Annual Report 2014
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A PROGRAMME OF THE AGA KHAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK ANNUAL REPORT 2014 वछताही वथ जीवन का अाघार Delhi INDIA Rajasthan Uttarpradesh Patna Bihar Gujarat Bhopal Jharkhand Ahmedabad Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Maharashtra THIS IS AN INDICATIVE MAP /ARTIST’S REPRESENTATION - NOT TO SCALE PROGRAMME AREAS OF AKRSP (INDIA) GUJARAT BHARUCH, SURAT, NARMADA, TAPI, NAVSARI and DANG districts are some of the poorest areas in the state of Gujarat. A very poor tribal community lives on undulating and degraded land that was once heavily forested. Primitive Tribal Groups, largely landless, eke out a livelihood through labour and bamboo work. JUNAGADH, PORBANDAR, JAMNAGAR, GIR SOMNATH and DEVBHOOMI DWARKA districts face problems of groundwater depletion and salinity ingress on the coast; these adversely affects livelihoods and health with poor drinking water quality. Multi-caste and multi-religious communities are struggling to sustain their livelihoods. SURENDRANAGAR, RAJKOT and MORBI districts are amongst the most drought-prone districts of Gujarat. Most of the villages in these districts face an acute scarcity of water. MADHYA PRADESH KHANDWA, BARWANI, BURHANPUR, KHARGONE and DHAR districts in Madhya Pradesh are home to marginalized tribal populations who live in poverty despite the rich natural resource base. BIHAR MUZAFFARPUR and SAMASTIPUR districts in flood-prone Bihar are low in Human Development Indices (HDI), have very low literacy rates. Migration to the urban areas is a key source of livelihood. GOVERNANCE VISION MISSION VALUES BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nasser M Munjee Chairperson “AKRSP (India) can contribute in AKRSP (India) exists to enable the • Empowerment Ashish Merchant Director India to the creation of an enabling empowerment of rural communities • Equity Bakul Virani Director environment in which rural people and groups, particularly the under- • Transparency Isher J Ahluwalia Director can identify their needs and privileged and women, to take • Collaboration Kasim Ali F Merchant Director priorities and with professional control over their lives and manage • Professional Excellence Madhu Sarin Director Pradip Khandwalla Director support, organize themselves to their environment, to create a • Responsive to Change S B Ravi Pandit Director improve the quality of their lives” better and more equitable society Venu Srinivasan Director - His Highness the Aga Khan Wajahat Habibullah Director Tom Austin Ex-officio Director Apoorva Oza Secretary AUDIT COMMITTEE Ashish Merchant Chairman Bakul Virani Member Bhupinder Gupta Member Apoorva Oza Member Alok Krishna Secretary AUDITORS Statutory Auditors M/s Haribhakti & Co Mumbai Internal Auditors M/s Talati & Talati Ahmedabad Todi Tulsyan & Co. (For Bihar) BANKERS State Bank of India, Navrangpura Branch, Ahmedabad State Bank of India, Vadaj Branch, Ahmedabad Axis Bank, C.G.Road, Ahmedabad PARTNERS IN OUR ENDEAVOUR IN 2014 • Aga Khan Foundation Research Partners • American Indian Foundation • Arghyam Trust • Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad • Axis Bank Foundation • Centre for Integrated Development (CFID) • British Maritime Technology (BMT) • Development Support Centre (DSC) • Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) • Global Fund for Community Foundations, South • CottonConnect Africa • Department for International Development (DFID) • Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR) • European Union • Indian Natural Resource Economics Management • Ford Foundation Foundation (INREM) • Hilton Foundation • Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) • Hivos • International Water Management Institute (IWMI) • HUVF • Livelihood School, Basix • IIT, Mumbai • Research in Rain Fed Areas, RRA Network • Marshall Foundation • Seva Mandir, Udaipur • Microsoft Corporation • TERI University • NABARD (Gujarat ,Madhya Pradesh and Bihar) • Watersheds Services and Support Network • Quest Alliance (WASSAN) • Tata Trusts • United Phosphorous Limited • Water Aid • World Bank Network Partners • Tata Chemical Society For Rural Development • WGWLO • Aga Khan Development Network • CiNi • Sajjata Sangh • CSPC • Pravah • Departments/ Units of the Government of Gujarat*, • Working Group For Women and Land Ownership Madhya Pradesh and Bihar • Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell (CSPC) • Tribal Development • Gujarat Biodiversity Board • Rural Development Department • Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO) Communication Partner • Irrigation Department • Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation • Sardar Sarovar Nigam Limited(SSNL) • Charkha • Gujarat Green Revolution Company • Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company (The Gujarat unit of the National Rural Livelihood Mission) • Agriculture Department • Forest Department • Tourism Department • Ministry of Non Conventional And Energy