Block-level Federation Higher Status of well-being Increased access to rights and entitlements Heightened sense of ‘agency’ Self Help Group Village Organization Block-level Federation S e T A S e T A S e T A Community cadre Community cadre Community cadre Woman Food and Nutritional Security Sustainable Cash Incomes S e T A Skill/Knowledge Transfer Provide Services Household Community cadre Attitudinal transformation Producers’ Collective Employable Skills and Resources to fulfill aspirations S e T A Youth Skill Transfer Livelihoods Institutional Linkage Youth Pool

What does SeSTA Do and How Farmer Producer Groups are formed from these SHGs to enhance bargaining power and improve gains Intervention on piggery, Goatery and backyard poultry based on community preference Social capital, along with savings and access to loans via SHGs A team will comprise of –2 Executives – to cater to approx. 3000 population (1500/professional). A team/cluster of 3-4 blocks will report to an Integrator. Finance and MIS associates support these clusters 1 or 2 Executive Trainees(ET) will be attached with older teams to ensure learning and grooming. After one year of traineeship each ET will be placed as Executive in new teams Each team will engage with 30 Community Resource Persons (CRP) Each CRP will work with around 100 families on an average A women from small and Marginal Farmer HH in a village improving soil fertility, creating irrigation infrastructure – individual and community doubling productivity of crops like paddy, maize through trainings on technical know how, and land development

SeSTA’s Six year intervention model Each Team has 2 executives to reach out to 3000 HHs(200 SHGs). The SHGs formation would have been done via NRLM and their staff – community resource persons Identifying Target Population – new block or saturation of existing villages in a block (70%). A new team is deployed with a sr person and a freshly trained executive. Value Chain Studies and PRA exercise, baseline studies are carried out YR 1 Continue to work with FPOs with strong focus on outcomes and targets. Prepare for exit or further support if required 6 Build on Farmer producer Groups (FPO). Trainings on capacity building to office bearers. SeSTA staff deputed to work for FPO. Build Backward and forward linkages Community cadre building –training, building knowledge, visioning, and creating a pool of Community Resource Persons (CRP) (Krishi and Pashu Sakhis) 5 YR 2 1 Krishi Sakhi/100 families (AGRI Service provider 1 Pasu Sakhi/200 families Animal husbandry services 3 4 Focussed Individual HHs level livelihood planning base don resource availability and future visioning. Technical support, resource investment and allied services provided. Focus on Stabilizing incomes, food security and strengthening groups to be platform for women to address issues of violence and governance Regular monitoring of work progress and output indicators are institutionalized to take corrective action if required.

The 2.5 to 5 Acre Household Model – Same as 1 to 2.5 acre What does SeSTA do ? (2/3) SeSTA’s intervention model Mobilize women to form strong village institutions at three tiers- hamlet, village and block Build social capital, along with savings and access to loans via Self Help Groups Provide each household with at least two sets of intervention – animal husbandry/ System of Rice Intensification/ horticulture/ System of Crop Intensification Help improve soil fertility, create irrigation infrastructure – for individual and community Leverage average investment per household – Rs. 10,000 over 3 years- from donor and govt schemes Focussed Individual Household level livelihood planning based on resource availability and future visioning The 1 to 2.5 Acre Household Model This model assumes that the family has 0.33 acre of homestead with fallow land or land with standing crop (mostly arecanut in Assam ) Model focuses on two aspect of utilization of fallow land introducing New orchard and vegetable and where there is standing crop Intercropping and vegetables in around 0.10 to 0.16 acre land. For orchard two different crops will be taken based on duration of bearing fruit- 1st crop which bears fruit within 1.5 years and second that will be relatively longer (up to 5 years) Once the second crop starts bearing fruit it will be replaced with third crop like creepers Black Pepper/Betal vine Therefore, at least one crop will bear when one replaces the other - giving the family a sustainable fruit during the year and income The 1 acre or less model - focuses on three aspects Enhance food security by increasing productivity in Paddy from 1.5 to 2 times. Apply SCI (System of Crop Intensification) principles in pulses (using residual moisture after Kharif) and vegetables (year round) for cash income Enhance income through animal husbandry ( pig/ goat/ backyard poultry) Animal Husbandry interventions/ Landless model There are 3 models based on community preference – these are for landless Households as well in combination with agriculture There are 3 models based on community preference Year Round Pig Rearing with 4 pig ready for slaughter from 2nd year onwards Improved Goat Rearing with 3 doe model which will be used for breeding and one buck (Beetal) for cross breed against 30 does’ (10 Households) Backyard Poultry for both layer and Breeder purpose @ 50 birds in 1 batch comprising of 4 cycles in a year The 2.5 to 5 Acre Household Model – Same as 1 to 2.5 acre All the Households are collectivised in the Farmer Producer Organizations at the end of 6 years for various backward and forward linkages

Snapshot of a cluster Type of HH (Among the population SeSTA works with ) Focus of intervention SeSTA’s attempt is to ensure at least two from the listed activities with each household and make an investment of avg INR 10k per family over 2-3 years Outcomes by Yr 3 Outcomes by Yr 6 5% HHs are landless 5% of the people SeSTA works with fall within the landless category – Largely animal husbandry based interventions are done. This can fetch income between 20-25k 25% HHs have less than 1 acre land focus is on improving food security- hence SRI and homestead vegetables and animal husbandry is the focus. Income ranges between 20-30k. Food security is improved from 9 months to year round 60% HHs have between 1-2.5 acre land The major activity is horticulture and Vegetable growing This group gets an enhanced income of 30-35K 10% HHs have land between 2.5 – 5 acre The idea is to work with progressive farmers in this group and introduce new ideas, technology etc Women Across these HHs who are part of SHGs Farmer producer group members(All women)