1. Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty

2. Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture Makes best use of the natural resources (biological and physical) By using local knowledge, skills and labor Community managed support systems

3. Main objective To sustain agriculture based livelihoods Special focus on small and marginal farmers, Women, tenants, agriculture workers Technology –Local natural resource based –Knowledge centric than product centric, hence support only in the form of knowledge –Community Resource Persons Management –Community managed (SHGs)-financial and personnel

4. Program strategies Reducing cost of cultivation by adopting practices which involve low or no expenditure Resource persons to provide regular technical support in the village –Best practicing farmer in the village identified as village activist –Weekly group meetings in the fields for reviewing, researching, trouble shooting and capacity building –Paid cluster activist for 5 villages –Technical support by experienced NGOs –Variety of resource material Program anchored and regularly reviewed by the Federation of SHGs at village, mandal and district level

5. Components Non Pesticidal Management as stepping stone –Integrating management practices to prevent insects from reaching damaging stage and damaging proportion –a natural ecological balance will ensure that pests do not reach a critical number in the field that endangers the yield –nature can restore such a balance if it is not meddled with too much, hence no chemical pesticides at all. –understanding the insect biology and crop ecology is important to manage pests – it is not enough if reactive sprays are taken up during outbreak. –Prevention rather than control/reaction is the key element to NPM –crop diversity and soil health play an important role in pest and disease management –that pest and disease management is possible with local, natural material

6. Ecological –Healthy crop, healthy food, and healthy environment –Safe to farmers, workers, consumers and animals Economical –Increased net incomes –Reduction in health costs –Getting out of debt trap and marketing bondage –Farmers getting back the mortgaged lands Social capital: Enormous confidence on ecological agriculture, farmers showing great interest NPM for Ecological, Economic and social benefits

7. The reach… 2006-07 17 districts 1050 villages 2.0 lakh acres 80 thousand farmers 2005-06 10 districts 450 villages 25 thousand acres 15 thousand farmers 2007-08 18 districts …aiming to reach 25 lakh acres across crops in all districts of AP in five years KharifRabi 1715 villages 4.7 lakh acres 1.72 farmers 1635 villages 2.03 lakh acres 1.20 farmers

8. SAVINGS 2006-07 S.NOCROPACRES Avg.Savings/acre(in Rupees) Total Savings(In Rupees) 1Cotton404255000202125000 2Paddy50280100050280000 3Redgram24329120029194800 4Groundnut2299880018398400 5Chillies37571500056355000 6Others 26000 100030000000 TOTAL 386353200

11. Moving forward… Seed bank networks: –Focus on local production and sharing –Maintaining crop and Varietal diversity –Last year 10 villages on pilot -groundnut –2007-08 seventy villages-30 % seed requirement will be met locally –Warangal-28 villages –Ananthpur-11 villages –Khammam-10 villages –Kurnool, Mahboobnagar, Guntur, Nalgonda-20 villages

12. Special focus on improving soil health and productivity Improving biomass for composting and fodder Building natural base to move towards organic production Special focus on efficient management and use of groundwater, effective rainwater harvesting, social regulation

13. Convergence MoU with Spices Board to produce pesticide free chillies APEDA came forward to support the program Convergence EGS to enhance natural resource base and provide employment to agriculture workers, improving the lands of SC/ST, women, small and marginal farmers Overlaying with star procurement centres, dairying and food security

14. I.Consolidation & Gains (April – May 2007)  3 pilot village immersion and to fine tune strategy, modules.  Immersion program in all villages. ( 18 districts) Resource inventory Technical / Management components C.D – Film show – success stories  C.B. program to all Cluster Activists, Orientation to partner NGOs, Self Help Groups.  Resource material / crop wise manuals up to village level.  Program guidelines prepared in Telugu after extensive discussions with partners / stakeholders up to village level. Moving Forward

15.  Capacity Building Program, Marketing CRPs for NPM over lay with “Star Procurement Centres”. Kharif Plan 2007 Rabi 2007-08 Extensive Field Visits, interaction with Stakeholders, to strengthen program Extensive Field Visits interaction with Stakeholders, to strengthen program SERP visited 91 out of 92 NGOs and other MMS Managed villages/ Fields, in 18 districts Interacted with Farmers / samakhya Members. Categorization of NGOs/Mandal/Districts - on No.of Mandals ClustersVillagesAcres (Lakhs) Farmers lakhs - NPM21833817154.171.72 - NPM in Marketing village 0.58 -Total4.75

16. Institutional Strengthening  SHG/Farmers NPM sub-committee at Village, Mandal, Zilla formed. Meetings / Discussions every month. Performance of CA/VA (NGO) reviewed. Payment of salaries of VA/CA and facilitation fees of NGOs by Samakhyas. Field inspection by members & SHGs Further Capacity Building for members planned December/January.

