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Project Framework Field Units The GEF The SPACC Project adopts a Results Based Framework to monitor and evaluate the project Bharati Integrated Rural Development Society (BIRDS) progress. Various indicators are used to monitor and assess results of the project implementation at Field Unit - : C/o A. Ramasubba Reddy, H.No. #1-5-121, Lingamaiah Street Strategic different levels. Allagadda - 518543. District, . Phone: +918519-222339 | e-mail: [email protected] Pilot on Outcome 1 Output 2.1: Adaptation to

Information tools and local institutional Farmers acquire skills in managing climate Centre of Applied Research and Extension (CARE) SPACC capacities developed for farmers and CBOs to variability and testing adaptation Field Unit - Achampet: H.No # 142, Venkateswara Colony, Near K.V Sub Station SPACC Climate Change make informed decisions on land and water technologies in farming systems through Achampet - 509375. Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh. management based on scientific and local participation in Climate Change Schools Phone: +918541-274164 | e-mail: [email protected] knowledge, taking into account impact of (CCS) Collective Activity for Rejuvenation of Village Arts and Environment (CARVE) climate variations. Output 2.2: Field Unit - Markapur: D.No#1-205-6-2, First Ward, Agriculture Office Lane Output 1.1 Pilot testing of alternative adaptation Markapur - 523316. , Andhra Pradesh. Reversing Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty Completed study on local and scientific technologies and practices in SLWM Phone: +918596-226586 | e-mail: [email protected] through Adaptation to Climate Change in Drought knowledge on impacts of climate Outcome 3 Development Initiatives and People's Action (DIPA) variability/change on natural resources in A platform for land based climate change Field Unit - Giddalur: D.No.10-28-79, PR Colony, Giddalur - 523357, Prakasam District Stricken Areas in Southern : Andhra Pradesh adaptation measures suitable to drought Andhra Pradesh. Phone: +918405-243512 | e-mail: [email protected] A Hydrological Unit Pilot Project Approach Output 1.2 prone areas developed; adaptation of a Gram Vikas Samstha (GVS) Local monitoring system of climate variability package of methods, tools and institutional Field Unit - Madanapalli: 16-619-A2, Seshappa Thota, - 517325 and its impacts operating approaches in support of District and State , Andhra Pradesh. Phone: +918571-230183 | e-mail: [email protected] level Natural Resource Management Output 1.3 People's Activity and Rural Technology Nurturing Ecological Rejuvenation (PARTNER) initiative to address the impacts of drought. CBOs with capacities to integrate climate Field Unit - Porumalilla: 5/310A, Opp: MRO Office, Girinagar,Badvel Road variability adaptation measures in Sustainable Output 3.1: Porumamilla, Y.S.R.District. Andhra Pradesh. Land and Water Management (SLWM) Project lessons, results, and products (CCS Phone: +918569-285048 | e-mail: [email protected] Outcome 2 Curriculum, field testing methods, Society For Sustainable Agriculture And Forest Ecology (SAFE) adaptation technology and practices Pilots on SLWM including climate variability Field Unit - Cumbum: H.NO.7-90D, C/o Syed Shaffi(Teacher), Bhagya Nagar manuals, and institutional approaches) adaptation in farming systems in drought- Near Vasavi School, Cumbum - 523333. Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh. documented and disseminated Phone:+91 90322 56160 | e-mail: [email protected] prone areas. Social Awareness for Integrated Development (SAID) Field Unit - Miryalaguda: H.No.18-1527, Aruna Nilayam, Opp: Social Welfare Govt., Girls Hostel, Raghavendra Colony, Railway Station Road, Miryalaguda - 508207, Nalgonda District Project Management and Coordination Arrangements Andhra Pradesh. Phone: +918689-244059/243359 | email: [email protected]