Sources (MNES) • Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) *Most government funding is from Government of India • South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Promotion schemes which are co funded by the state government Programme(SAPPLPP)(an NDDB-FAO initiative) Women SHGs in Dangs programme area have garnered much support from the community FOREWORD CONTENTS CEO’s DESK.............................................................................10 DEVELOPMENT APPROACH OF AKRSP (INDIA)....................14 STATISTICAL ABSTRACT..........................................................15 STATE REPORTS • GUJARAT............................................................................16 • MADHYA PRADESH............................................................18 • BIHAR ................................................................................20 SPECIAL FEATURE – INNOVATIONS • CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE...........................................22 • PASHU SAKHI MODEL – FOR GOAT REARING......................24 FIELD IMPLEMENTATION • EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES............................................26 • CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION...........................................32 Over the years, the development purification technologies, using conditions cannot be permitted to • AGRICULTURE....................................................................36 agenda in India has remained computers for skill enhancement, continue beyond the next decade? • WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.....................................39 largely untouched; the tools at and the emergence of an army of our disposal to tackle this agenda young, energetic and caring Indians In order to succeed, we will need • ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.........................................................43 have changed immeasurably. It all demonstrate that the manner to harness our collective resources • SKILL DEVELOPMENT...........................................................45 is discouraging to see that, while in which the development agenda and apply them intelligently to • ALTERNATE ENERGY............................................................47 much progress has been made in needs to be tackled has changed. the problem at hand. This will, a number of States; other States Expecting dramatic change by by definition, mean that not only • WATSAN............................................................................48 remain in an appalling state of doing things in traditional ways is will we have to think differently • EDUCATION.......................................................................50 neglect from the point of view not necessarily the answer. There but do things differently. The • FORESTRY ..........................................................................52 of even basic services. Large are endless possibilities afforded by definition of madness according parts of India remain untouched completely new ways of impacting to Einstein was to expect change REACHING OUT ......................................................................53 by any systematic development old problems. by doing the same things. What, interventions. It is common to find therefore, would we change? vast swathes of territory that are AKRSP(India) has been addressing At AKRSP(India) we are currently VADVAI...................................................................................56 homes to millions of citizen who the development agenda over thirty debating these issues given the lack access to even rudimentary years. Our annual reports are a vast experience and data we FINANCIAL SUMMARY............................................................58 health care and schooling, testament to what we have been have gathered experientially extremely high levels of female able to achieve through constant over quarter of a century. The HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT......................................59 illiteracy, uncertain incomes and improvement in the way we do answer lies in the manner we poor governance. things and our ability to constantly can construct partnerships STAFF LIST...............................................................................62 reinvent ourselves in tune with the with Government, Innovators, India has achieved a level of problems faced by our constituents Technology Providers, Academic ADDRESSES............................................................................65 economic development where – the rural poor. We are now in Institutions, the Corporate Sector, these conditions, experienced by a phase of using new tools to the non-government sector and the millions of her citizen, have no address old problems with a strong very constituents we would like to place. The accumulation of private underlying theme: Speed and Scale. impact. wealth through