Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Name

of the project : Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Project Holder : Rural Aid Service (RAS). Contact Person : Mr. Holkhomang Haokip. Designation : Secretary/ Chief Functionary Rural Aid Service (RAS) Project Implementing Partner (PIP) : Rural Aid Service (RAS) Happy Valley, Tuibuong . Churachanpur P.O. Tuibuong. 795128. Legal status : Details of Registration : Society Registration Act. No.1 of 1990. Registration no. : 54th 1995. Date of Registration : 14th Sept. 1995. Place of Registration : Churachanpur and upgradate to state level in 2005. Details of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. (FCRA) of 1976 Registration no. : 194160065. Date of Registration : 3rd June 2004. Registration Under Income Tax 12-AATax-Exemption Registration) PAAN No. : AAAAR2897K. Date of Registration : 2004 Type of organization :The organization is a non-profit, non-political, secular organization. Country : India. State : Manipur. District : Churachanpur. Project Location : Churachanpur. Project Duration : March 2010 Feb. 2012. Project Budget : 1765700.00 Assistance Request : 1713700.00

[Mr. Holkhomang Haokip] Secretary & Chief functionary Rural Aid Service (RAS) Happy Valley, Tuibuong Churachandpur

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Project Proposal on

PROMOTION OF FOOD SECURITY & ENSURING SUSTANABLE LIVELIHOOD THROUGH SYSTEM OF RICE Intensification SRI)
About the Organization: 1. Name of the organization: Rural Aid Service (RAS), Happy Valley, Tuibuong, Opposite Oil Pump, Near KBC Church Churachandpur, Manipur, India, PIN- 795128 2. Contact details: i) Contact person : Mr. Holkhomang Haokip ii) Address : Rural Aid Service (RAS), Tuibuong, Opposite Oil Pump, Churachandpur, Manipur, India, PIN- 795128 iii) Phone/Fax : 09862000469 iv) e-mail : h_haokip2000@yahoo.com 3. Type of organization and date of registration. The Rural Aid Service (RAS) is a non-profit, non-political, secular organization registered in Manipur Societies Registration Act of 1989, Manipur Act No. 1 of 1990. The organization was registered on 14th September 1995 and its registration number is 54 of 1995. The organization was also registered in the Union of Home Ministry under FCRA no.194160065 and acquired 12A and permanent Account Number (PAN) in the department of Income tax, Jorhat and it was published in the Manipur gazette Extra ordinary in July 6, 2005. (Organization Registration Certificate enclosed in Annexure-IV 4. Name of the Senior Management team members Sl.No Name Sex Age Designation Experienced & Present profession 1. Dr. H.H.Mate M 55 President For details please see Annexure-VIII 2. Rev. T. Janglhun M 58 V/President Exe.Director Evangelical Haokip Churches Association (ECA) 3. Mr. Holkhomang M 43 Secretary 15 years experience in social Haokip work.For details please see Annexure- IX 4 Mr. Janglal Mate M 34 Joint Secy 5 Years experience in social works. 5. Ms. Helam Haokip F 39 Treasurer 5 years experience in SHG promotion 6. Mr. Jajang Haokip M 46 Member 5 years experience in Social work 7. Ms.Nemjalhing F 40 Member 10 years experience in Social work 8. Prof. Thangzamang M 40 Member Consultant Manipur niversity

Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 2 5. Name(s) of authorized representatives who may sign requests for transfer of funds: 1. Mr. Holkhomang Haokip 2. Dr. H.H. Mate Secretary & Chief functionary President

6. Organization Capacity: 6.1 Administrative staff Sl.No. Staffing patterns 1. Number of full time staff 2. Number of part- time staff 3. Number of other staff 4. Total number of Administrative Staff.

