Nutrition Garden

Nutrition garden

Harvest

A Community vegetable garden

Fish farming...

Fish farming

Pond excavation work...

Pond

CPR

Road-side tree plantation...

Fallow land plantation

Fallow land plantation....

Tree saplings distribution

Tree saplings distribution among school children....

About the Project

DRCSC has been implemented a project, "Promotion of self system of community based Agroforestry in Birbhum district, West Bengal" supported by Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) since April 2019. The project is being implemented with a coverage of 600 beneficiary households in 2 Blocks (Md. Bazar and Labpur) of Birbhum District with an objective To increase the availability of food, fodder, fuel wood by development of agro forestry models on under/unutilized common/private and public lands and reducing of green house gases (GHGs) emission through introduction of alternative energy facilities resulting into improved living conditions of rural poor households especially women.

 

MajorActivities (Phase - I)

arrow Agro forestry plantation in different ecosystems i.e. plantation of local variety plant species in fallow/waste lands, road/canal side, surrounding rice    fields etc.

arrow Introducing Appropriate Technologies like smokeless oven, bio-gas, rooftop rainwater harvesting structures, excavation/renovation of ponds

arrow Training and Awareness on Agroforestry and Eco-farming

 

Activities done in first phase of the project (2018-2021)

arrow A total of 37.36 Hectare area has been planted with around 39200 saplings (26 types) in different eco-systems like Road/Canal side, Fallow/Waste land, Surrounding rice fields and Homestead lands as well

arrow During the plantation activities around 2417 person days have been created and a local contribution of Rs. 129412/- has been generated.

arrow 481 smokeless ovens and 46 bio-gas have been installed

arrow 30 ponds have been excavated which helped in harvesting 8882845 Litres of water and providing irrigation in 21.4 Hectare land in the dry season.

arrow During the earthwork of pond excavation, around 3480 person days have been created and an amount of Rs. 194938/- has been generated as local contribution

arrow 2 Nos. of Community nursery along with 10 nos. satellite nurseries have been set up with around 75000 saplings. The surplus saplings have been sold to nearby markets and a lump sum amount has been earned by the targeted households.

arrow 10 Rooftop rainwater harvest tanks have been set up

arrow 16 Nos. of vermi-compost production units have been set up

arrow Those using Smokeless ovens have reported that the need of fuel wood has been reduced to at least 2kgs per day on an average

arrow This is an evident that due to plantation at fallow land, soil moisture has been increased which leads to increase green cover in the surface for longer time

arrow Local people having own lands are being gradually motivated towards planting more MPTs

 

MajorActivities of Second Phase of the project (2021-2024)

arrow MPT and Fruit Tree Plantation in School compound, Fallow land along with establishment of group managed common agroforestry plots.

arrow Establishing Large Scale Vermi-compost production unit, Cow shade flooring. Preparation of community as well as satellite nursery for round the year.

arrow Establishing Seed banks and conduction session on Environment Education in schools.