17.  Farmer Field Schools Stabilized Fixed day every week Sub group for ever 20 – 25 farmers Convener, Co-convener for every sub-group Best practicing farmers Out of 2, one woman farmer Field Based activity Study of beneficial Insects Preparation of Life Cycle of Harmful Insects Sharing of learnings in the village Further Capacity Building of Convener, Co-convener planned at district level in January – February  Farmer CRPs – Identification Placement – December – January. Identification Placement – December - January Exposure Visits / Field Days in progress. Farmer Registration fee – collected 21 lakhs / 53 lakhs  Lead NGO and DPM NPMs (for each district) Vehicle for extensive tours Joint Field visits Attending Z.S/MMS, review meetings Hand holding support to Samakhyas Special focus on MMS (by DPM NPM) with out support of NGOs

18.  Communication Network Access E-Mails through SANET by all NGOs/DPM (NPM) Data – base, cell nos of NGO, DPM, CA, VA SHG members important SMS through Way2sms site Video Conference on NPM/Marketing every fortnight with NGOs – CAs – Samakhyas – DPM – Farmers Sharing learnings Monitoring of program Plan – Next Fortnight / Month  Further Action On Establishing Call centres Establishing Cluster resource centres Evaluation grading mandal NGO / CA / VA.

19. Convergence  Spices Board – Commerce Ministry, GOI, Interested in Pesticide Free chillies for expor Promised delivery 2000 MT Tie up with Dr MV Rao for quality check Quality Control Inspectors at Village Level  APEDA - Examining our proposals to strengthen NPM extension support structure Post harvest Infrastructure  Convergence with EGS Enhance natural resource base Improving lands of SC/ST/SF/MF/POP/Poor Providing employment to agricultural workers Overlay with Star Procurement Centres, dairying and Food Security M.O.U with GOI for 182 crores over 5 years – organizing farming in rainfed areas Benefits - Rs.5400/ha Total Benefit 1485 crores / 5 years 25 lakh acres, 5000 villages, 10 lakh farmers.

20. Moving Forward Enhancing Managing Natural Resources – Bio Mass plantation Improvement Soil health and productivity Providing enabling microbial activity through applications of  Panchagavya  Jeevamrutham  Soil Mukha (leaves)  Rainfed composting  Tanksilt application  Azolla in paddy fields  ICRISAT Field trials – proposed on Farmer Field (pilot) scaling up Focus on Vegetables NPM – vegetables around Hyderabad – Marketing the HACA outlet – pilot run Tie up with Rythu Bazars in Hyderabad, Efforts on

21. Reclaimed the Land from mortage SF / MF taken additional lands on lease for NPM cultivation Big farmers are preferring NPM SF / MF for share cropping to save their investment on in puts

22. VO CORPUS fund / Revolving Fund  Purpose: Establishing custom hiring centres Plan Bullocks, tillage equipments Neem pulversers Spray equipments NPM shops to supply panchagavya Registration fee collected from NPM farmers – Average Rs.4000/VO V.O. seeking linkage with Financial Institutions and SERP Under GOI funding of Rs.182 crores – rainfed Organic Farming Provision made for 1.2 lakhs/ village Exploring other funding agencies like APEDA Species Board etc.,

23. Sl.N o Name of the District No.o f NG Os/ MM S NPM CROP WISE DETAILS PADD Y COTT ON G NUTVEG R GRA M CHIL LY CAS HEW CAST OR SUN FLO WE R ON IO N TO MA TO Mixe d crop s B H E N DI PULS ES SO YA OTHE RS Total Acres 1 Srikakulam 5 117520184913641224260000000000233 16682 2 Vizayanagaram 7 24714117736671674168181062240000001424604490 58170 3 Visakapatnam 10+1 119070280154286305516000000002716 22824 4 Guntur 3 6061280200553065000000000504 9913 5 Nellore 3 13763603200715301469000000000669 18664 6 Kurnool 3 461516033740202552006001950500220050000 14014 7 Ananthapur 8+3 5710091500108763503410044170000002738 112143 8 Chittoor 5 1530031218391080000000000437 6035 9 Kadapa 8 2857113147229042611843005330000000 13601 10 Rangareddy 2 118173854816324876000000000161 4384 11 Nizamabad 1 500--1129842-----0--0757 1509 12 Medak 5+5 95620500414333500000099530005777 29541 13 Mahabunagar 4 9610175444591130108117420879500000001288 38589 14 Nalgonda 11 117515455115141857891109040040000000529 30206 15 Warangal 6 16045699402050409400000000010037 37375 16 Khammam 5 14579105671199132825423140000000000681 34036 17 Karimnagar 2+10 5482173700279100184O000000510 10704 18 Adilabad 1+10 1140972016716870000000005342470 16339 Total11816302830416118377131694050517511117401358369005002209953501424653433997474729

