1. Convergence of Agricultural Interventions in Maharashtra-(CAIM) 2009-2017 N. Nawin Sona, IAS Project Director and Additional Commissioner PMU, Amravati (M.S.) caim.pda@gmail.com

2. Project Area: 6 Districts 2

3. BACKGROUND  Rain fed farming: Cotton, Soyabean, Tur  Lack of In Situ water Conservation and WHS  Over utilization of chemicals i.e. fertilizers, pesticides etc.  Low Productivity: Poor Cultivation Practices  Indebtedness & increase in production cost  Low Crop Produce Holding Capacity: Distress Sale  Lack of Market Infrastructure & information  Market vagaries & risks  No Industrial Growth  Higher proportion of distressed households & Farmer suicides 3

4. IS “TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE AND DIVERSIFIED, ON-FARM AND OFF-FARM LIVELIHOODS TO HOUSEHOLDS, ENABLE THEM TO FACE PRODUCTION AND MARKET RISKS WITHOUT FALLING INTO POVERTY AND DISTRESS.” GOAL AND OBJECTIVES  IMPROVE HOUSEHOLDD INCOMES FROM DIVERSIFIED FARMING AND OFF-FARM ACTIVITIES.  SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE THE INTRODUCTION OF ORGANIC AND LOW INPUT (LEISA) CONTRACT FARMING.  FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF FARMERS’ GROUPS IN PRIMARY PROCESSING, QUALITY ENHANCEMENT AND MARKETING.  EMPOWER WOMEN THROUGH MICRO-FINANCE AND MICRO-ENTERPRISES.  ACHIEVE CONVERGENCE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES AND RESOURCES.

5. THE PROGRAMME TARGET GROUPS ARE RURAL HOUSEHOLDS BELONGING TO…….  SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES.  LANDLESS LABOURERS.  THE RURAL WOMEN.  SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS AND  HOUSEHOLDS FACING AGRARIAN DISTRESS. TARGET GROUPS

6.  SELECTION OF VILLAGES WITH PREDOMINANT BPL HOUSEHOLDS.  SELECTION OF TARGET GROUP HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THESE VILLAGES WEALTH RANKING.  LIST OF SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS VALIDATED BY GRAM SABHA. TARGETING IN LINE WITH IFAD MANDATE

7. THE PROJECT IS IN LINE WITH THE POLICIES OF IFAD, SRTT AND GOM: THAT IS  SUPPORT TO LOW EXTERNAL INPUT SUSTAINABLE RAINFED AGRICULTURE.  PRODUCTION OF ON-FARM BIO-INPUTS  TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH NGOs AND PRIVATE SECTOR.  RESPOND TO TECHNOLOGIES DEMANDED BY FARMERS. PROGRAMME RATIONALE

8.  286,800 HOUSEHOLDS INCLUDING 196,800 LANDHOLDING HOUSEHOLDS ARE TARGETED.  403,200 HA AREA ARE TREATED WITH INSITU WATER CONSERVATION.  3600 WHS ARE CONSRUCTED; 3 IN EACH VILLAGE.  1200 WATERSHED VOLUNTEERS WORK FOR THE PROGRAMME.  1200 FFS ARE ORGANISED INVOLVING 4,800 JLG  20,000 HOUSEHOLDS ENGAGE IN AGRI-BASED AND LIVESTOCK-BASED ENTERPRISES.  120 AGRI-BUSINESS CLUSTERS ESTABLISHED.  120 PRODUCER COMPANIES SET UP AND TRAINED.  9,000 SHG ORGANISED AND STRENGTHENED AND LINKED TO BANKS  158,400 DISTRESSED HOUSEHOLDS COUNSELLED WITH THE HELP OF 270 SAHAYOGINIS UNDER 45 CMRCs. PROGRAMME OUTPUTS

