2017-18 BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development BISLD Rajasthan CONTENTS The Logo, Legacy 01-02 From the Desk of Regional Director 03 I BISLD Rajasthan Programme 04 Coverage 05 II Thematic Progress at a Glance 06 Livestock Development 06 Watershed Development 06 Climate Proofing 06-07 Tree Based Farming System 08 Natural Resource Management 08 Women Empowerment 09 Community Health 10 Capacity Building 10 Research 10 III Progress of CSR projects 11-26 IV Progress of Government Funded Projects 27-35 V. Progress of People Organizations 36-38 VI. Capacity Building & Functionaries 39-42 VII. Philosophy, Governing Body, Management Committee 43-44 VII. Visitors 45-46 VIII. Glimpses in Media 47 Annual Report 2017-18 I 01 The logo of BAIF Development Research Foundation (BAIF) endeavors to describe its THE LOGO purpose of and commitment to sustainable development in rural India. It portrays a critical natural resource, namely, land (depicted by crops, grass and leaves); it reflects the usefulness of livestock (exemplified by a cow) which converts straw into milk (illustrated by two milk bottles); it reveals the importance of agriculture industry (demonstrated by a wheel) and innovation (shown by a microscope). Finally, it signifies the resultant prosperity (represented by the petals of a blooming lotus, the national flower of India). The circumscribing bell resonates with the laudable vision of the Foundation. The Sanskrit inscription 'Ann Bahu Kuryat Tadh Vratam' denotes 'we pledge to grow more food.' Legacy '.. India is poor because its villages are poor and the villages are poor because its people are drastically unemployed or are under employed ...' These words uttered by Mahatma Gandhi had such a telling effect on a young man in Gujarat that he vowed to dedicate his entire life for improving the lives of millions of poor Indians living in the villages. This selfless man was Dr Manibhai Desai. In March 1946, Mahatma Gandhi visited a remote village Urulikanchan near Pune to establish the Nature Cure Ashram to promote rural upliftment and community health. The administration and farm management of the Ashram were entrusted to his trusted disciple, Manibhai Desai who also worked closely with the local farmers, to find solutions to their problems. He realized that small farmers need support to manage their agriculture as an industrial enterprise. To transfer the livelihood of the rural poor across the country, he decided to establish a Charitable Trust and local leaders extended generous support. To highlight the need for providing management support to farmers in the form of appropriate technologies, critical inputs, skills and market linkage, he chose Bhartiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) as the name of the organization. BAIF was inaugurated on August 24, 1967 by the –then President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain. In 1988, the organization was renamed as BAIF Development Research Foundation, to emphasize our focus on development research which calls for transfer of appropriate technologies along with efficient systems and strengthening of the field network and gross root level organizations. In 2017, BAIF has completed 50 years' journey of development ensuring services to over 5 million families spread over 1 lakh villages in backward regions of 13 states in the country. BAIF is one of the foremost voluntary scientific organizations of India focusing on Dairy Husbandry, Afforestation and Environment, Natural Resource Management, Tribal Rehabilitation and Women empowerment, Holistic Cluster Development, Capacity building and Climate Change. For more reading about BAIF, please visit www.baif.org.in BAIF promoted a state society RRIDMA (Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development Management) on 30th January 1993 for its operation in Rajasthan. BISLD RAJASTHAN is BISLD Rajasthan I 02 a professionally managed, non-political and secular organization registered under Societies Registration Act 1958. BISLD RAJASTHAN is committed to create opportunities of gainful self-employment for the rural families, especially those disadvantaged sections of Society in Rajasthan, ensuring sustainable livelihood, enriched environment, improved quality of life and good human values. This will achieve through effective use of local resources, extension of appropriate technologies and upgradation of skills and capabilities with community participation. In essence, the purpose of BISLD RAJASTHAN is a reflection of that of its promoter, BAIF. From the year 2016-17, all the field operations of BAIF has been shifted to a BAIF promoted not- for- profit Company (registered under section 8 of the Companies Act, 1956) called BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development (BISLD). The operations of BISLD are spread over 4 regions: North, West, East and South regions. Now, all the programmes of Rajasthan are managed by BISLD- North. The programmes of BISLD are being implemented across 13 states of India through a team of senior development professionals and field implementation staff. The operations are spread over the following Regions: 1. Northern Region – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and RAJASTHAN 2. Eastern Region – Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh 3. Western Region – Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh 4. Southern Region – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka The Regional Headquarters of BISLD are located at Allahabad (North), Hyderabad (South), Ranchi (East) and Nashik (West). The multidisciplinary programmes of BISLD and its Associate Organizations are spread across 250 districts reaching out to over 5 million families. Annual Report 2017-18 I 03 From the Desk of Regional Director I am pleased to release the Annual Report of BISLD Rajasthan for the year 2017-18. After a developmental journey of its associate organizations (BAIF and RRIDMA) spanning across 36 years, BISLD has continued a series of milestone achievements in diversified sectors of rural development. Establishment of Cattle Development Centers (CDCs), promotion of vegetable and fruit cultivation, establishment of tribal co-operatives and generation of livelihood opportunities for the poor families in the desert area are some of the major achievements of organization. A new partnership has been shaped up with HDFC bank to undertake holistic development through sustainable management of agro ecology in 16 villages of 4 districts in the state. The desert center in Barmer has been providing services to desert communities by promoting uniquely designed livelihood model with a combination of rainwater harvesting tank, ber plants and goat rearing along with empowerment of people. Watershed management has been also undertaken in Barmer area. This has resulted in increased availability of water and fodder, scope for vegetable production through harvested water and good returns through fruits leading to stabilized and sustainable livelihood of people. Long-standing partnership with Hindustan Zinc Limited has been helping farmers in raising their farm production over 27% in kharif. Farmers are fetching additional income of Rs. 40,000/- to Rs 45,000/- per annum from Wadi. Livestock development programme has provided breeding and livestock management advisory services to 3.16 lakh families through 454 centres. Promotion of household toilets and LPG connections has benefitted 5000 families in Banswara districts, is also a significant achievement. I acknowledge the generous support of our esteemed donor agencies including Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Dept. of Animal Husbandry, Tribal Area Development Department (TADD), Govt of Rajasthan, National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL), Nidhi Foundation (Lafarge), CAIRN India, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. I appreciate the efforts of our developmental teams and the partner village communities, people's representatives at various levels and the district administration in different operational districts in Rajasthan. Bharat K Kakade Regional Director BISLD Rajasthan I 04 BISLD Rajasthan Programme BISLD Rajasthan is operating following programmes: 1) Livestock based Livelihood 2) Land-based Livelihood 3) Natural Resource Management 4) Community Empowerment 5) Research and Dissemination The above programmes have evolved as per local requirements, are adaptable in nature and operate through: i) People's Organizations which mainly comprise: a. Co-operatives b. Self Help Groups and c. Committees ii) Projects iii) Training A Co-operative is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily co-operate for their mutual social, economic and cultural benefit. It is a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members. It is generally ongoing in nature. A Self-Help Group is a village-based financial intermediary usually comprising 10-20 local women or men. It typically comprises a group of micro entrepreneurs having homogeneous social and economic backgrounds, all voluntarily coming together to regularly save small sums of money, mutually agreeing to contribute to a common fund and meet their emergency needs on the basis of mutual help. It particularly gives a common platform for women to empower themselves and enhance their social status. It is generally ongoing in nature. A Committee is a smaller group of persons representing a larger group of persons, organized in a manner to arrive at decisions after discussions and deliberations within the group. A Project works with a pre-determined budget and well-defined deliverables. It is