TATA CInI
Case Study
ABOUT CLIENTCollectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives
(CInI) is a philanthropic organization established by Tata Trusts
in an endeavour to uplift the lives of Central India’s tribal
households through their Central India Initiative. In April 2015,
CInI launched its ambitious ‘Mission 2020: Lakhpati Kisan – Smart
Villages’ program, with an aim to bring about 101,000 households
irreversibly out of poverty with increased quality of life and life
choices and to develop 17 blocks as regional drivers for growth
across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Jharkhand, and Odisha.
Each of the 101,000 households is envisaged to earn INR 120,000
per annum or more, compared with the baseline average yearly
earnings of INR 40,000. Currently, the program impacts over 70,000
households, bringing them in the ambit of institutional structures
for driving change.
CHALLENGESThis initiative focuses on leveraging the best and
advanced technologies in the field of agriculture to address the
specific constraints faced by the tribal population in the
region.
Besides the cultivation of crops, CInI wants to establish other
sources of livelihood like the production of lac and tussar. They
also believe in the merits of livestock development, especially
small ruminants like goats and pigs, for which they are looking to
instate better animal husbandry practices.
Not being able to profile farmers, their produce and incomes
Non-availability of best practices to farmers for produce
optimization
No alerts availability
Not being able to track agri-inputs
Tracking field team activities
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Improving the livelihood of farmers growing vegetables
Digitization and channelization of data
Yield analysis to measure the impact of the intervention
Actively engaging farmers by sending advisories related to the
best PoP
Tracking of the field team
Organize events to educate farmers on new schemes in addition to
the appropriate usage of chemical inputs
OUR SOLUTIONTo achieve goals that are inclined more towards
capacity building of the farmers, CInI is primarily leveraging
CropIn’s SmartFarm as a tool to achieve the same. The company has
an active
user base of around 40, each handling a minimum of 50 farmers.
SmartFarm enables CInI with the following activities:
The field staff engage with the farmer on a day-to-day basis and
collect critical farm data using SmartFarm’s easy-to-use modules.
This data is stored in CropIn’s centralized cloud
platform and is readily available to other key stakeholders in
the project for effective decision-making.
PROJECT IMPACT
The entire project runs currently in Godabanda and Dhalbhumgarh
regions in Jharkhand. This is their first year of engagement with
CropIn, and
the field staff are utilising SmartFarm to monitor capsicum,
green peas, watermelon, bottle gourd, cauliflower, chilli, cabbage,
brinjal, bitter gourd and tomatoes.
Forms
EXPANSION PLANSImpact Track livestock through
www.cropin.com