9.  HOUSEHOLD INCOMES INCREASE BY 50%  RAINFED CROP PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES BY 11%.  PRODUCTION COSTS DECREASE BY 25 TO 30%.  MORE TRANSPARENT CONTRACT DEEDS NEGOTIATED.  SIZEABLE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS STAY AWAY FROM EXPENSIVE INFORMAL SOURCES OF CREDIT.  VDCs AND WATERSHED VOLUNTEERS GET FAMILIAR WITH THE PREPARATION OF VILLAGE PLANS FOR DRAWING FUNDS FROM NREGA.  EQUITABLE AND NON-EXPLOITATIVE MARKETING FACILITATED.  MARKET-LINKED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED.  VALUE-CHAINS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR SELECTED, MARKET-DEMAND COMMODITIES.  CONVERGENCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENSURED. PROGRAMME IMPACTS…

10. CAIM 1. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING & PARTNERSHIPS 3.PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2. MARKET LINKAGES & SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Major Components

11. Institutional Capacity Building & Partnerships Partnerships Building i.Establishment of PPP: for market opportunities and potential & end-to- end subprojects ii.Capacity Building of Staff and Producer Groups SHG & CMRC Development (i)Mobilizing poor HHs: Forming/strengthening 9,000 SHGs and45 CMRCs (ii)Economic Empowerment of HHs: Counselling to 158 Lakh HHs (iii)Initiating pilots: on Debt Swapping, Mutual Crop Insurance thru CMRCs; (iv)Resilience of distressed families enhanced: At least 75% of ultra poor HHs graduated to higher level

12. Marketing Linkages & Value Chains: I.Equitable, non exploitative mkt: Pro-poor market linkages II.value chains: Contract Farming (Cotton, Horticulture) III.Vocational Training: 3600 Rural Youth to be Trained Marketing Linkages & Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture: I.Economic opportunities for small farmers: In situ water cons. 1200 villages II.Efficiency of Inputs and linking to markets: FFS(1200), JLGs (4800), Cattle Breeding Centres (60) Micro-Enterprises & SMEs: HH Income Increased: Agri-based MEs (15,000), Livestock based MEs (5,000), Milk Collection Centers (45), Agro-processing SMEs (45)

13. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT State Programme Steering Committee (SPSC) at Mumbai Programme Steering Committee (PSC) at Amravati Programme Director PMU at Amravati & PM Unit District Programme Coordination Committee (DPCC) & DPMT NGOs, Private sector, Banks & MFI, CMRCs SHGs and Grassroots Coordination Gram Panchyats, VDC

14. OBJECTIVESKEY ACTIVITIESIMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITY ASSESS MARKET OPPORTUNITIES PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS,PMU & DPMU WITH THE SUPPORT OF EXPERTS IMPROVE STAFF CAPACITY & FACILITIES FOR FARMERS’ GROUPS STAFF CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH TRAINING, RESOURCE NGOs; SPECIALISED INSTITUTIONS. PREPARE END-TO-END SUBPROJECTS TO CAPTURE MARKET PREPARATION OF COMMODITY PROFILES, END-TO-END MODEL SUBPROJECTS, AREA SPECIFIC SUBPROJECTS. PMU, EXPERTS, NGOs PARTNERSHIPS AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

15. OBJECTIVESKEY ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITY ORGANISE WOMEN FOR THEIR EMPOWERMENT FORMING/STREGTHENING SHGs OF TARGET GROUPS SETTING UP OF CMRCs MAVIM WITH THE SUPPORT OF NGOs, MFIs BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS UDERTAKING FINANCIAL LITERACY AND COUNSELLING DISTRESS HOUSEHOLDS MAVIM, CMRCs WITH THE SUPPORT OF NGOs SHG & CMRC DEVELOPMENT

16. OBJECTIVESKEY ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITY ENSURE EQUITABLE AND NON- EXPLOITATIVE MARKETING FACILITIES FACILITATING THE FORMATION OF AGRI- BUSINESS CLUSTERS PMU WITH THE HELP OF NGO AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOP VALUE CHAINS FOR SELECTED COMMODITIES. PROVIDING LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VALUE-CHAINS AND CONTRACT FARMING PMU WITH THE HELP OF NGO AND PRIVATE SECTOR MARKET LINKAGES

