEWORK

Objectives Description of Objectives Key Outputs/Verification Indicators
1. Orientation, training &
exposure of women SHG
1. Mobilize the poor 1.1.a. 112500 poor women farmers will
members on agriculture & allied
women farmers be mobilized for agriculture & allied
activities
among the SHGs & activities
2. Train the SHGs and their
enhance their skills,
higher level federations on
knowledge to 1.1.b The SHGs and their higher level
micro-planning, community led
facilitate plan and federations such as VOs and WFPCs will
extension mechanism &
implement plan & implement agriculture and allied
management through
agriculture & allied activities in around 1400 villages
community institution
activities
architecture

2. Village Resource
Persons (VRPs) 2.1.a. Approximately 1400 VRPs will be
developed for 2.1 VRPs will be trained on identified & trained to provide
providing various agriculture practices, handholding support to around 112500
handholding support technologies and group women farmers belonging to SHGs
to women farmers in management aspects through VOs & WFPCs in a period of
agriculture & allied three years
activities

3.1.a Around 80% of the women farmers

3.1 Improved agriculture belonging to SHGs will take up 3
practices such as PVSP, SRI, agriculture and allied interventions in a
SWI, System of Root year.
Intensification in pulses,
oilseeds, vegetable, community 3.1.b. Around 80% of the 112500 women
3. Increased crop
based irrigation management, farmers will increase their yield by two
productivity of
etc will be demonstrated and times in the newly introduced crop
Women Farmers
scaled up practices & 60% will have 2 times
through improved
3.2 NPM based natural farming, enhanced income
agriculture
promotion of vermi-compost
practices,
pits and use of vermi-compost 3.2.a. Around 30% of the women farmers
techniques through
in the improved agriculture will have improved Soil health & water
demonstration and
practices retention capacity of soil at the end of
adoption.
three years
3.3 Apiculture will be taken up
for additional income 3.3.a. Around 80% of the 2500 women
enhancement farmers will have additional income
15000 per annum in a normal season

4.1. Best practicing women

farmers will be identified
through organized Kisan days &
4.1.a Around 7000 best practicing
developed for mobilization of
farmers will be identified through Kisan
4. Best practicing women SHG members to scale
Days and further trained for mobilizing
women farmers and up agriculture & allied activities
women SHG members for scaling up in
community resource as part of NRLM
persons will be 4.2 Best VRPs will be developed
4.2.b. Around 140 Skilled Extension
developed as Skilled Extension Workers
Workers will be developed for scaling up
(who will manage 10 VRPs in
into NRLM.
10 Villages), will be used for
scaling up and integration into
NRLM

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Chapter 7: Monitoring and Evaluation

The monitoring and evaluation proposed under the project is based on the requirements predetermined for
MKSP project with an objective to empower women farmers through the livelihood intervention
introduced to the CBOs. The overall objective of the M & E would be as;

i. Understanding Performance (inputs, activities, results, process quality) and Effectiveness

(outcomes and impact)
ii. Being Accountable (for the entire execution)
iii. Extract Key Learning
iv. Apply back learning to action on the field and at planning level too

Rather than just capturing the data and information, the attention would be given to all the bullet points
featured above. The components of the monitoring, evaluation & learning framework are;

a. Resource Monitoring: The quality of inputs i. e. human resource, availability of funds and other
materials shall be an essential component under the M&E of the project.
b. Process Monitoring: Quality execution of the key activity shall be taken care of.
c. Deliverables Monitoring: The achievement shall be checked against the target set.
d. Impact Monitoring: The changes brought about in the target group shall be monitored and case
studies shall be developed on the same.
e. To monitor the activities at CBOs, a Community led system is already in place in the villages
called Cross Verification Mechanism (CVM).
f. Lastly, the project already has a policy for addressing the public disclosures.

7.1 WEB-BASED MIS

The project already has a data collection MIS developed on Excel Sheet where the data shall be fed by the
professionals placed at the BPIUs and DPCUs. The data than would be shared with the SPMU and
NRLM for development made.

The MIS data collection sheets basically foucs the Monthly Progress Report, Financials Report, and
Quarterly Progress Reports.

7.2 REVIEW MECHANISM

BRLPS already has a structured body that executes, implements and reviews at block and district level.
The progress of MKSP Blocks shall be reviewed by the Block Project Manger along with the Livelihoods
Specialist and Young Professionals placed in the BPIU. Then the DPM shall review the same and actions
would be taken when a problem is encountered or remedy will be figured out for loop holes. And off-
course we have a state team for the reviewing the progress.