Global Environment Facility Ministry of Environment Star Youth Association (SYA) (GEF) and Forests(GOI) Field Unit - Gooty: H.No.7/1669-A, LIC Office Line, Naddimulla Complex, Road SLEM Lead Agency Gooty - 515401, , Andhra Pradesh. Phone: +91855225186 | e-mail: [email protected] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ICFRE Technical Facilitation Implementing Agency (IA) Organization Contacts National Executive Director National Programme Coordinator (Land &Water) National Level Steering Committee(NSC) Bharati Integrated Rural Development Food and Agriculture Organization Society (BIRDS) of the United Nations (FAOUN) Project Steering BIRDS, Executive Agency (EA) Community Managed Sustainable H. No. 26/130 B-2, EVA Nest, Gnanapuram, 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi - 110 003, India Committee Agriculture (CMSA) - Society for Elimination of Project Management Unit Nandyal (R.S), , Pin: 518 502, Phone: +91 11 46532205 (PSC) Rural Poverty (SERP) (PMU) A.P, India. Phone No: +91 8514 222266 State Level Department of Rural Development (GoAP) Fax No:+91 11 24620115 Building Adaptive Capacity of rural communities Fax No: +91 8514 248444 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.fao.org Partner Non Govt. Organization (NGO) in Land and Water Management Project Implementation website: http://www.birdsorg.net District Level Team (PIT)

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FAO Initiative While leaders of the world debate on who was 2. Farmer Water Schools use a discovery and responsible for global warming and resultant experiential learning process. FWS participants changes in the climate, and who should cut meet once every 15 days in the farm/field, from down on their greenhouse gas emissions, June to May, to discuss concepts on BIRDS network embarked upon a mission to groundwater management namely, availability build the adaptive capacities of the rural of water resources, impact of available water resources on crop production, role of communities to cope with consequences of institutions in sustainable groundwater climate change and variability. Building on the management. experience of APFAMGS, BIRDS network aims 3. Crop-water Budget (CWB) involves estimation to minimize impacts of climate of groundwater balance based on the total change/variability through: mass awareness recharge and draft for a particular hydrological generation, skill development and evolving year. This estimation helps farmers make location-specific technologies and methods of informed decisions on the crops to be sown. climate-smart agriculture and water Local farmers CBOs organize CWB workshops management. Strategic Pilot on Adaptation to Climate Change (SPACC) Project at the hydrological unit level before the Rabi In the business as usual scenario, FAO would season. The workshop acts as a platform for The project “Reversing Environmental overuse of groundwater for irrigation, BIRDS have continued to support BIRDS network in sharing information on water balance, cropping pattern, groundwater dynamics of the HU, as GEF Additional Inputs Degradation and Rural Poverty through Network, with the support of the Government their endurance to build the community capacity around sustainable groundwater well as crop planning for upcoming Rabi GEF funds bring in additional environmental package of adaptation practices at each of Adaptation to Climate Change in Drought of Netherlands and Food and Agriculture season. Later, the CBO members follow up on management, through the following key benefits to the on-going FAO initiative through GEF pilot HUs. Stricken Areas in Southern India: A Organization (FAO) has engaged communities CWB decisions to review adoption of crop activities: broadening the agenda of community capacity Hydrological Unit Pilot Project Approach”, in to create a platform for community plans. 4. Institution Building Climate Change for sustainable groundwater management to also referred to as Strategic Pilot on Adaptation management of groundwater systems, through 1. Participatory Hydrological Monitoring 4. Groundwater Monitoring Committees (GMCs) Adaptation Committees (CCACs) manage building adaptive capacity of rural community to Climate Change (SPACC) Project is what is now popularly known as the Andhra (PHM) sensitizes individual groundwater are the farmer institutions at the habitation level the climate monitoring system at the implemented in 9 Hydrological Units, spread Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater users on judicious use of groundwater. It that monitor groundwater resources in the for sustainable land and water management, habitation and hydrological unit level over 143 habitations of the extent of about Systems (APFAMGS) Project. It is to this improves the users understanding of local particular habitation. GMCs federate into through the following key activities: and disseminate information and 134,442 ha, covering a population of initiative that BIRDS network is engaged with, groundwater resource characteristics. This Hydrological Unit Networks (HUNs) at the 1. Monitoring Climate Variables The existing knowledge on climate variability/change. 