17. OBJECTIVESKEY ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITY PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROMOTE LEISA TECHNOLOGIES; REDUCE COST OF PRODUCTION SOME 1200 VILLAGES TARGETED FOR SWC, CONTOUR BUNDING, WHSs, WATER LIFTING PUMPS. FARMERS’ FIELD SCHOOLS ONE IN EACH VILLAGE AND FACILITATING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER THROUGH THEM THROUGH NGOs AND CONVERGENCE WITH ONGOING NREGA PROGRAMMES THROUGH NGOs SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: IN SITU SWC

18. OBJECTIVESKEY ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITY CREATE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT TO THE RURAL POOR THROUGH DAIRY, AND LIVESTOCK OPPORTUNITIES SETTING UP OF WELL- EQUIPPED AND SELF- SUFFICIENT CATTLE BREEDING CENTRES; SETTING UP OF AREA CENTRES ONE PER 10 CATTLE CENTRES SERVICES LIKE VACCINATION, DE- WORMING ETC WILL BE PROVIDED AT DOORSTEP AT COST TO THE USERS. NGO IN CONSULTATION WITH DISTRICT ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT. CREATE AWARENESS REGARDING BREED IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL CATTLE INCOME GENERATION THROUGH ENHANCED MILK PRODUCTION BREED IMPROVEMENT

19. OBJECTIVESKEY ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITY SUBSISTENCE TO MICRO-ENTERPRISES BY IMPROVING THEIR ACCESS TO IMPROVED INPUTS, TECHNOLOGY, CREDIT, MARKETING. DEVELOPMENT OF AGRI- BASED AND LIVESTOCK- BASED ENTERPRISES; FACILITATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SME UNITS; AND FACILITIES FOR NGO SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION NGOs & PRIVATE SECTOR. MICRO-ENTERPRISES

20. Agri -Business Development Experts Agri -Business Development Experts M&E Specialist M&E Specialist Knowledge Management Specialist Knowledge Management Specialist Divisional Commissioner, Amravati, Nagpur Programme Director (CAIM) Gender Expert Accounts Officer Accounts Officer PSU- MSAMB Addl. Programme Director PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT UNIT AMRAVATI Asst. Accounts Manager Asst. Accounts Manager Computer Operator Computer Operator

21. PROGRAMME SUPPORT UNIT PUNE Principal Secretary (DCMT) Managing Director MSAMB CAIM Liaison Officer M&E Officer M&E Officer Accountant Convergence Specialist Convergence Specialist Computer Operator Computer Operator

22. Programme Director, Amravati District Programme Management Teams CAIM District Programme Managers (Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Washim Yavatmal & Wardha) District Programme Managers (Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Washim Yavatmal & Wardha) Project Director ATMA Project Director ATMA DISTRICT PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT TEAMS M&E Officers M&E Officers Account Managers Account Managers Agri. Business Experts Agri. Business Experts Computer Operator Computer Operator Programme Director, Amravati

23. STATE PROGRAMME STEERING COMMITTEE UNDER THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOM PROGRAMME STEERING COMMITTEE UNDER THE CO-CHAIRMANSHIP OF DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONERS OF AMRAVATI AND NAGPUR DISTRICT COORDINATION COMMITTEES UNDER RESPECTIVE DISTRICT COLLECTORS AND CEO, ZP AS VICE- CHAIRMEN PROGRAMME COORDINATION

24. PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR NGOs STATE TREASURY (GoM) DISTRICT PROGRAMME A/Cs IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS CMRC BENEFICIARIES/ WATERSHED COMMITTEES PROGRAMME A/C, AMRAVATI PROGRAMME A/C, AMRAVATI SRTT FUND SHGs/ JLGs SPECIAL ACCOUNT - GOI IFAD LOAN & GRANT A/C MAVIM FUND FLOW ARRANGEMENTS

