Clima adapt project annual review meeting trichy 4 march

4th March 2015

ANNUAL REVIEW MEETINGCAPACITY BUILDING – WP2

WALAMTARI

Project Area

Krishna Basin

Cauvery Basin

NSPL, DC 4, Nalgonda district

NSPR, DC 21, Guntur district

AP State Reorganisation

WALAMTARI is common centre for both the states

Two State Level Supervisory Committees for policy and advocacy were constituted. ClimaAdapt project is being implemented in two states –Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

The project areas remain the same i.e., DC-4, Miryalaguda Circle, NSLC, Telangana State and DC-21, Narsaraopeta Circle, NSRC, Andhra Pradesh State.

Two States

Significant achievements

State Level Supervisory Committee meetings held

Climate Cell established at WALAMTARI

Canal Network Flow Monitoring System (CNFMS) established at WALAMTARI

Established sensors lab at WALAMTARI

Developed sensors for monitoring water at on-farm, canal and reservoir level

Increased participation of women in capacity building activities

Side event , Exhibition and participation at 22nd ICID Congress, Gwangju, South Korea, Sept 2014

Organised A.P. Water Week, 2014

National workshop on Climate Change Water and Improving water use efficiency. November 2014

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DC4, MIRYALAGUDA CIRCLE DC21, LINGAMGUNTLA CIRCLE

Project areas within the province

DC- Distributary CommitteeCNFMS Pilot AREAS

• Monitoring• Control centre• Sensors lab• Software development• Operation and maintenance - Sensors,

instruments, transducers, communication systems, power, etc.

• Decision support systems –Information visualization, Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, analysis, reports, etc.

WATER MANAGEMENT

CENTRE

WATER MANAGEMENT

Water level measurement in open

canal using three ultrasonic sensors

DC-4 – INSTALLED SENSORS FOR MONITORING WATER LEVEL, TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY

Sensors installed for water level at Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir

Pilot Field area

With sensors

Solar Power

Arduino, SIM 900, Battery, Temp and

Relative Humidity sensor

Bowman Water Tube with ultrasonic sensor

RBC Flume with ultrasonic sensor

Water Level in Field water tube (Bowman)

using ultrasonic sensor

Water Level and discharge measuring

using ultrasonic sensor in RBC Flume

Ultrasonic sensor

Soil Moisture measurement

in the soil at various depths

using ER sensors and Arduino

DATA VISUALISATION

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AUTOMATIC WEATHER

STATION

Climate CellWALAMTARI, AP

ProjectsClimaAdapt

Project

Canal Network flow monitoring

system

Sensors Development

Research and studiesForumClimate Water Forum –

discussion groups, website

NetworkingMeetings / conferences / seminars / workshops

Capacity building

Training, awareness,

sensitization, etc.

Dissemination - Online / Print – Books ,

booklets, magazines , posters, Publications

STAKEHOLDERS

•IRRIGATION

DEPARTMENT

•LINE

DEPARTMENTS

•CIVIL SOCIETY

•PUBLIC SECTOR

•PRIVATE SECTOR

PRIMARY

STAKEHOLDERS

-FARMERS’

ASSOCIATIONS

-SHG WOMEN

-YOUTH &

CHILDREN

POLICY /

ADVOCACY

I & CAD

Bioforsk and project partners

Software and

Sensors Dev. TeamRESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION

CAPACITY

BUILDING

- Superintending

Engineer and

team

- Farmers

Associations and

other

institutions

- Farmers

- WALAMTARI

- Field Training

Centres

- Water Manager

- PhD Scholars

- Internships

Canal Network Flow

Monitoring System [CNFMS]

Design

- Project

Leader

-Software

Engineer

Implement

- AEE

-AEE

-AEE

ClimaAdapt

I&CAD

BIOFORSK & PARTNERS

WALAMTARICNFMS

WATER

MANAGEMENT

Sensors and

Instruments Lab

Sensors Development

Technical Architecture CNFMS

SCHOOL CHIDREN

AWARENESS AND TRAINING

SCHOOL CHIDREN AWARENESS MEETING – CLIMAADDAPT PROJECT

INTERNS TRAINING AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES

HON’BLE MINISTER FOR WATER RESOURCES Ms. UMA BHARATHI AND MINISTER FOR STATE WATER RESOURCES VISIT TO CLIMAADAPT

EXHIBITION AT INDIA WATER WEEK 2015

ICEWAM, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIAVISIT TO INDIA WATER WEEK 2015

DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING ON SENSORS TO IRRIGATION ENGINEERS AND AGRICULTURE OFFICERS AT WALAMTARI

MEDIA

COVERAGE

# NAME OF THE

ACTIVITY

PLANNED OUTPUT ACTUAL OUTPUT REMARKS

1 Farmers

1.a Awareness on Climate

Change and Water (1

day)

600 farmers to be exposed on

climate change & water for

one day

635 farmers were trained on various

climate related issues, concepts,

scenarios and impacts. 29% women

participated. (February& March).

Targets achieved

as planned

1.b To promote awareness

about Village

Knowledge Centers (1

day)

600 farmers to be exposed on

the use of Village Knowledge

Centers and the accessible

services

620 farmers were trained on the use

and importance of Village

Knowledge centers. The Farmers

were trained by the Project

Associates, VKC-MSSRF staff,

ANGRAU (University) scientists and

resource persons (May & June). 49%

of women participated.

Targets achieved

as planned

About 46% women participated in the capacity building activities

conducted. Total participants were about 15000.

CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN 2014

# NAME OF THE ACTIVITY PLANNED OUTPUT ACTUAL OUTPUT REMARKS

1.c Adaptation Measures

(Alternate Wetting &

Drying, Mechanical

Transplanting, Direct Rice

Seed, Azolla, BGA, etc)- 1

day each

600 farmers to be trained

on selected adaptation

measures.

636 farmers were trained. The

trainers were trained by ANGRAU

(University) scientists & resources

persons (March). 39% women

participated.

Targets achieved

as planned

1.d On farm water Use

Efficiency (WUE), Water

measurement, conjunctive

use of water application

methods- 1 day


on Water Use Efficiency

667 farmers were trained by

ANGRAU (University) scientists &

resource persons. (March & April).

40% women participated.

Farmers provided

a positive

feedback on this

training.

1.e Weather based Agro

advisory for farm decision

making - 1 day


on Weather based Agro

advisory for farm decision

making




persons (June). 39% women

participated.

Farmers provided

a positive

feedback on the

trainings

1.f Soil fertility management

& carbon sequestration -

Biochar compost, NOx

emission, paddy &

methane emissions, crop

residue burning, etc. - 1

day.


on Soil fertility

management & carbon

sequestration




persons (August & September).

WALAMTARI staff also contributed in

preparation of resource material.

32% women participated.

Targets achieved

as planned

1.g Crop management - 1 day - Integrated pest management, weed management, GHGs reduction , etc.

1.g.i Paddy 600 farmers to be trained on crop

management in paddy to suit the

climate variability/extreme weather -

one day

645 farmers were trained by resource

persons and scientists from the Agriculture

University (March & April). 34% women

participated.

Targets were

achieved as planned

and there is a demand

from farmers to

conduct more

trainings on Paddy

crop management.

1.g.i

i

Cotton & Chillies 600 farmers were planned to be

trained on crop management in

cotton & chillies, including the

relevance to climate change aspects

- one day

611 farmers were trained by resource

persons and scientists from the Agriculture

University (March & April). 55% women

participated.

Targets achieved as

planned

1.h Field days on Adaptation

measures (4-5 events)

Exposure to the ongoing pilot

initiatives to 2000 farmers in the

project areas

1939 farmers were taken for field exposure

and awareness by resources persons and

scientists from the Agriculture University

(November). 56% women participated.

Targets achieved as

planned

2 Women Climate Volunteers 2

per each Village organization

(2 days).

120 Women Climate Volunteers will

be trained on climate change for two

days.

134 women participated in the awareness

program. A booklet in local language has

been printed for this training (July).

The targets achieved

as planned.

3 SHG members 12 from each

VO (total 70 Vos) - General

Awareness on Climate

Change & Clima Adapt - 1

day

840 SHG members will be trained on

climate change & ClimaAdapt.

900 women participated in the awareness

program. A booklet in local language has

been printed for this training (May & June).

The targets achieved

much exceeded the

planned outputs.

Exclusive trainings for

women were

conducted to

encourage their

participation.

