Bhoochetana Mission Program (BCMP)

The vision of Bhoochetana Mission Program

(BCMP) is to sustainably improve the

livelihoods of small and marginal farmers in

the state by developing farmers’ centric,

science-led inclusive market-oriented

integrated farming systems participatory

development approach

Mission Goal of the BCMP

The goal of the Bhoochetana Mission Program (BCMP) is to operationalise an integrated and participatory farming systems development approach for increasing agricultural productivity by 20 per cent in five years through convergence and better coordination amongst different agriculture research- extension and development sectors in the state for sustainably improving the livelihoods of the farmers through empowerment, capacity development with knowledge-based and market oriented farmers’ centric partnership approach

Objectives

1. To strengthen the Bhoochetana consortium for increasing the crops (irrigated and rain-fed) yields by 20 per cent in five years in 30 districts of Karnataka through science-led development and new innovation systems

2. To strengthen the institutional mechanisms such as seed villages, village seed banks, participatory research for development (PR4D), inputs supply, agricultural machinery hiring centres, farm extension thru farm facilitators and communication systems for small and marginal farmers in the state for the DoA through capacity development, convergence, collective action, and partnerships

3. To assess the impact of climate change in different agro-eco regions of the state in terms of anticipated shifts in the crop growing periods, water availability, major crop yields, and evaluate adaptation strategies for developing climate resilient farming systems

4. To document the process of consortium functioning, learning, and impact of BCMP in terms of increased crop yields, institutional development and capacity building of different stakeholders in the state

What is Needed

Opportune time to harness the positive energy generated in the DoA and to adopt and institutionalise the science-led development approach in the state

Strengthen the consortium and linkages with SAUs e.g. India-EU Project, Indo-US, special projects etc.

Urgent need to develop sustainable agricultural practices considering the vulnerability of the fragile rain-fed agro-ecosystems while intensifying the systems.

To enhance not only the productivity but also to enhance the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and water use efficiency (WUE)

Efficient soil health assessment methods

Make small farm holders equal partners thru inclusive growth

What is New?

To assess the impact of climate change in different agro-eco regions of the state in terms of anticipated shifts in the crop growing periods, water availability, major crop yields, and evaluate adaptation strategies for developing climate resilient farming systems

Identify suitable team members from the SAUs and form a Climate Change Team (CCT) at state level to handle assessment of impacts of climate change at micro level in a coordinated manner

Train the CCT members and identify suitable simulation models to assess the impacts of climate change on the selected crops in the different districts and agro-eco regions in the state.

Impacts of Climate Change: Increased Dryland Areas

Climate Change Network in the State

Collate the historical weather data sets, soils information and put them in suitable format after quality check for use in the CC models.

Assess the impacts of climate change on changes in the agro-eco regions in the state, crop growing period, crop yields, and identify suitable crops as adaptation strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change.

Evaluate selected adaptation strategies in the benchmark locations of the target agro-eco regions in the state.

Develop awareness amongst the farmers in the state about the potential impacts of climate change on their crops and livelihoods and potential adaptation strategies based on the results of the participatory evaluation of adaptation strategies in the bench mark locations.

Need for Climate Resilient Agriculture

Establish a network of researchers

Converge researchers and development arms to provide timely information to farmers

Understand effects of climate change at local levels and build awareness amongst stakeholders

Needed Convergence

All IWMP watersheds have productivity enhancement activities

All seed production blocks to be linked with Bhoochetana

All fodder production to be linked

Strengthening Innovative Extension Systems

Document success stories in each taluk with farmers interviews videographed with crops

Capturing productivity gains in statistics

Develop and adopt GIS-based yield estimates thru consortium

Effective convergence with DE&S thru enabling policies and mechanisms

Expected Outputs

Increased yields of major crops by 20 per cent in five years over average yields recorded in the state during first phase of BC mission project

Increased agricultural income of the small and marginal farmers and gross value of agricultural produce in the state

Established institutional arrangements in selected districts for seed villages, village seed banks, custom hiring centres for agricultural equipment

Strengthening of new extension system to reach millions of small and marginal farmers

Expected Outputs

Increased awareness amongst the development department staff, farmers and policy makers about the anticipated impacts of climate change

Tested interventions as adaptation strategy for the farmers to cope with the impacts of climate change

Trained and climate ready human resource and inventory of good success stories from the BCMP for scaling-up in other states of the country

Sustainable intensification of agriculture for improving livelihoods of farmers thru innovative science-led and farmers centric BCMP

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New Extension System to be Strengthened thru FFSs

Tablet-based knowledge sharing

New Extension System to be Strengthened thru FFSs

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