25. SPSC WILL ISSUE A SPECIFIC DIRECTIVES FOR THE VIDHARBHA TO ALL LINE DEPARTMENTS TO EXTEND THEIR SUPPORT TO CAIM THE PSU, PUNE WILL LIAISE WITH RESPECTIVE HEADS OF LINE DEPARTMENTS AND SCOUT FOR FUND SUPPORT. AT DISTRICT LEVELS, DPMUs WITH THE SUPPORT OF PRIVATE SECTOR, NGOs, VDCs, BANKS WILL PREPARE ANNUAL PLANS AND PURSUE FOR FUND SUPPORT FROM DISTRICT LINE AGENCIES. CONVERGENCE SUPPORT DISCUSSED AT ATMAs AND ZPs AND MECHANISM FOR FUND SUPPORT AGREED AT THESE MEETINGS. AGRI-BUSINESS EXPERTS OF DPMUs WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT LINE AGENCIES. AT THE GRASSROOTS VDCs DEVELOP SUBPROJECTS SEEKING SUPPORT FROM NREGA FROM THE RESPECTIVE CEOs AND THESE ARE DOVETAILED WITH THE CAIM INTERVENTIONS CONVERGENCE OF INTERVENTIONS

26. Village Clusters allotted to NGOs VDCs organised NGOs selected Subprojects validation Convergence Plans & Subprojects ready for implementation Implementation of Value chains interventions Implementation of End-to-End Subprojects Counselling of distressed HHs CMRCs set up SHGs bank linkage Implementation of Contract Farming Publicity Campaign Subprojects identification in the Village Clusters Convergence Programmes NREGA & EGS Integrated Watershed Dev. SGSY RKVY Women in Agriculture Dev. National Horticulture Mission National food Security Missn. Technology Cotton Mission National Pulses & Oilseeds APMC Schemes TSP Schemes DIC Schemes Dairy Development schemes Agri Mechanisation Scheme Banks Credit Plans Private Sector Convergence Programmes NREGA & EGS Integrated Watershed Dev. SGSY RKVY Women in Agriculture Dev. National Horticulture Mission National food Security Missn. Technology Cotton Mission National Pulses & Oilseeds APMC Schemes TSP Schemes DIC Schemes Dairy Development schemes Agri Mechanisation Scheme Banks Credit Plans Private Sector End-to-End Sub-projects : Dryland horticulture Organic farming High value crops Contract farming Flouriculture/poly houses Sericulture Bio-fertilisers Micro-enterprises Cattle breeding Dairy development Venture capital Private Sector Partnership End-to-End Sub-projects : Dryland horticulture Organic farming High value crops Contract farming Flouriculture/poly houses Sericulture Bio-fertilisers Micro-enterprises Cattle breeding Dairy development Venture capital Private Sector Partnership NGO Selection under quality-based bidding; Technical & professional experience; Permanent staff support; Proven track record; Regional experience; Satisfactory financial reports that are evaluated by independent auditors; NGO Selection under quality-based bidding; Technical & professional experience; Permanent staff support; Proven track record; Regional experience; Satisfactory financial reports that are evaluated by independent auditors; Consultation with Farmers SHGs, JLGs organised Village clusters identified Project Management Unit Private Sector Partnership Convergence Plans developed Training SHGs Contract Farming Cotton Organic Cotton Soy bean Castor bean Vegetables (organic) Cereals and pulses (organic) Flowers, fruits (organic) Contract Farming Cotton Organic Cotton Soy bean Castor bean Vegetables (organic) Cereals and pulses (organic) Flowers, fruits (organic) Staff/NGOs orientation Training Village Selection Criteria Predominance of small farmers; Presence of CMRC-supported SHGs; Farmers’ willingness; Potential for project interventions; Market access; communication; Presence of Private sector initiatives. Village Selection Criteria Predominance of small farmers; Presence of CMRC-supported SHGs; Farmers’ willingness; Potential for project interventions; Market access; communication; Presence of Private sector initiatives. IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES

27. NGO SELECTION, PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS, PARTNERSHIPS SELECTION OF VILLAGES, SUBPROJECT SELECTION ORGANISING VDCs SHGs DEVELOPMENT INSITU WATER CONSERVATION SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE BREED IMPROVEMENT MICRO-ENTERPRISES & SMEs MARKET LINKAGES & VALUE CHAINS SUBPROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PRODUCER COMPANIES IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS…

28. FINANCIERS AMOUNT ($000) % GOM37,60231.7 IFAD LOAN40,10133.8 IFAD GRANT10080.8 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST, GRANT16,00713.5 BENEFICIARIES, LABOUR36093.0 BANKS, CREDIT1453912.3 PRIVATE SECTOR57794.9 TOTAL118,646100 PROGRAMME FINANCING PLAN

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