7.2.1 CROSS VERIFICATION MECHANISM: It is also known as Community Monitoring

Mechanism. It aims to improve the programme quality and help in identifying the best plots. One team
from a VO/PG in a village will visit a VO/PG in other village of the same cluster. At least one CVM will
be carried out per VO/PG per season.

It has to ensured that all the VOs/PGs in a particular cluster have teams from other VO/PGs visiting them
for CVM in a given season. The process of CVM is;

i. The 2 best practicing farmers will be trained on the cross verification mechanism to carry out
verification with support of social audit sub-committee/livelihood sub-committee members to
improve programme quality.
ii. The CVM team would comprise of 2 best practicing SHG members from visiting VO/PG.

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iii. The CVM will be organized once in a crop cycle, once after seedling/sapling transplantation of
15-25 days after sowing or 15-20 days before harvesting or maximum fruiting stage.
iv. The SEW will prepare a schedule of CVM and submit to CLF for approval.
v. The sub-committee members of the VO/PG office bearer will facilitate the CVM for CVM team.
vi. The service charge payment of the CVM is Rs. 30/- X nos. of farmer’s plot visited.
vii. The CVM team will submit the CVM report (attested or recommended by VO/PG and certified
by the SEW/CC) in two copies. One copy will be submitted to CLF and the other in the BPIU
(BPM/Livelihoods Specialist/ Accountants)
viii. The service charge of CVM team will be paid from the BPIU.
ix. The BPIU will make 2 copies of the report. The photocopy shall remain with the VO/PG and the
original shall be submitted to the BPIU for payment procedures and filing.

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Chapter 8: Budget Narrative

The comprehensive budget of the proposed project is Rs. 97,60,38,240/-. There are 3 budget
heads namely Agriculture Input Support cost, Capacity Building cost and Development Support
cost. The budget break-up and percentage of the budget head is mentioned below;

1. Agriculture & allied activities Input Support Cost (68.88%) : Rs. 67,23,05,000/-
2. Capacity Building Cost (26.35%) : Rs. 25,72,33,240/-
3. Development Support Cost (4.76%) : Rs. 4,65,00,000/-
The budget details are presented below.

Sl. No Activity Details Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Total

A Agriculture Input Support Cost Physical Financial Physical Financial Physical Financial Physical Financial
5000 5605000 15000 16815000 5000 5605000 25000 28025000
1 System of Rice Intensification
2 System of Wheat Intensification 10000 9000000 35000 31500000 5000 4500000 50000 45000000

3 System of Root Intensification in Rapeseed 1000 1252000 7000 8764000 2000 2504000 10000 12520000

System of Root Intensification in Green 5000 5000000 15000 15000000 5000 5000000 25000 25000000
4 Gram
System of Root Intensification in Tomato 5000 5770000 15000 17310000 5000 5770000 25000 28850000
5
5000 8020000 15000 24060000 5000 8020000 25000 40100000
6 System of Root Intensification in Brinjal
5000 10290000 15000 30870000 5000 10290000 25000 51450000
7 System of Root Intensification in Chilli
System of Root Intensification in Ladies 10000 12000000 35000 42000000 5000 6000000 50000 60000000

8 Finger
System of Root Intensification in Ridge 1000 999000 7000 6993000 2000 1998000 10000 9990000

9 Gourd
System of Root Intensification in 1000 1754000 7000 12278000 2000 3508000 10000 17540000

10 Cauliflower
11 Arhar in Bunds 5000 4650000 15000 13950000 5000 4650000 25000 23250000
12 Machan Bidhi Bottle Gourd 1000 1899000 7000 13293000 2000 3798000 10000 18990000
1000 1749000 7000 12243000 2000 3498000 10000 17490000
13 Machan Bidhi Bitter Gourd
14 Vermi Compost Pit making 2000 17500000 7000 61250000 1000 8750000 10000 87500000

15 Beekeeping with 4 hives 500 5000000 1500 15000000 500 5000000 2500 25000000

16 Natural Farming / NPM promotion 5000 10000000 15000 30000000 5000 10000000 25000 50000000

17 SRI - Cono Weeder (CW) 500 600000 1500 1800000 500 600000 2500 3000000

18 SWI - Cono Weeder (CW) 1000 1400000 3500 4900000 500 700000 5000 7000000
500 55800000 500 55800000 0 0 1000 111600000
19 Irrigation Support (IS)
20 SWI - Seed Dibbler / Seed Drill 500 2000000 1500 6000000 500 2000000 2500 10000000

TOTAL-A 218500 419826000 56500 92191000 337500 672305000

CAPACITY BUILDING COST
B (26.35%)

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Service Charge of Village Resource 500 54000000 700 63000000 200 10800000 1400 127800000