204,567. The Project is financed by the Global the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is helps local communities to form a Hydrological Unit level. In all, 638 GMCs and climate monitoring system generates data on This includes identification of site for Environment Facility (GEF), under its Focal providing additional inputs to build the community opinion to support appropriate 63 HUNs are functioning actively. They operate one climate variable rainfall and three establishing climate monitoring system, the groundwater monitoring system, lead in Area Climate Change; Operational Program Adaptive Capacity of the farmers to face measures to manage the available climate impact variables i.e., water level in selection of volunteers, data collection, dissemination of data, identify/resolve issues Strategic Pilot on Adaptation; and GEF groundwater resources equitably. It wells, annual groundwater balance, and and update climate change database. climate variability/change. related to water and agriculture, and act as a Strategic Program 8 to support pilot involves measuring rainfall, water levels cropping. The climate monitoring system Additionally, they will lead the conduits for collective management of demonstration projects for adaptation to and discharge of borewells. would generate additional data sets, such as organization and conduct of Climate GEF Project ID : 3882 groundwater resources. climate change. The project is co-financed by temperature and humidity, which are Field Schools (CFS). The PNGOs will GEF -SPA Grant : USD9,09,091 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) essential in the context of monitoring climate backstop the CCACs in implementing FAO Project ID : 604144 of the United Nations (UN). The project variability and its impact. these activities. The PNGOs will sign a FAO Co-financing : USD13,00,000 duration is 3 years, starting on December 6, MOU with the HU-level CCACs for Starting Date : December 2010 2. Climate Field Schools The Climate Field 2010. effective implementation of project Project Duration : Three years Schools (CFS) is based on the positive activities, monitoring, and development Bharathi Integrated Rural Development Geographic area : 1,34,442.09 ha experience of the APFAMGS Project with the of annual work plans. Society (BIRDS) is the Executing Partner of the Population : 2,04,567 Farmer Water Schools. CFS aims to demystify SPACC project. While the Project District : 7 the science of climate variability/change. 5. Policy Advocacy The SPACC Project Management Office (PMO) of BIRDS provides No. of habitations : 143 This is made possible through a partnership coordinates with multiple stakeholders technical and managerial support, its Nodal with community by promoting local national, international, government, Desk at the registered office (Nandyal town in knowledge and skills while bringing to the non-government, and community SPACC Project Operational Area Kurnool district) takes care of financial and Andhra Pradesh community information from global based institutions. Further, through fiduciary management. BIRDS Field Unit, India research. In CFS, farmer participants meet coordination with institutions at varied based at Allagadda town, directly implements Adilabad N regularly (once every 15 days) to study the levels, the project bridges the gap the project activities, in Kurnool district of Karimnagar “how and why” of climate variability and its between grassroots organizations and Nizamabad Vizia- nagaram

Medak Warangal Andhra Pradesh. BIRDS sub-contracted eight impact on agricultural livelihoods. policy makers at national and Khammam East Rangareddy Godavari partner Non Governmental Organizations Nalgonda international level. The project's West 3. Pilots Various pilots on sustainable water Godavari Krishna (PNGOs), for implementation of the project in Mahabubnagar institutional framework reflects this. management and climate-smart agriculture the remaining districts. will be initiated to facilitate a synthesis of Kurnool Prakasam Project Development Objective BIRDS Network through an Indo-Dutch indigenous knowledge with existing “Knowledge and capacities of communities Anantapur bilateral assistance program provided FAO support in scientific knowledge. This will involve field 63 Hydrological Units in pilot Hydrological Units in Andhra community borewell irrigation facilities to testing of current farmer practices and Chittoor GEF Additional inputs about 3,000 small and marginal farmers in the 9 Pilot Hydrological Units scientific recommendations to develop a Pradesh, India are strengthened to respond state. Responding to the alarming situation of to climate change impacts“