24. NPM Kharif Action plan (Including Stat Procurement Centers - 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the District No.of NGOs/MM S No.of Mand als No.Cluster s No.of villag es NPM Acres No.of Farme rs 1 Srikakulam 581050166827500 2 Vizayanagaram 717271355817022300 3 Visakapatnam 10 + 1121793228245701 4 Guntur 313157499133313 5 Nellore 31114701866414042 6 Kurnool 379451401413893 7 Ananthapur 8 + 3237638511214325477 8 Chittoor 5773960352211 9 Kadapa 811 56136014551 10 Rangareddy 2231543841054 11 Nizamabad 122101509491 12 Medak 5 + 51824121295417009 13 Mahabunagar 412311633858914830 14 Nalgonda 111520100302069528 15 Warangal 69201003737514212 16 Khammam 51824120340369831 17 Karimnagar 2 + 10171253107043637 Total :1182183381715474729172493

25. NPM - Rabi action plan - 2007-08. S l. N o Name of the District No. of NGO s/M MS Pad dy Chi lly G.N ut Pulsus Banan a Cashe w Sesamu m Soy a Cast or SFVeg. Other s Total Acres Gr.gra m Beg.gra m Bl.gra m Cowpe a 1 Srikakulam5 2428 302 123091541017320090500001749013685 2 Vizayanagara m 7 6410500918301488302880749942360001938041760 3 Visakapatna m 10 + 2 126912023749709930035527710028957908307 4 Guntur3 00000900000000000 5 Nellore3 1431 35271927007440002500400153018089 6 Kurnool3 23700157800 000000142631007262 7 Ananthapur8 + 3 96690 1565 60000000003460127639030451 8 Chittoor5 + 1 14930142200000000032211111984546 9 Kadapa8 11441981284010120000000207970006417 1010 Rangareddy2 260101201000000000185804481 1 Nizamabad1 + 1 23032613688120259000011201001601502388 1212 Medak4 + 5 48330838074000370000308304297222417654 1313 Mahabunaga r 3 2992453295800000000510210733197875 1414 Nalgonda11 851314481400000000060409616 1515 Warangal6 88500235000000000001104013350 1616 Khammam5 1762467617956048300000005133345132 1717 Karimnagar1 + 9 469703655179207800250027005117 1818 Adilabad1 + 9 362650451010573500001190022121806092 Total :116 7143 1 517 6 3279 2123249778219421152880119565176112818 1157 6 1298 41355 20312 2

26. NPM Rabi Action plan - 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the District No.of NGOs/MMS No.of Mandals No.Clusters No.of villages NPM Acres No.of farmers 1 Srikakulam 581050136855466 2 Vizayanagaram 717271304176023649 3 Visakapatnam 10 + 212179383075795 4 Guntur 31315699007574 5 Nellore 31114701808925367 6 Kurnool 379972622111 7 Ananthapur 8 + 3231135263045111302 8 Chittoor 5 + 1673945461858 9 Kadapa 811 4964173123 10 Rangareddy 2231544811054 11 Nizamabad 1 + 133132388707 12 Medak 4 + 51824121176547350 13 Mahabunagar 3684078753253 14 Nalgonda 11 206896165173 15 Warangal 6920100133506892 16 Khammam 5182411051322726 17 Karimnagar 1 + 917125351172842 18 Adilabad 1 + 916 8360924675 Total :1162083531638203122120917

27. Consortium on Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture SERP PMU State Level SecretariatCSA State level Executive committee District levelZilla Samakhya (District Federation of women’s SHGs) District committee of NGOs District Rural Development Agency (Coordination) Mandal levelMandal Mahila Samakya (Federation of Women SHGs) NGOs, KVKs Village levelFarmer Field Schools Village Resource Centres Grama Sangham (Village Organisation of women SHGs) Cluster coordinator (for 5 villages) Village activist Implementation and financial management Technical Support