4 Children and Climate Change

4.a Children - Awareness

on Water use

efficiency, Canal

environment, Crop

management and soil

management

4000 School children to get

awareness on Water use

efficiency, Canal environment,

Crop management and soil

management.

4223 School children were

participated in the awareness

program to get awareness on Water

use efficiency, Canal environment,

Crop management and soil

management (July & August). 60% of

the children in schools are Girls.

The targets

achieved much

exceeded the

planned outputs.

There is demand

for such trainings

from teachers and

parents.

4.b Children - Pilot

demonstration of crop

Water management

involving teachers,

irrigation dept,

agriculture dept& FTCs

2 Schools in each project area

will be selected for Pilot

demonstration of crop Water

management involving

teachers, irrigation dept.,

agriculture dept& FTCs

2 Schools in each project area

covering 160 students (i.e., 40

students from each school) were

selected for Pilot demonstration of

crop Water management involving

teachers, resource persons,

irrigation dept., and agriculture dept

officers. Awareness on Water

management & training on

assembling and usage of sensors

was given to the school children. The

children were involved in the Kharif

season (October to December). The

pilot demonstration & data

collection in being done in the Rabi

season (May 2015). 60% of the

children in schools are Girls.

The program is

ongoing and

would be

completed in Rabi

season (by May

2015)

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5 Gender & Climate

change - 1 day

960 women SHG members

and farmers would be

sensitized and created

awareness on Gender and

Climate Change issues

1178 women participated in the

awareness program. A booklet in

local language has been printed for

this training (September).

The target

achieved is much

exceeded the

planned outputs

6 Line department staff

6.a Gender & Climate

change - 1 day

60 members from the project

areas (line departments,

Field coordinators and

resource persons) will be

given 2 days training on

Gender & Climate change.

This programme would be

conducted in collaboration with

MSSRF.

Gender is an

important aspect

to be created

awareness and

sensitized among

the line

department staff.

6.b Awareness on Village

Knowledge Centers

(1- day)


areas (line departments,

Field coordinators and

resource persons) will be

given 2 days training on

Village Knowledge Centers -

This training would

conducted with the support

of MSSRF

90 members were trained by

resources persons (October). 61%

women participated.

The targets

achieved much

exceeded the

planned outputs.

With the support

of MSSRF staff.

6.c On farm water use

efficiency (WUE), water

measurements,

conjunctive use of

water, water

application methods


areas (line departments , Field

coordinators and resource

persons) will be given On farm

water use efficiency (WUE),

water measurements,

conjunctive use of water, water

application methods

This program was completed on 28th

February. 61 members attended

from the project area, line

departments, field coordinators etc

(February).

Received positive

feedback from the

participants and

requested for more

such trainings in the

future.

6.d Soil fertility

management & carbon

sequestration - 1 day -

Biochar compost,

paddy & methane ,

crop residue burning,

etc.


areas (line departments , Field


persons) will be given training

on Soil fertility management &

carbon sequestration

40 members were trained from the

project areas by resource persons

(February). At WALAMTARI as part of

capacity building to the line

departments 150 officials were

trained.

The number of

trainees exceeded

more than the

planned outputs.

6.e Adaptation measures

(Alternate wetting &

drying, Mechanical

transplanting, direct

rice seed, azolla, BGA,

etc)- 1 day


areas (line departments, Field


persons) will be given training

on Adaptation measures


resource persons (July & August). In

collaboration with IWMI the

trainings were conducted at the

KVKs, therefore more number of

participants participated in the

trainings.

The targets

achieved much

exceeded the

planned outputs.

7 Trainers Training

Program to resource

persons and line

department personnel

for 2 days


areas (line departments, Field


persons) will be given trainers

training on the Climate Change

Adaptation

The program was not conducted. The training was not

conducted due to

political and social

unrest.

8 Special Training Programs

8.a Advanced Course on

Climate Change for

Master Trainers (3

days)

30 master trainers from line

departments, Field


persons will be given 3 days

training on climate change


resources persons in the month of

September. 37% women

participated.

8.b SWAT Model (5 DAYS) 30 master trainers from line

departments , Field



training on SWAT Model

The training was not conducted Would be

conducted in

consultation with

IWMI.

8.c AQUACROP (5 DAYS) 30 master trainers from line

departments , Field



training on AQUACROP

modelling and use

The training was not conducted. Training to be

conducted in

consultation with

Bioforsk, FAO and

IWMI.

