MilkIT partner-staff meeting Bageshwar, Thanammal and team (8 staffs)

Discussion topics Feed back of interventions Winter feed interventions Feeding trial plan Exposure visit- Kishan mela-Pant nagar IP meeting (feed) How to capture outputs Feedback

Interventions- CHIRAG-Saing cluster 10 farmers purchased CB dairy animals- one or two animals from Dunagiri, Champawat area- NABARD loan Farmers who went to purchase crossbred animals from Dunagiri impressed the development that area and motivated- They have seen Kirpal singh, Dunagiri, who have brought their kids education due to livelihood through dairy Dr. N.K.Singh, KVK, Kafligarh is giving technical feedback on the shelter construction, feeding and management All these 10 farmers made feed trough/manger based on his expert advise- informal, he visit to villages Now these farmers have systemic management, farmers are getting up early morning to clean the house, regular feeding 25 more farmers are demanding for loan arrangement for purchase of CB as they have facility to sell milk themselves through the marketing system they developed in Bageshwar Anchal are now supporting more to farmers- giving regular service- feed arrangement- may be they feel as competition- healthy relation Farmers are maintaining the marketing with Anchal Demand for concentrate feed is increasing- plan for shop among farmers- need for sourcing- help needed from ILRI to technical sourcing

Interventions-Sult Baseri anchal dairy-Farmers are not happy with the price with Anchal- they got more money initially, now they get very less- decrease number of farmers giving milk to Anchal Staff decided to see where is the problem- farmer, secretary or Anchal level? Discuss with Anchal for this issue Feed intervention-the farmers gave feedback that the seed of maize and mandua (millet) (VPKAS)- grains more, grass is height and weight is more Maize grain-lines 14-16(dual purpose), traditional-11. filled grains no gap What to do-data-feed interventions – There is empty columns of feedback from farmers – Fill the format in feed interventions-details of harvest and feedback of farmers- end of October

Winter feed interventions Dual purpose wheat 300 kg seed is ordered with VPKAS- 200kg for Sult and 100 kg for Bageshwar, CHIRAG have little seed from last interventions Barley and Oat – Sult- they have ordered 50kg with VPKAS – Bageshwar- they have seeds – Oats is not available with VPKAS- will get from pant nagar university through kishan mela Feeding trial for prevention of wastage Clover trial – Seed not available in VPKAS and Palampur. Will try from Pant Nagar and private seed company in Haldwani

Feeding trial Locations-Bageshwar settlements Saing cluster – Tana – Kaligarh – Talwarwai – ParBakhli – Beribagad – Paarketh – Pagna- outside our cluster but farmers are interested to participate Joshiguan cluster – Garikhet – Awligarh – Binser Sult- 6 settlements- Baseri, Sutoli, Besarbagad, Chiranga, Musoli, Gahna timli (outside-interested) Each settlement 8 animals- 2-control, 2-Feed trough, 2-cutting, 2-cutting and feed trough 20 days? CRP- for monitoring – Rs per day, one each settlement – Josiguan- one person for three settlements for 20 days

Equipment-feeding trial Cutting fodder – Hand cutting knife(locally made)- 100 purchased for Bageshwar, 50 purchased for Sult – The manual chaff cutter of old model- will be not used- feedback from farmers they do not want to use- already CHIRAG and IFAD, AH and Anchal gave-nothing in use – The motor one is very costly for farmers to buy- there are one or two farmers purchased their level – Will try for the chaff cutter of Gujarat farmer innovation- Dr.D.V.Singh advise- will go and see the cutter- cost is cheap- farmers can try this in half price for trial basis- we will get 10 for bageshwar (have fund themselves), 5 (sult) but have to check with fund? – Staff want to visit Gujarat for this chaff cutter and some innovations for milk products- Bageshwar farmers want to try milk products for their milk- ghee and paneer- will be good if any staff visit Amul and few farms Manger – There are ten farmers constructed cement one, we will try with them (Bageshwar), and we will explore the wooden manger, seen in Dunagiri area – Wooden feed trough purchased (50) bageshwar will be tried – Sult- will try for wooden- let us see how farmers will adopt this technology- behaviour if said for price contribution- nothing will be in free this time

Visit to Gujarat Why? – To see innovations of cutting fodder- equipment (local grass will be gtaken with them) – To see the equipment for milk products – Marketing and feeding management – Feed trough models – Key success points for dairy development- innovation adaption? Farmer meeting Who? – Two staff from each cluster level and Thanammal – Bageshwar- 4 field staffs like to participate, Sult- 2 field staff When? – Before feeding trial which is planned end of October-farmers are free – October (approx including travel- 2 days field visit) Fund? – Both partners will contribute half expenses. Accommodation – NDDB/Amul-500/day- 3-4 rooms? Will discuss with them Approval from Nils/Alan

Visit to Pant Nagar University- kishan mela CHIRAG is planning to take some farmers- especially the men group (20) as women are busy in cutting grass- 2-3 staffs will attend – Seeds different variety- oat, clover, demo of improved techniques – Animal husbandry exposure- university farm visit – Exchange information from other big farmers- knowledge flow – Some animal purchase- can see different breeds and interaction with experts – Poultry knowledge – Agricultural implements knowledge – Farmers meeting- constraints discussion From Sult- one staff and 2-3 farmers will attend depends the budget they have? Discussed with extension department- Kuldeep will co- ordinate Budget- under exposure visit- partner level

Capturing intermediate outputs How to capture? Ideas? – We can write in daily dairy- whatever observation will be noted- staff level- compilation at every 3 months in staff meeting – Before and after- report for any village- how to do? Who will do- compilation from daily dairy – Writing case-study or stories – Minutes of village meetings- SHG meetings- regularly maintained by Bageshwar

Feedback The project is nice- capacity of staff is increased- thinking different to see evidence of interventions There is constraint in fund for good development- especially sult area Bageshwar- Vehicle problem is big problem for co-operative, so it will be good to have vehicle for the co-operative but how to get? Try to source fund- so that milk can be reached to Bageshwar in time- staff feel that if there vehicle they can cover more villages with same fund- as there is demand from many villages for marketing- for eg 10km from Saing cluster- many time they called for milk marketing. How to go ahead? We will discuss more for expansion- IFAD little interest to collaborate Pagna- village they are getting milk for 12 km by walk to Bageshwar- due to road damage- how to capture this motivation Options for milk products- sourcing for equipment and marketing- demand from Bageshwar Kankhar-slow development- there is problem with secretary- measurement problem There is more govt projects with more money without development- just distributing funds- sometime difficult to explain to farmers We have made the platforms- for any govt or any organisation to work- SHG made by our project making a platform for the others to work there There is diff method of working in research especially with ILRI- we have never worked this method of sustainability We have to make our cluster like Gujarat- Ramesh Joshi- dream Anchal rate is not satisfactory by farmers-Sult Call senior management team for staff meeting- Thanammal suggestion