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Impact Assessment of Agriculture Interventions in Tribal Areas in MP-Final Report Impact Assessment of Agriculture Interventions in Tribal Areas in Madhya Pradesh Final Report July 2009 Catalyst Management Services Pvt Ltd Regional Office: E-2/244, Arera Colony, Bhopal – 462016 Phone: 0755 4202234, Mobile 9893464296 Email: [email protected] Head Office: #19,1st Main, 1st Cross, Ashwathnagar, RMV 2nd Stage, Bangalore – 560094, Ph.: +91 (080) 23419616 Fax: +91 (080) 23417714 Email:[email protected] Catalyst Management Services, Bhopal i Impact Assessment of Agriculture Interventions in Tribal Areas in MP-Final Report Abbreviations and Acronyms AD Additional Director MP Madhya Pradesh ADO Agriculture Development Officer MSP Minimum Support Price AGMARKNET Agricultural Marketing Information MTEFs Medium Term Expenditure Framework Network AGRISNET Agriculture Information system MTFF Medium Term Fiscal Framework Network ATMA Agriculture Technologies Management N:P:K Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium Agency CAG Comptroller Auditor General NADEP An activity pertaining to organic farming CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate NADP National Agriculture Development Programme CMS Catalyst Management Services NDC National Development Council CSS Centrally Sponsored Schemes NFSM National Food security Mission DDA Deputy Director of Agriculture NGO Non-Government Organizations DFID Department for International NPC National Productivity Council Development DPIP District Poverty Initiative Programme NRCS National Research centre for Soybean EKV E- Agriculture Marketing NREG National Rural Employment Guarantee FFS Farmers Field School NREGS National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes FRBMA Fiscal Responsibility and Budget NSA Net Sown Area Management Act FW Frame Work PHT Post Harvest Technology FW&AD Farmer’s Welfare & Agriculture PMPSUS Poverty Monitoring and Policy Support Development Unit Society GOMP Government of Madhya Pradesh POP Package of Practices GSDP Gross State Domestic Product PPP Public Private Partnerships HYV High Yielding Variety PRI Panchayat Raj Institution ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural PSE Public Sector Enterprise Research ICDP Integrated cereal development QQT Quality, Quantity and Time Bound Programme ICRISAT The International Crops Research RAEO Rural Agriculture Extension Officer Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics INM Integrated Nutrients Management REO Research Extension Officer ISOPOM Integrated scheme for Oilseed, Pulses SADO Senior Agriculture Development Officer and Maize JLNAU Jawahar Lal Nehru Agriculture SCP Special Component Plan University JNKVV Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa SDAO Senior Divisional Agriculture Officer Vidyalaya KVK Krishi Vigyan Kendras SPMG Strengthening Performance Management in Government MoAC Ministry of Agriculture and SRR Seed Replacement Rate Cooperatives Catalyst Management Services, Bhopal ii Impact Assessment of Agriculture Interventions in Tribal Areas in MP-Final Report Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................................II TABLE OF CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................................III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................V 1 STATUS OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE INTERVENTIONS IN MP..................................19 1.1 STATUS OF AGRICULTURE:......................................................................................................................19 1.2 AGRICULTURE INTERVENTIONS IN MP: ...................................................................................................22 2 STATUS OF TRIBALS DEVELOPMENT AND TRIBAL AGRICULTURE............................................26 2.1 TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT:...........................................................................................................................26 2.2 STATUS OF TRIBAL AGRICULTURE..........................................................................................................27 3 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE..........................................................................................................................29 3.1 MAIN OBJECTIVE: ....................................................................................................................................29 3.2 SCOPE OF THE STUDY: ............................................................................................................................29 3.3 IMPACT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK: ......................................................................................................30 3.4 STUDY LIMITATIONS:................................................................................................................................31 4 METHODOLOGY AND TOOLS ...................................................................................................................32 4.1 THE STUDY METHODS AND TOOLS: ........................................................................................................32 4.2 GUIDING PRINCIPLES:..............................................................................................................................34 4.3 STUDY UNIVERSE, SAMPLING PROCEDURE:...........................................................................................35 4.4 ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK: .........................................................................................................................37 4.5 THE STUDY PROCESS:.............................................................................................................................39 5 PROFILE OF SAMPLES ...............................................................................................................................40 5.1 SAMPLE PROFILE .....................................................................................................................................40 5.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF FARMERS IN TRIBAL AREAS .................................................................41 6 OBJECTIVE 1 - IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTIONS...........45 6.1 ECONOMIC IMPACT...................................................................................................................................45 6.2 POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT ..................................................................................................68 6.3 SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACT.......................................................................................................................71 6.4 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................77 6.5 CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURE TOWARDS POVERTY REDUCTION .....................................................79 6.6 SUSTAINABILITY .......................................................................................................................................82 7 OBJECTIVE 2 AND 4 – CONTEXT AND RELEVANCE OF AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTIONS .84 8 OBJECTIVE 3 – BEST PRACTICES...........................................................................................................91 8.2 ROLE OF PRIVATE PLAYERS AND NGOS IN AGRICULTURE..................................................................102 8.3 PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME ......................................................................................104 9 OBJECTIVE 5 – LESSONS AND KEY MESSAGES..............................................................................106 9.1 KEY LESSONS:.......................................................................................................................................106 9.2 AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN TRIBAL AREAS: ENABLING AND DISABLING (VULNERABILITY) FACTORS ..............................................................................................................................................................107 10 POLICY POINTERS AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................................111 10.1 POLICY POINTERS:.................................................................................................................................111 10.2 PROGRAMME INTERVENTIONS:..............................................................................................................113 Catalyst Management Services, Bhopal iii Impact Assessment of Agriculture Interventions in Tribal Areas in MP-Final Report 10.3 MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS:............................................................................................................114 ANNEX-1: TERMS OF REFERENCE.................................................................................................................115 ANNEX-2: SOURCES OF SECONDARY INFORMATION .............................................................................118 ANNEX-3: LIST OF INTERVIEWEES.................................................................................................................120 ANNEX-4: POINTERS ON UTILISING THE POTENTIAL OF RKVY............................................................124 ANNEX-5: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN TWO TRIBAL DISTRICTS..126 ANNEX-6: DESIGN ANALYSIS OF ANNPURNA AND SURAJDHARA SCHEME....................................128 ANNEX-7: DESIGN