Male 3 1 0 4

Female 2 1 0 3

6.2 Program staff:( Operational) Sl.No. Staffing Patterns Male Female 1. Number of full-time staff 4 2 2. Number of Part-time staff + Animator 3 + 20 Animators 1 + 4 Animators 3. Number of other staff 0 0 4. Total number of program/project staff 7+20 Animators 3+4 Animators Animators are field/village based who are engaged to look after the SHGs and project activities done
in the village as a part-time staff, they are supported with monthly honorarium.

7. Brief Description of the organization/nature of activities that the organization is doing. (Please refer to Annexure X & III, Organization brochure & 3 years Activities Reports) 8. Annual budget of the organization.( Please refer to Annexure XI, of the Last 3 years Financial Audited Statement) 9. Banking Details: SL S/B Account Name & No No. Address of Bank . 1. 10929213455 SBI Imphal Main Branch 2. 11343706559 SBIChurachandpur 3. 16106 UBI Churachandpur 4. 18779 UBI Churachandpur Project Related RCH-II Bank Operator

i) Mr. Holkhomang Haokip ii) Ms. Nemjalhing NEDFi, mfi Project i) Mr. Holkhomang Haokip ii) Dr. H.H. Mate RNBA-EED(Foreign i) Mr. Holkhomang Haokip A/C) Support.Program ii) Mr. Janglal Mate RNBA-JTT Support i) Mr. Holkhomang Haokip Program & SRI ii) Mr. Janglal Mate

* In this NABARD SRI Project SB A/C No. 11343706559 SBI CCpur will be used for transferred of fund

Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

10.0 PROPOSED PROJECT: 10.1. Title of the Project: Promotion of Food Security & Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI). 10.2. Project Concept. (What the organization intend to do) In the present context of globalization, the Rural Aid Service (RAS) is upholding its strategy of supporting more rural based development and small-scale appropriate agriculture. Majority of Manipuris poor are small-scale farmers collection of forest products. They practice household survival animal husbandry for their main livelihood. Broadly, speaking there are two agriculture system; Wetland farming for paddy cultivation in valley and shifting cultivation (Jhum) in the up land area. Cash crops like passion fruit, chilly, beans, ginger, and turmeric have begun to occupy most of gentle slope productive land areas. Those poor people who have no lands for such activities have to do Jhum cultivation for their survival. And the paddy fields are mostly owned by marginal poor farmers, well to do families also least out their paddy lands to poor farmers. Farmers will give money to the land owners or part paddy products. The paddy cultivation is mostly traditional and farmers heavily apply fertilizers and pesticides for more production. And mostly tribal farmers and landless people practices shifting cultivation for their survival. Most of the families are in the subsistence economy and marketing their products for livelihood is a way of life. Therefore food insecurity is most prevalent in their areas and the most vulnerable are landless. This food insecurity has impacted the societies undernourished, handicapped the village institutions so that right entitlements are denied. To address the food insecurity and its impacted problems in Manipur. The Rural Aid Service (RAS) proposing the project called Promotion of food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to National Bank for Agricu;ture and Rural Development (NABARD) for its kind financial support . This program is propose in the strength of SRI experienced in Churachanpur in 2009 by the Rural Aid Service (RAS) which was supported by Sir Dorabji Tata trust (SDTT) Bombay, under RNBA-JTT partnership program. RAS has been the first to introduce SRI in Churachanpur and has been the most successful in the state of Manipur in compare with other SRI implementing NGOs/ government in other districts of Manipur. The program has been implemented in a way of research based and the detail data/information proof that Churachandpur has the largest number of tillers i.e, 55 tillers in 40 days. One great advantage was the Khuga dam cannel which supply enough water though Manipur state is facing drought like situation in the current year 2009. 10.3. Objectives of project: i) To enhanced farming technology to small marginal farmers to coop with the rising population. ii) SRI activity experiments by 400 beneficiaries in 400 acres of paddy lands in 23 villages of Churachanpur district. iii) To empower the poor marginal farmers in combating hunger in lined with Govt . Policy in the state of Manipur.

Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 4 10.4 Rationale of the SRI Target Development Area: The project target area has different multiple issues. The area is the most vulnerable in Churachandpur district, because of accessible hills topography and traditional practices of shifting cultivation which led to land degradation and acute poverty. People of this area even uprooted trees for charcoal business. There are more than 20 villages with a population of 5000-6000 directly affected by dam submerged water. The village habited land, forest and paddy fields are submerged by water and Standing crops completely destroyed by they were displaced. The small amount of dam Rodent Menace in L. Phaimol village compensation i.e, an amount of Rs. 3000/-, two quintals of rice and three bundles of GCI- Sheet could not last even for a week. Compounding to these problems the villagers were severely attacked by the rodent menace due to Bambooflowering locally known as Mautam. According to the spot verification survey on 19th Sept.2008, 80 % of standing crops were destroyed by the said rodent menace for which the villagers witness very poor harvest in that year. The target community has a system of land ownership in which the chief of the village is the absolute authority of the village land in the form of hereditary. All the government schemes were controlled by them and the villagers were very often deprived of government schemes accept in the rear cases of NREGA, and even that too were not properly paid. There is also gender discrimination and women were not allowed to participate in decision making bodies, Therefore, community plantation and long term projects are not so viable as per the societal set up. However, we take it as a challenge and encourage the villagers to aware of their rights with various empowerment processes during interface meeting with government officials and witness a lot of changes. In some villages of our project intervention villages women can become VDC leaders and the communities able to raise their basic rights and entitlements. 10.5 Socio-Economic and Natural Resource Profile: The Socio-economic of the project villages is comparatively poor and life styles of the people are really pathetic. I (Mr. Holkhomang Haokip) recollect what Mahatma Gandhi said Even god dares to appear in front of a hungry man without in the form of bread. Survey proves that 95% of the village populations are below poverty line with widespread malnutrition and low calorie intake per day. The main factors for the retarded growth are poor governance, absence of credit facilities, non accessible ofbasic government facilities, lack of PDA system due to bargaining power. Main sources of livelihood of the people are shifting cultivation, farming, and collection of Non-timber forest products (NTFP), uprooting of roots and burning of charcoal. Most of the villages now have limited land. Major farming products are pea, ginger, potato, cabbage, brinjal, ginger, bean, banana, maize and sugar-cane etc. To be specific the villages like Geljang and Ngoiphai, all their fertile paddy fields of about 2000 + Hectares were ruined by the Khuga dam submerged water where its resources are not going to be exhausted even during the period of their next generation. In spite of the alarming increases of population most of the wet paddy fields and cultivable arable lands were submerged by the dam and we considered that the few remained upland paddy field be mitigated with SRI technology to improve food production and also solve land arrest.
Destroyed crops by Rodent Menace fallen on the ground in L. Phaimol village

Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 5 10.6 Project Target Villages : Sl Total Total Target Area to be No. Name of village District Block House- PopulBenefi. covered hold ation Chura1. Misao Lhahvom chanpur Tuibuong 81 496 25 25 acres 2. Saipium -doTuibuong 80 522 20 20 acres 3. Geljang -doChurachanpur 108 536 20 20 acres 4. Tuining -doSangaikot 117 734 20 20 acres 5. B. Kaljang -do-do51 262 20 20 acres 6. Moldenphai -do-do32 212 15 15 acres 7. Mongkot -do-do61 281 20 20 acres 8. M. Lambulane -doTuibuong 60 432 20 20 acres 9. Mata -doChurachanpur 67 437 20 20 acres 10. L.Phaimol -doSingat 76 392 10 10 acres 11. Songpi --do Churachanpur 45 268 8 8 acres 12. Lingsiphai -doChurachandpur 81 378 20 20 acres 13. Boljol -do-do62 303 20 20 acres 14. Khengjang -do-do42 281 13 13 acres 15. Molpi -doSaikot 31 218 15 15 acres 16. Monglenphai -do-do84 386 16 16 acres 17. K.Patlen -do-do66 337 13 13 acres 18. 19. 20. 21 22 23 Dampi Molsen Vajang Mongpijang Songpeh G.Khonom -do-do-do-do-do-doSamulamlan Saikot Sangaikot -do-do-do56 28 38 30 48 32 1376 318 191 224 184 315 184 7891 15 20 20 15 20 15 400 15 acres 20 acres 20 acres 15 acres 20 acres 15 acres 400 acres