8.d Water Use Efficiency

(3 days)

30 master trainers from line

departments , Field



training on Water Use

Efficiency

The training was not conducted.

9 Exposure Visits

9.a Climate Change Adaptation Measures to farmers

9.a.i Within State 500 farmers will be taken for

exposure visit within the state

for 2 days

680 farmers were gone to

exposure visit on Climate change

adaptation measures to KVK

Garikapadu, KVK Gadipally & AP-

TECH 2014 at RARS Larmfarm,

Guntur (December).

The targets

achieved much

exceeded the

planned outputs.

There is huge

demand from

farmers for such

exposure visits to

learn on Innovative

and good practices

in agriculture.

9.a.i

i

Outside the State 50 farmers will be taken for

exposure visit outside the

state for 6 days

50 farmers went on an exposure

visit for 5 days to MSSRF Chennai

in the month of October.

This exposure visit

was organized with

the support of

MSSRF Chennai.

9.b Climate Change Adaptation measures - Project staff, Line dept

9.b.i Within State 100 Line department

members & project staff will

be taken for exposure visit

with in the state for 2 days

20 line department staff and

support staff participated along

with the farmers

The line

department staff

were engaged in

their regular

activities and could

not give time for

organizing

exposure visits.

9.b.i

i

Outside the State 30 Line department members

& project staff will be taken

for exposure visit outside the

state for 6 days

26 Line department staff have

gone to exposure visit for 5 days to

parts of Tamil Nadu and

Pondicherry States. (October).

This exposure visit

was organized with

the support of

MSSRF Chennai.

10 National & International Workshops /Conference

10.a Annual and Half yearly

review meetings and

others

From ClimaAdapt project 3

members would participate in

the Half yearly review

meeting to be conducted in

Norway from 15 to 20th June

2014

Two members took part in the half

yearly review meeting organized by

BIOFORSK, Norway.

Due to the State

reorganization one

member could not

participate

10.b ICID congress, South

Korea on water and

others

Four members would

participate in the ICID

congress (14-20 September)

being conducted in south

Korea and organize a side

event on water use efficiency.

Three officers from WALAMTARI

participated. Er. L. Narayan Reddy,

Director General, Dr. K. Yella Reddy,

Director (A&R) and Dr. N. Sai

Bhaskar Reddy, Coordinator,

ClimaAdapt. Two officers from

Bioforsk also participated. Dr.

Nagothu Udaya Sekhar, Director

International Programmes & Dr.

Johannes Deelstra, Senior

Researcher. The side event was

titled “Adapting to Changing

Climate in Irrigated Agriculture”.

Papers (four numbers) and Posters

(three numbers) were also

presented during the ICID

Congress.

During the side

event the

discussions were

on a. Climate smart

agriculture and

water

technologies; b.

Capacity Building

and Investments

and c. Institutional

and Policy

Framework.

11 Others

11.a Establishment of

Climate Cell

Climate cell to be established

and located at WALAMTARI

Climate Cell is established at

WALAMTARI – software for Canal

Network Flow Monitoring Systems

being developed – automatic

sensors developed for monitoring

water levels, soil moisture,

temperature and relative

humidity; Water Levels being

monitored for canal and on-farm.

A space is created

at WALAMTARI for

the climate cell.

This is an

innovative

initiative by

WALAMTARI done

under the project.

11.b Water and Climate

Conference

National level conference,

with participation of

stakeholders from

institutions / agencies /

organizations and

Government. Planned in

April

A National Level workshop titled

“Climate Change and Water :

Improving water use efficiency”

was conducted 13-14 November

2014. The CWC Chairman, General

Secretary, ICID, Scientists, officials,

NGOS, etc., about 100 nos

participated. There was also an

exhibition on the ClimaAdapt

Project and water monitoring

technologies was conducted.

It was very well

organized and

appreciated by all.

The papers

presented are

brought into

Proceedings.

11.c Studies on Capacity

Building needs and

data collection from

field

Studies would be conducted

on the capacity building

needs, adaptation practices

and impact on the trainees

was planned in June

Not conducted. This study would

be conducted by

an independent

expert team

11.d AP Water week on

World water day - On

the theme of 2014

WWD

Planned for 300 School

children, College students,

Meeting with ministers,

principal secretary, line

departments & interaction

with media

750 School children, College

students Meeting with ministers,

principal secretary, line

departments & interaction with

media attended for the

programme (March).

