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Agricultural Production & Livelihood System Research in Dryland Areas of South Asia: Highlights on Activities & Outcomes
Haileslassie et al.. /work plan meeting/Kathmandu/27-28/08/13)
Photo : Amare Haileslassie ICRISAT/ILRI
Today’s presentation
Major purposes of the inception phase
Key highlights from the inception phase outputs
Regional workshops & analysis of macro-level data to identify:
― Sites and structure of the production & livelihood systems
― Observed changes and major driver ― Research hypotheses and activities ― Identification of key partners
Sites and priority production & livelihood systems— Jodhpur/Osien; — Barmer/Chotan; — Jaisalmer/Jaisalmer;
— Bijapur/Basavan-Bagewadi;
— Bijapur /Almel;— Bijapur/Devar Hipparagi;
— Anantapur/Kalyandurg;— Kurnool/Dohne;— Madhya Pradesh
— Cakewalk ( Pakistan)
Key highlights from the inception phase outputs
Examples of observed changes: livestock herd composition and implications for feed supply
Key highlights from the inception phase outputs
( Jodhpur, Ananatapur)
Examples of observed changes ( operational land holding)
Key highlights from the inception phase outputs
Jodhpur, ANANTAPUR
Key highlights from the inception phase outputs
Examples of observed changes (yield instability as indicated by CV)
Examples of observed changes (nutrient and water mining)
Water and nutrient stock mining are major environmental problems;
Micro nutrient become issues of concern;
The impact in mixed crop livestock system is beyond grain yield;
Key highlights from the inception phase outputs
Good news!
Huge yield gap in many parts [milk and grain (e.g. ICRISAT work)]
How can we reap these sustainably and where should our focus ?
Key highlights from the inception phase outputs
Partners
Key highlights from the inception phase outputs
Highlights from post-inception phase activities & outputs
Selecting action villages and systematically organizing baseline information
Baseline livelihood capital assessment
— 15 villages representing more than 8 production systems
— Interview of 1000HH and data entry completed
— Adoption, vulnerability study is undergoing now
— Weather based crop and livestock insurances
— Social network for women
Highlights from post-inception phase activities & outputs
Selecting action villages and systematically organizing baseline information
Baseline biophysical survey and longer-term data capturing
— Land use land cover maps (5x5m resolution)
— Biomass productivity assessment using NDVI
— Baseline soil quality assessment data
— Agro-biodiversity survey
— 15 climate data loggers procured
Highlights from post-inception phase activities and outputs
Establishing an innovation platform and filling the “basket of technology” options
Technology, Institutional and Policy Innovation Platforms established and first meeting held
ToR prepared and endorsed
Village level suitable technology assessment ( including gender-friendly)
Highlights from post-inception phase activities and outputs
Building a trust with farmers and innovation platform members
On farm participatory experimentation :— of three varieties of millet;
— two varieties of sorghum
— three varieties of cluster bean; with and with out in-situ and ex-situ agricultural water management
— 3 varieties of moth and mung bean
50 hectares of CPR ( protection, diversification, institutionalization)
Investment
Post inception phase investment across IDOs (W1 and W2)
Investment
Project Sponsor Budget (‘$000)
Bhoochetana KN Soil testing
Gov’t KN 156
KN soil testing irrigation Gov’t KN 412
Univ Florida Geospatial USAID 24
Yield gaps KN Gov’t KN 1,118
Yield gaps AP Gov’t AP 300
Legumes India & Myanmar
IFAD 69
KN horticulture Gov’t KN 52
Investment s from bilateral projects
Thanks for your attention