* Data information is based on PRA/Village survey

10.7 Goal of the Project: Ensuring of Sustainable Food & Livelihood Security and better farming technology (SRI) to the people of Churachandpur. 10.8 Purpose of the project: To organize, empower and strengthen the marginal village farmers and village Level Institutions (VLIs) and make them stabilized the farming practices from shifting to permanent basis by applying various rural technology so as to arrest the limited land by way of crop rotation and land management thereby ensuring sustainable livelihood and better environment in the area. The project will address the issues of environment, equity, poverty reduction, Community empowerment and sustainable livelihoods.

Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 10.9 Feasibility of the Project: The Rural Aid Service (RAS) has implemented SRI pilot program in the Churachandpur with only 20 beneficiaries in the form of research work covering 5 acres under RNBA/SDTT (Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Bombay) support program, in fact the project did not impress much to the implementing NGOs and farmers in the beginning. However with certain empowering process the Rural Aid Service (RAS) take it as challenge and go ahead with a lot of motivation to the farmers by conducting orientations and workshop with the target beneficiaries. There were many negative feedbacks in the initial stage but positive and impressive feedbacks pour in after two months while observing the miraculous changes with wonders and excitement. Looking at the inspiration of the farmers and influencing the surrounding neighbouring villages the Rural Aid Service (RAS) would like to replicate in other villages including the same experienced villages in a bigger area and covering more farmers.( For detail please refer to SRI Progress Report ( Annexure- II) 10.10. Outputs from the project. i) 11 Master of Trainers (MOT) developed and able to facilitate the farmers on SRI through workshops and exposure trip. ii) 400 beneficiaries are well capacitated about SRI through field experiment, workshop and orientation. iii) Food Production increases to 20 % in the target villages. iv) SRI activity will be experimented by 400 beneficiaries/farmers in 400 acres of paddy fields in 7 blocks of Churachandpur district of Manipur.. v) RAS and Project Implementing partner villages promoted the evaluation of SRI program with data and any other comparative tools in order to propagate SRI activity in state of Manipur. vii) 10 nos. of Cluster level workshops conducted on SRI and 1 times District level workshops conducted by inviting professionals/researchers etc. viii) Ensuring tipple times bigger intervention through proper awareness. ix) Indirectly 1376 household 7891 population aware of SRI technology. x) 23-40 SHGs formed in 23 target villages. 10.11. EXPECTED IMPACT: With the investment of our time, resources and energy on SRI program, Rural Aid Service (RAS) believes rural based development oriented NGOs as well as Project Implementing Villages are upholding and focusing more on small-scale appropriate agriculture technology which also solve the land arrest. We also believe that together with counterpart NGOs and Government machineries instantiated different approaches to solving the stagnation in rice production, increasing productivity and involving more farmers in modernization of rice cultivation to increase income. Again this experimented SRI program will pave our ways in solving the critical issue of hunger and land arrest we are encountering due to increase of population and poverty in the state of Manipur. 10.12. Project location area: The project villages are located mostly in the Churachandpur and Sugnu Road in the eastern side from District Headquarters of the Tuining stream.This particular site is the place where 5 DBI (Diversion Base Irrigation ) is yet to construct under Sir Dorabji Tata Trust in the month of November/December 2009. And the site is the most fertile land having the largest paddy production in Churachandpur district. The other site is the Tiddim road, stretching southern side from Churachandpur which falls under Churachandpur and Singngat Block.The proposed target villages are directly or indirectly affected by the Khuga dam project 7

Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) SRI Project Target Area :

