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Transforming Lives through Climate Adaptive Livelihoods

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About DRCSC

45th year of journey

Since 1982 Development Research Communication and Services Centre (DRCSC) is working "for a sustainable future free from poverty, hunger and environmental degradation". Its mission is to "ensure food, nutrition and livelihood security of the resource poor population through skill development, action research, and networking oriented towards collective self-sufficiency.

Natural Resource Management

Climate Smart Agriculture

Livelihood Diversification

Knowledge Imparting

Project Objective

The overall objective of the project is to increase livelihood resilience and the adaptive capacity of 1200 vulnerable farming families against the negative impact of climate change in Rarhdistrict (semi-arid region of West Bengal).1200 families in Purulia and Jhargram districts are adopting climate-adaptive livelihood and food security practices and coping with the negative impacts of climate change.20 target communities are strengthened in their local self-organization, in their capacities and in their awareness of environmental protection and climate change (adaption).

Increasing livelihood resilience and adaptive capacity of 1200 vulnerable farming families against the negative impact of climate change in Rarh districts (semi-arid region) of West Bengal.

Households undertake risk reduction measures and practices to minimize negative impacts of climate change related to their livelihood.

Community based institutions are strengthened and are able to access different Govt. schemes and services to adapt with climate change impacts

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Key Activities

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Natural Resource Management

Soil water conservation, Community forest, hapa, dug well, rainwater harvesting, NTFT etc.

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Climate Smart Agriculture

Ecological agriculture, Vermi compost, FFS, OFS, IMP, INM, Mix cropping, relay cropping, seed bank etc.

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Livelihood Diversification

Nutrition garden, livestock management, vocational training, aquaculture.

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Knowledge Imparting

Group strengthening, FL training, Livestock management, LRC, Climate change, work with school children

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Improvement of Input Production Infrastructures

Biogas etc.

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NRM based youth entrepreneurship development

Livestock Farming etc.

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Working Area

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Kasipur Block

Purulia

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Kasipur Block

Purulia

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Total No of HHs: 1200 nos (Purulia 670 nos and Jhargram 530 nos). Total no of GPs: 4 nos (Purulia 2 nos & Jhargram 2 nos).

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Jamboni Block

Jhargram

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Jamboni Block

Jhargram

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Total no of Mouza Villages: 30 nos (Purulia 16 nos & Jhargram 14 nos)

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Project Activities





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Training and capacity building of the rural households on sustainable natural resource management (NRM), along with nutrition garden, livestock management, fishery, nutritional education, financial literacy (FL) and income generation programmes (IGPs).
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Improvement of sustainable soil and water conservation measures, plantation work, and social forestry activities are being conducted.
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Model farms for integrated farming system (IFS) and support for promotion of ecological farming.
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Improvement of nutrition garden, management of livestock and diversification of livelihoods in both on-farm and off- farm.
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Improvement of input production infrastructure, such as compost, vermicompost, and organic manure.
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Setting up of an automated weather station (AWD) and an agro advisory board for the dissemination of weather forecasts and agricultural recommendations.
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Establishment of energy-efficient models, which include bio-gas and smokeless chullah.
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Improvement of micro-irrigation facilities, which includes ditches, dug-wells, farm ponds, etc.
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Establishment and operation of Livelihood Resource Hubs for the dissemination of knowledge and skills to the community.
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Promotion of local seed banks and fodder banks.
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Raising awareness and environ-mental education with school children through campaigning and the effects of climate resilience models.

Some Beneficiaries

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Target Beneficiaries

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Economically backward and facing financial trouble round the year. Socially backward communities

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Families situated in vulnerable drought prone regions and prone to climate change effects.

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Landless & marginal farmer families.

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Families having mutual understanding and faith, agreeing in giving contribution for any support and mindset for involving in this kind of initiative.

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Women headed households

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Socially backward communities

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Outcome

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1,200 families in Purulia and Jhargram districts are adopting climate-adapted livelihood and food security practices and coping with the negative impacts of climate change.

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The targeted households are now practicing climate-adaptive techniques both in agriculture and beyond.

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At the same time, food and nutritional security is being ensured for these households throughout the year.

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The families have begun enhancing their income-generation capacities by developing climate-resilient livelihoods with various diversified income sources.