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In the changing face of developments
the greater concern being securing sustainable livelihood options the key aspects of
ground interventions centers around an effective ecosystem management for ensuring food
security and natural resource sustenance. Since PECUC is
committed on creation of a conducive state of affairs for sustainable livelihood
management replicated at the
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grass root
actions a four-tier intervention strategy is adopted covering policy, networking, resource
support and grass root interventions.
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Sectors of Intervention :
Sustainable
Agro-horticulture practice promotion
Animal resource
development and protection
Bio-diversity
conservation and management
Promotion of
alternative livelihood options
Micro credit and
micro finance
Policy research,
Advocacy, Training and Networking
Micro models :
1. Kothaghara watershed :
A mini watershed model is developed at
Kothaghara a tribal village of Patana community Development Block of Keonjhar district in
Orissa and further expansion plan is on the cards with new partnership.
2. Action Research : A unique
action research model on rain feed agriculture is under operation in Domuna village of Patna CD block of Keonjhar
district in partnership with WTCER, Govt. of India. (Water Technology Center for Eastern Region,
Bhubaneswar)
Community Irrigation : Minor lift irrigation through dip bore well
with command area of 23 acres set of at Olarbindha and Bisharpur villages of Balianta CD
block being managed by the end users. This initiative has provided the beneficiaries 2
crops a year is drought prone agricultural land.
KBK livelihood programme :
Priority sustainable livelihood
management, a special effort is onto divide a concrete intervention strategy in the
drought prone under developed tribal dominated KBK zone to facilitate house hold food
security with grass root interventions. In this directions PECUC is
keenly interested to dialogue with financing partners at national and international level.
Agriculture Development Research Training
Centre (ADRTC) :
One of the milestones in the process of ensuring
livelihood support to more no. of people, an
institutional based training cum research center was established by PECUC in
the year 2000 with an objective of development.
The centre is at present operating a number of agro-technology research and demonstration,
crop management programmes and regular skill upgradation training of farmers and
supporting agencies.
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Agro technology centre for promotion of sustainable
agricultural practice in conditions of
fluctuating agro – climate.
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Take up research and development of farming practices,
transfer of technology to farmers
and promotion of agricultural production.
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Development of research models, documentation on
agricultural practices, training of
farmers, NGOs, extension workers, public information kits etc.
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Promotion of sustainable agriculture through organic
farming, integrated pest management,
bio fertiliser production technology etc.
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and production of low cost agricultural equipment, food processing and
preservation systems and agri-product management by
small farmers with
commercial viability.
Micro-Finance :
Microfinance
is commonly understood to refer to programmes meant for providing credit for
self-employment to the poor. It is basically a small financial service provided to the
people who work in agriculture, fishing and herding etc. both at the urban and rural
settings. It has succeeded in making a dent in poverty through both institutional and non
institutional agencies. PECUC however
was involved in this programme with an aim to launch this programme as an important
vehicle through which the informal self help groups propagated could be linked to the
formal banking institutions. More over the
indigenous local institution would be formalised and could serve as a means towards the
holistic development of the rural areas.
PECUC has
developed a
Micro
Finance Cell in
the year 1999 with an aim to extend its
support to more no. of needy people. At present 1536
no. of people coming from both the sexes have been supported under this programme. Different micro enterprises have been supported by PECUC micro finance cell
with cent percent recovery rate . Need based trade activities like terracota, fishing,
agricultural activity, goatery, minor forest produce marketing, rice processing,,
pisciculture, pottery, weaving, mushroom cultivation and other different small trades have
been supported by
PECUC.
Live Stock Promotion :
Livestock
is secondary means of livelihood in rural Orissa. At the time of crisis they are sold out
to meet the basic requirement of life and hence treated as assets. PECUC
supported
cows to 60 beneficiaries and goat and sheep to 916 no. of beneficiaries. To start poultry
activity 200 chicks have been provided to one of the beneficiary. Apart from this,
training on livestock management and animal health care was conducted. Economic and
nutritious feeding and preservation of green fodder to make it available all through the
year (mainly in summer) was a major component of dairy management training provided to the
farmers
Food for work / cash for work :
In order to restore the
livelihood of the needy people as well as a part of creating community assets at one hand
& employment security at the other PECUC
undertook food for work & cash for
work activity at the villages. Community pond, village roads has been renovated and
constructed which created more than 3000 man days. This activity of PECUC could be able to check the regional migration of the daily labours.
Protection and Protection Environment :
Orissa
was once paradise with the green cover & statistical evidence support forest to be
third major resource of the state. Gradual passage of time had witnessed depletion of the
natural resource at threatening rate. Thousands many reasons were responsible for the
augmenting environment insecurity like inconsiderate Govt. policies, risk and lack of
assurance of its primary users from the surroundings, Need & greed for
industrialization & commercialization &
lot more. Looking this aspect we begin our initial step to restore and check the
deterioration of the natural resources.
Efforts to address protection and restoration of the Environment
§ Block Plantation - 19,000
saplings convening 52 acres of land.
§ Save Chilika Campaign – 1994
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29 nearly villages.
§ Save Chandaka campaign – 1993
- 25
streetplays organised in the Chandaka range
§ National Environment Awareness
Campaign:
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6 No.s of community nurshery developed.
§ 7 lakhs of plants planted at institutions,
house yards, community land etc.
Action for Food Security , ORISSA.
( AFFSO)
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Visualising Lack of
clarity in development of agriculture, lack of opportunity of grassroot NGOs to develop
their skill, absence of common understanding, absence of a common platform for sharing
ideas and expertise in the development and allied sector, lack of coordination among the
NGOs to influence the policy level decision etc., were
identified as the bottleneck of the
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food security problem in Orissa. To address all these
problems, AFFSO was launched with 56 member organization of Orissa with following
objectives.
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- To promote appropriate technology
for agricultural development
- To enhance the skill and knowledge
base of member organisations on agriculture and allied aspects.
- To make avenue for proper management
of natural resources.
- To create opportunity for promotion
and upgradation of livestock.
- To act as a pressure group for
policy intervention in the field of agriculture and allied aspects.
Action For Food Production (AFPRO)
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