10.13 Project Strategy: The Project is designed for 2 years targeting 400 farmers in 7 blocks of Churachandpur district. There will be one overall project coordinator, one Project Accountant and 10 field based animators/Master Trainers to assist the coordinator in the field. In the first year there will be outside state exposure program to Assam to see the winter crops of SRI project probably RGVN for the first year beneficiary groups and the second year beneficiary groups can be organized in Churachanddpur itself in those first year SRI fields. The first year target farmers will be 200, second year 200. The field based Master Trainers will be helping the coordinator with regular contact for about 7 months i.e, May November. SRI project Documentary film will be also planned to produce and incorporated in this project budget. SRI Self Help Groups will be formed in each target villages and they will be facilitated to open bank accounts and the fund will be channellised through their bank accounts. All the funds will be made transparent in SHG transparency Board.

Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

10.14. Time schedule of activities: The detail time schedule of the project activities work out in quarterly basis are shown In table below : Sl. no. 1. Activities to be carried out Buying of Office Equiptment 1st.Quarter Jan-March 2nd Quarter April-June 3rd. Quarter July-Sept. 4th Quarter Oct.-Nov.

2. 3.

Induction of Project staff Training & Exposure

4. 5.

Orientation workshop for farmers Field Support Activities

Experience & Advocacy Workshop

6.

7.

Program Monitoring & Evaluation

8.

Documentary Report & film on SRI

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10.15.1 APPROACH OF THE PROJECT & FUND FLOW PATTERN NABARD

(Project Agreement will be signed between NABARD and RAS)

RAS (Facilitating Agency)

Project Implementing Villages (PIVs)

SRI Groups

2.

PME & REPORTING STRUCTURE

NABARD (Ccpur Imphal Bombay)

PIO Churachandpur

Project Implementing Villages( PIVs)

SRI Groups

Reporting should be half yearly i.e, two times. Both the reporting will be followed by audited statement.

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10.16 ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT: Budget Head Broad component Sub-Activities how to be done 1. Operational/Administrative - Honorarium of Proj. accountant Cost for 2 years - TA/DA,Stationery, Audit 2. Training of Master trainers -10 Master of Trainers will be developed to assist the Project Coordinator. -Conducting Awareness -Participating training program conducted by reliable institute ICAR, RGVN, RAS. Etc. -Exposure trip will be organized for 10 Master of Trainers MOT to Assam. 3. Orientation for workshops for Workshop/Orientation will be farmers. conducted by RAS at village level with the help of project staff. 4. Field Support Activities. -MOTs of villages visit 2 times in a month to all the SRI group/farmers -Weeders each will be given to each SRI beneficiaries consisting of 400 farmers -Asum of Rs.1000/(one thousand) will be provided as incentives to 400 farmers. - Honorarium of Rs. 800/- will be given to field based 10 Master Trainers for 14 months( 7 months in a year i.e, May to November.) 5. -Experience workshops.

Wholl do RAS.

RAS. Partner villages.

sharing -District level workshop with RAS, MOT, govt. officials, local NGOs, media Project and farmers. implementing . villages( PIVs) 6. Program Monitoring and -This component is travel cost for RAS, PIV Evaluation. RAS as much partner villages required. 7. Documentary film and leaflet - Hiring of professionals from RAS and profeon SRI beginning till harvest. ssional teams 8. Miscellaneous Expenses. - This budget is for the cases of RAS any Unforeseen and changes of commodity takes placed 10.17. Links with Government/Line departments/Government etc 11 The organization builds good rapport with the Government officers especially the District Collector (DC), NABARD, NYK, KVK, Agri & Horticulture Department etc. In this regard we organized 2 day workshop with NABARD on 20th Aug.2009 and the NABARD Manager who is also the resource person on the day has express his interest to proposed SRI project to NABARD. We also have several inter-face meeting with line department and took their 11

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technical help. In connection with this project I met the DGM Imphal in the last week of September and was very positive about the positive. 10.18. Estimated Budget: The total estimated budget both NABARD and Own means is Rs 1765700.00 and fund required from NABARD is Rs. 1713700.00 lakhs only and quarterly / 6 monthly break up details are shown in Annexure-I The budget has own means/ local contribution depending upon the work nature.