21 Person
Weekly Village Resource Person Meeting 144 3600000 96 4032000 48 786240 288 8418240
22 Cost
12 12000000 8 11200000 4 1600000 24 24800000
23 Kisan Days in Villages
12 3000000 8 2800000 4 400000 24 6200000
24 Cluster Adhibesan in clusters
Training of Village Resource Persons 500 3000000 700 4200000 200 400000 1400 7600000

25
26 Training of SHG Members 10000 18000000 40000 48000000 10000 6000000 60000 72000000

Training Material Development – 2500000 2500000 0 0 5000000

27 Lumpsum
28 Community Monitoring Mechanism 125 1406250 175 656250 50 562500 350 2625000
29 Training of Field Staffs 50 1350000 70 1260000 20 180000 140 2790000
TOTAL-B 98856250 137648250 20728740 257233240
C DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT COST
(4.76%)
Hiring of Short term Consultants / Agency
30 (different levels) 25 22500000 35 21000000 10 3000000 70 46500000
TOTAL-C 22500000 21000000 3000000 0 46500000
TOTAL COST 281644250 578474250 115919740 976038240

Total Intervention 337500

Total SHG Member 112500

Total Investment 976038240

Investment per SHG Member / Woman Farmer 8676
Return on Investment 4105300000
Benefit Vs Cost Analysis 3.21
Gross Incremental Annual Income/Woman Farmer/year 36492
Net Incremental Annual Income/Woman Farmer/year 27816

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a. Project Investments : Rs. 97,60,38,240/- and Support Requested under MKSP is Rs. 732028680/-.
b. Rationale for the various line items related to Proposed Action C3 & C4 is

S. No Agriculture Input Support Cost (68.88%) Unit Description Unit Cost Unit Amount
1 System of Rice Intensification 0.25 acre per farmer 1121 25000 28025000
2 System of Wheat Intensification 0.25 acre per farmer 900 50000 45000000
3 System of Root Intensification in Rapeseed 0.1 acre per farmer 1252 10000 12520000

4 System of Root Intensification in Green Gram 0.25 acre per farmer 1000 25000 25000000
5 System of Root Intensification in Tomato 0.05 acre per farmer 1154 25000 28850000
6 System of Root Intensification in Brinjal 0.05 acre per farmer 1604 25000 40100000
7 System of Root Intensification in Chilli 0.05 acre per farmer 2058 25000 51450000

8 System of Root Intensification in Ladies Finger 0.05 acre per farmer 1200 50000 60000000
System of Root Intensification in Ridge Gourd 0.05 acre per farmer 999 10000 9990000
9
System of Root Intensification in Cauliflower 0.05 acre per farmer 1754 10000 17540000
10
11 Arhar in Bunds 0.5 acre per farmer 930 25000 23250000

12 Machan Bidhi Bottle Gourd 0.05 acre per farmer 1899 10000 18990000
13 Machan Bidhi Bitter Gourd 0.05 acre per farmer 1749 10000 17490000
14 Vermi Compost Pit making 7 pits per farmer 8750 10000 87500000
Beekeeping 4 beehives per farmer 10000 2500 25000000
15
16 Natural Farming / NPM promotion 0.25 acre per farmer 2000 25000 50000000

17 SRI - Cono Weeder (CW) 1 CW for 10 farmers 1200 2500 3000000

18 SWI - Cono Weeder (CW) 1 CW for 10 farmers 1400 5000 7000000

19 Irrigation Support (IS) 1 IS for 10 farmers 111600 1000 111600000

20 SWI - Seed Dibbler / Seed Drill (SD) 1 SD for 20 farmers 4000 2500 10000000
TOTAL-A Around 112500 farmers 337500 672305000

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RATIONALE OF C 4 IS MENTIONED BELOW;

Sl. CAPACITY BUILDING COST (26.35%) Unit Calculation
No.
1 Service Charge of Village Resource Person 1400 127800000 1400 VRPs*36 months*3000/-per VRP/100

2 Weekly Village Resource Person Meeting Cost 288 8418240 1400 VRPs*36 months*50/- per VRP

3 Kisan Days in Villages 24 24800000 1400 VRPs*4 weeks*3 months*2000/-

/Kisan Days

4 Cluster Adhibesan (CA) in clusters 24 6200000 50 Villages*12 Cluster Adhibesan*5000/-

/CA

1400 VRPs*4 modules*3 seasons*3

5 Training of Village Resource Persons 1400 7600000 days*500/- per participants

60000 Women farmers*4 modules*3

6 Training of SHG Members 60000 72000000 seasons*150/- per participants

7 Training Material Development - Lumpsum 0 5000000 Lumpsum

350 best practicing women farmers /

8 Community Monitoring Mechanism 350 2625000 VRPs* 5 days*5 members*3
seasons*150/- per participants

149 Staffs*3 Seasons*3 Crops*4

9 Training of Field Staffs 140 2790000 Modules*750/- per participants

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The multiplication may not match with the total amount, as the activities/trainings will be undertaken in the phase
wise manner, which has been indicated in the year wise budget presented in the page no. 14 & 15 (detailed budget)

