Increasing Household Incomes through Agri-allied Interventions
Description
The program is implemented through Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) which is an NGO supported by Tata Chemicals Ltd. The NGO has full time staffs with defined roles & responsibilities for project implementation. The program is designed based on the need assessment study conducted in the target area with consultation with key community & other stakeholders. The program is implemented during the project period in partnership with community and government line departments. The community also contributes to the project expenditure in cash or in kind. The withdrawal strategy designed for the program helps in exiting from the program that was designed for the said period and next level project planning is done for community development.
The project's staff undergo trainings both for program implementation and for their soft skills development (such as communication, etc). TCL also partners with various government line departments, technical institutions, academic institutions, and NGOs for mobilising technology and resources. There are in-house trainings for staff and also external trainings at renowned institutions. The staffs also go for exposure visits to various organisations to understand their best practices for replication.
There is a structured hierarchy with defined roles & responsibilities:*Field staffs reports to Project Coordinator*Project Coordinator reports to site CSR Head* Site CSR Head reports to Company’s CSR HeadThe program has a logical framework with defined indicators at goal, objective & output level, and the monitoring system ensures proper implementation at all levels. There is review mechanism on performance of all the staffs as well.
The comments mentioned below were given by Trust Consulting which carried out impact assessment study for CSR programs of Tata Chemicals in 2012-13<br />
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<br>For Mithapur (Gujarat)<br />
<br>• Increase the nonfarm based activities and work with women through SHG for wider coverage and also for their empowerment<br />
<br>• Getting Natural Resource Management programs under Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Generation Act (MGNERGA) as land levelling, farm bund, ponds check dam can be brought under MGNREGA<br />
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<br>For Babrala (Uttar Pradesh)<br />
<br>• Work towards integrated farming systems that combine land development, livestock, plantation and organic cultivation practices. <br />
<br>• Organic waste from livestock to be used for improving soil health by converting into manure and vermi-compost<br />
<br>• Promote fuel wood plantation which would make dung, which is at present converted into cakes for fuel, available for composting<br />
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<br>For Haldia (West Bengal)<br />
<br>• Increasing cropping intensity (number of times same land is used to cultivate in a year) is needed.<br />
<br>• To take advantage of the govt program in improving the cattle breed and subsidizing cattle sheds <br />
<br>• To train youth to maintain and keep biogas plants intact. Construct more of the plants <br />
<br>• To make pond management activities more comprehensive in nature and have a clear cut long term plan for the same<br />
<br>• Has the potential to grow as a subsector and those who have already started ornamental fish culture become a rallying point <br />
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* Gujarat - Gujarat Green Revolution Corporation, Irrigation department (Government of Gujarat), District Agriculture Department (Dev Bhumi Dwarka), District Horticulture Department (Dev Bhumi Dwarka), Agriculture Technology Management Agency (Dev Bhumi Dwarka), Agriculture University, Junagadh District Animal Husbandry Department (Jamanagar), Kheti Vikas Agency (Dev Bhumi Dwarka)
* West Bengal - Sutahata Block Development, Haldia Block Development, Purba Medinipur Horticulture Development Purba Medinipur Agriculture Development
* Uttar Pradesh: GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, SVB Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, KVK - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Directorate of Rapeseed Mustard Research, Indian Agriculture Research Institute, U. P. Ag. - Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Department,Uttar Pradesh Animal Husbandry Department, Pradeshik Cooperative Dairy Federation, National Dairy Research Institute, Animal Welfare Production Society
SDGS & Targets
Goal 2
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
2.1
By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
2.1.1
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.1.2
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
2.2
By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
2.2.1
Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age
2.2.2
Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)
2.2.3
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15 to 49 years, by pregnancy status (percentage)
2.3
2.3.1
Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming/pastoral/forestry enterprise size
2.3.2
Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status
2.4
By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
2.4.1
Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture
2.5
By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed
2.5.1
Number of (a) plant and (b) animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
2.5.2
Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of extinction
2.a
2.a.1
The agriculture orientation index for government expenditures
2.a.2
Total official flows (official development assistance plus other official flows) to the agriculture sector
2.b
Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round
2.b.1
Agricultural export subsidies
2.c
Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility
2.c.1
Indicator of food price anomalies
Goal 1
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
1.1
By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
1.1.1
Proportion of the population living below the international poverty line by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)
1.2
By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.2.1
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age
1.2.2
Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.3
Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
1.3.1
Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable
1.4
By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
1.4.1
Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
1.4.2
Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, (a) with legally recognized documentation, and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure
1.5
By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
1.5.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
1.5.2
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP)
1.5.3
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
1.5.4
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
1.a
Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
1.a.1
Total official development assistance grants from all donors that focus on poverty reduction as a share of the recipient country's gross national income
1.a.2
Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
1.b
Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions
1.b.1
Pro-poor public social spending
SDG 14 targets covered
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Koushal Kumar Sinha, Deputy Manager – CSR, Tata Chemicals, Mumbai