10.19. Two years consolidated budget : (April 2010 to March 2012)

Sl.No Budget ACTIVITIES Total 1.0 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.1 2.2 12 3.0 3.1 Administrative Cost: Salary of one Project Staff Office running cost. Office Equiptment Laptop, Furniture & Fixtures Sub-Total Trainings & Exposure Program Travel of RAS staff &10 Master Trainers during Training/workshop @Rs.1200/- per worshopX12 person X 2 Workshop (to &fro) Travel of RAS staff & 10 Master Trainers during exposure 1200x 12 person ( to & fro) in Assam. Vehicle hiring charge @ 2000/-per day x 2days x 2 Vehicles Boarding & lodging during exposure program @ Rs. 750 per day x 3 days x 12 person Resource person fee @ Rs. 1000/- x 2 days Miscellaneous expenses Sub-Total Orientation Workshop for farmers Travel of 10+1 Master Trainers during 1 day orientation workshops in 5 clusters Centre for 400 farmers @ Rs. 100/- x 12 persons x 2 workshop( 2 times @ 40 participants per workshop) T.A & DA of 400 farmers of 23 villages @ Rs.80/- while conducting workshop. Refreshment during orientation in 5 clusters for 400 farmers @ 15/- per head . 12
PIO/ Farmers Contribution NABARDS Contribution

120000.00 130000.00 35000.00 20000.00 55000.00

120000.00 130000.00 35000.00 20000.00 55000.00

28000.00 14400.00

28000.00 14400.00

3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.1

8000.00 27000.00 2000.00 4500.00 83900.00

8000.00 27000.00 2000.00 4500.00 83900.00

2400.00 32000.00 6000.00

32000.00 -

2400.00 6000.00

4.2 4.3

Promotion of Food Security and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihood through System of Rice Intensification (SRI) 4.4 4.5 Boarding & lodging of farmers during 1 day orientation workshop @Rs. 50/- per day.x 400 farmers Logistical expenses during 1 day orientation @ 2500x5 clusters x2 times Sub Total FIELD SUPPORT ACTIVITIES Salary of 1 Program Coordinator @ Rs. 6000/- per month x 24 months Travels of 10+1 Master Trainers @ Rs.100 per travel x 24 monthsx2 times in a month. Boarding & lodging of 10+1 Master trainers @ Rs. 100/- per travel x 24 months x 2 times in a month. Weeders & markers @ Rs. 2000/-x 200 sets (sharing by two beneficiaries) Incentive support to 400 farmers meant for Chemical/bio-fertilizer support @ Rs. 1000/- per farmers Honorarium for 10 Master Trainers @ Rs.800/- for 14 months ( i.e, 7 months in a year May November ) Sub-Total Experience & Advocacy workshop: At District Level Logistical expenses @ Rs. 5000 per workshop x 1 workshop(banner, hall, stationery , refreshment etc) Travels of farmers @ Rs.60 per day x 1 day 80 participants. Boarding & lodging @ Rs.200 per day x 1 day x 1 workshop x 50 participants. Sub-Total PROGRAM MONITORING & EVALUATION Documentary film Production on SRI 20000.00 25000.00 85400.00 144000.00 52800.00 52800.00 400000.00 400000.00 20000.00 52000.00 25000.00 33400.00 144000.00 52800.00 52800.00 400000.00 400000.00

5.0 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5

112000.00 1161600.00

112000.00 1161600.00

6.0 6.1 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 7.0 8.0

5000.00 4800.00 10000.00 19800.00 20000.00 85000.00

5000.00 4800.00 10000.00 19800.00 20000.00 85000.00

9.0

Miscellaneous Expenses:

5000.00 1765700.00 52000.00

5000.00 1713700.00

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