There was

overwhelming

response and

participation from

all the

stakeholders. IWMI

supported in

organizing this

programme.

11.e Climate Forum (Water

and Agriculture focus)

- Networking with

secondary

stakeholders

All stakeholders relevant to

Climate Change and

Adaptation and focus on

Water and Agriculture sectors

will be networked through

the Climate Forum created.

There will be meetings

conducted and through social

sites and websites

information will be shared.

Network meetings with

stakeholders are planned, an

online discussion forum on Water

Use Efficiency is created.

This forum would

be facilitated along

with IWMI.

11.f Workshops with line

departments - 1 day

50 members from the line

departments would

participate, this is for sharing

the project outputs and

advocacy on WUE and

Agriculture good practices

48 Members from the line

departments attended the

workshop conducted in May

WALAMTARI

hosted this

workshop. It also

provided a

platform for

discussion and

dissemination of

project results

11.g State level

Supervisory

Committee

meetings- 3

meetings

3 number of state level

Supervisory Committee

meetings will be planned for

2014.

One meeting was conducted in the

last week of January, the principal

secretary, I&CAD and

representatives from line

departments participated.

Second meeting was conducted for

Telangana state in the month of July,

the principal secretary, I&CAD and

representatives from line

departments participated.

There is a need for formation

of two State Level

Supervisory Committees for

the two states - Telangana

and Andhra Pradesh (in this

regard GO was issued by AP

State).

11.h Dissemination

Resource

material

publication -

Books,

Booklets, etc.

3 books / booklets will be

printed, based on the capacity

building initiatives under

ClimaAdapt Project (August to

November)

Participated in the Exhibitions and

events. Participated in the exhibition

during the Indian Engineers

Congress (Dec. 2014) and IEI,

Hyderabad and Directorate of Rice

Research Farmers Day (Nov 2014),

Hyderabad.

Posters, banners, awareness

materials are printed for

dissemination.

11.i Canal Network

Flow

Monitoring

System

(CNFMS)

The ClimaAdapt team would be

involved in design of CNFMS,

development of systems in

association with I&CAD, capacity

building of the stakeholders,

implementation in the pilot

WUAs, data collection,

monitoring of results and

outputs, and submission of

progress report.

33 personnel from the I &CAD

department trained on the

development of software for

CNFMS. 4 people were trained on

Canal Automation.

30 members from the I &CAD

department from Andhra Pradesh &

Telangana state were trained on

Canal Automation at CWPRS, Pune.

Capacity building

programmes are planned for

the I&CAD department on

canal automation systems.

On deputation personnel

from the I&CAD are engaged

for development of software

for monitoring, analysis and

decision support systems.

12 Ph.D Research work Students from local Institutes

and Universities to be

involved through internship

to conduct studies on Water

Use Efficiency, soil studies

and sensors for monitoring of

water and other parameters

in the project areas.

Students from KCAET (kelappaji

college of agricultural engineering

& technology) Kerala, RGUKT (Rajiv

Gandhi university of Knowledge &

Technologies ), NIT Surathkal & NIT

Warangal were to be involved

through internship to conduct

studies on Water Use Efficiency,

soil studies and sensors for

monitoring of water and other

parameters in the project areas.

More students are

willing to join for

their internship

Programme under

ClimaAdapt Project

at WALAMTARI.

ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTATION SUMMARY

Under ClimaAdapt Project, WALAMTARI is implementing Capacity Building to the stakeholders from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States. Climate Cell was established at WALAMTARI. For monitoring and managing water resources efficiently sensors were developed and installed at on-farm, canal and reservoir levels. Canal Network Flow Monitoring System software was developed by Irrigation engineers. Scaling up the ClimaAdapt project initiatives to the ongoing and new projects – Kakatiya Mission for monitoring water in tanks of Telangana, CADWAM and CWC Projects funded by Govt of India, for research and studies using sensors on water use efficiency. Involved children from schools in development of sensor systems, awareness on climate change and studies on water use efficiency and agricultural practices. About 46% women participated and total participants were about 15000 in year 2014 in the capacity building activities conducted.

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