Rational of C4 is mentioned below;

S Development Unit Amount Calculation

.. Support Cost
N (4.76%)
o
.
1 Hiring of Short 70 46500000 1 Agriculture
term Expert per
Consultants/Age 20
ncy (different villages*250
levels) 00/- per
month

c. Cost elements (natural heads of accounts) under each budget line item. The description of the line item has been
indicated clearly in the detailed budget, page no. 14 & 15

d. Plan for leverage other sources of fund in the proposed project e.g.
NRLM/NREGS/SGSY/RKVY/NFSM/NABARD/NHM/Donors. The 25% of the Govt. contribution will be
leveraged through various schemes such as NRLM/NREGS/SGSY/RKVY/NFSM/NABARD/NHM etc.

e. Explanation of cost elements including description of capital expenditure items with break-up and unit cost for
all items/components.

S Capital Unit U U
l
1 Expenditure
SRI - Cono 1Desc 1n 2n
.
2 Weeder- (CW)
SWI Cono ripti
1CW 12i 5i
3 Weeder (CW)
Irrigation on IS
for
1CW 140t 10t
N
4 Support- (IS)
SWI Seed 10
for
1 SD 0
41 0s2
o Dibbler / Seed farm
10
for C
01 50
. Drill ers
farm
20 o06 0
The Irrigation Support System comprising 120 feet boring ers with submersible0sand a generator
farm 0 set as electricity is
inadequate or unavailable in most of the villages. Oneers of the Irrigation Support 0t System will be created for 10
farmers i. e. estimated to be Rs. 111600/-. The Cono Weeder for SRI/SWI, Seed Dibbler/Seed Drill and Irrigation
Support System will be the assets of the Village Organization and the women farmers will be charged nominal
service charges for using the assets of the VO. The service charge deposited in the VO will be used for the repair
& maintenance of the assets and service charge will be paid to the community service providers, who will transfer
the assets for usage in agriculture crop of the women farmers and also for the repair and maintenance.

The Capacity building component is around 26.35% of the entire investment and 26% of the total
investment/budget goes for capacity building of women farmers.

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Chapter9: Basic PIA Information

Name of PIA Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (JEEViKA)

Legal Status(NGO/Network NGO/CBO/Producer

Co./Section-25 Co/Pvt. Co Independent Society under Department of Finance, Govt. of Bihar
If Network NGO, number of partners being supported? Not Applicable
Registration No. & Date of Registration Sankhya 76/2005-06, 19/12/2005
1. Government of Bihar
2. World Bank
3.National Food Security Mission
Name of Donors in the past 3 years, if any (give max)
1. Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project
2.Scaling up of SRI 3.Scaling up of SWI
Name with Size (Budget in INR) of relevant projects
handled in the past 3 years (give max 3)
2007-08:INR 36062168.80
Annual Revenue of PIA for the most recent audited 2008-09: INR 90413641.17
financial year 2009-10: INR 833691208
Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society & INR 504 Crore
Scaling up of SRI & INR 2.37 Crore

List of ongoing projects (max. 3) and their size (INR)

Completion of last projects (MM/YY) Scaling of SRI (12/2010)
Total value of assets available with the PIA
Experience of working with (i) Women SHGs/Group (Y/N) (i) Yes
(ii) Agriculture based livelihoods with the existing women (ii) Yes
groups
In the proposed project, how muc % of the The project has formed & nurtured 29545 SHGs and in the
implementation is undertaken by your existing capacities proposed project 100% of the implementation will be
and how much % is leveraged from external community understaken by existing 29545 SHGs
based organizations in the project area

Human Resource under MKSP

i. BRLPS has over Livelihood Specialist in the blocks looking after the entire livelihood intervention in the MKSP Blocks.
These staffs shall also be handed over the responsibility to of looking after MKSP Intervention in these 15 blocks.

ii. BRLPS also has dedicated community cadre called Village Resource Person & Skilled Extentsion Worker who
capacitates, builds and imparts training to the SHG members on livelihood intervention.

iii. At State Project Management Unit, we have SPM-Lh and a dedicated YP to monitor the progress and facilitate the
districts to implement the programme.

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