National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) NMHS Annual Progress Report – Pro forma
Kindly fill the NMHS Annual Progress Report segregated into following 11 segments, as applicable to the objectives & quantifiable outcomes of your NMHS Project. 1. Project Information 2. Project Site Details 3. Project Activities Chart w.r.t. Timeframe [Gantt or PERT] 4. Financial and Resource Information 5. Equipment and Asset Information 6. Expenditure Statement and Utilization Certificate (UC) 7. Project Beneficiary Groups 8. Project Progress Summary (as applicable to the project) 9. Project Linkages (with concerned Institutions/ State Agencies) 10. Knowledge Products – Publication, recommendations, etc. 11. Project Concluding Remarks
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NMHS Progress Report (Period from April 2018 to March 2021)
1. Project Information
Project ID: NMHS/2017-18/MG26/10 Sanction Date: 28-02-18
Project Title: Assessment, Documentation and Validation of Sustainable Traditional Management Practices with Special Emphasis on Carbon Sequestration and Livelihood Improvement in Eastern Himalaya BTG:
PI and Affiliation Dr. Tuisem Shimrah (Institution): Assistant Professor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Sector 16, New Delhi-110078 Name & Address Dr. Kiranmay Sarma of the Co-PI, if Assistant Professor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Sector any: 16, New Delhi-110078
Structured Background: Manipur is one of the 29 states of India which is an innate part of Abstract - North – East. The Tangkhul Naga community is one of the major tribe detailing the occupying Ukhrul District, Manipur. Ukhrul district covers a geographical area current year of 4,544 km2 of which 3,706 km2 are covered with forest which is 81.56% of the progress [Word total geographical area (India State of Forest Report, 2019). The Tangkhul Limit 250 farming community in Ukhrul district is very much dependent on the natural words]: resources for their food security and livelihood. Objectives/ Aim: To explore different traditional knowledge and characterize various traditional management practices in hill ecosystem; To assess carbon sequestration potentials of various traditionally managed land uses; To impart training and capacity building for traditional farming communities; To preserve and enhance traditional knowledge to contribute to sustainable local livelihoods and sustainable use of forest biodiversity. Methodology: Data were collected using both secondary and primary sources. Extensive field surveys were undertaken in the traditional villages. Approach: For calculating the biodiversity, quadrat systems were carried out. For finding out the SOC, Walkley and Black method were used. The training and workshops were mainly conducted for the farmers, SHGs and the youths of the villages. For the LULC of the study area, LANDSAT images were used and classified. Results: From the study area various types of garden crops, trees, shrubs, wild fruits and wild vegetables were identified and recorded. The area is blessed with rich variety of species, which is used by the local in various ways. The above ground biomass and below ground biomass, species diversity, important value index and Raunkiaer's Law of Frequency were also calculated for the study area. The SOC and SOM were also found to be very good. The interaction with the village people has been enlightening, their traditional method has been recorded throughout this research period, and inventory has been made for various species of the study area. Workshops and trainings were also carried out NMHS 2020 NMHS-Annual Progress Report (APR) Pro Forma Page 2 of 119
with the locl farmers, youths and SHGs. The LULC of Ukhrul and forest fragmentation of Senapati districts has been studied. The paper for Senapati District has been published and for Ukhrul the manuscript is being readied for publication. Conclusion: In conclusion, the study showed that the local communities of the study area lets their lives revolve around the natural resources available to them for their food security and livelihood. They meet their needs through both forest derived and agricultural production. The area showed rich varieties for different species, home to various flora and fauna which can be well managed and conserved with proper plans by involving the people of the area. Recommendations: Although remote and still underdeveloped, the Tangkhuls lived with a strong social structure based on the principles of traditional and customary laws. If properly planned with due incentives to all sectors, viz. agriculture, forestry, NTFPs and livestock, through participatory approach by involving farmers, the rural susbsistence economy of the Tangkhul community could be converted to a substantially improved livelihood.
Project Partner Affiliations Role & Responsibilities Name Partner 1 Natural & Cultural Heritage Sampling, Questionnaire, Trainings, Initiatives Workshops, Awareness Programs
2. Project Site Details Project Site: Ukhrul District Senapati District IHR States Covered: Manipur Long. & Lat.: 24028’ - 25041’ N; 94045’ – 94080’ E (Ukhrul) 24.37° - 25.37° N; 3.29° - 94.15° E (Senapati) Site Maps* (No.): Annexure 1 (Pg. 12) Site Photographs* (No.): Annexure 2 (Pg. 14)
*Attach a separate Descriptive Annexure/ Files (.JPG, .TIFF, etc.). 3. Project Activities Chart w.r.t. Timeframe [Gantt or PERT]
QUANTIFIABLE PROJECT DESCRIPTION OF WORK UNDERTAKEN (YEAR OUTPUTS ACTIVITIES ...... ) Project Activity 1 Annexure 3 (Pg. 18) April 2018-March 2019 Explored different traditional knowledge and characterize various traditional management practices in hill ecosystem. Recorded different trees, shrubs and crops found in the study area. Calculated the SOC and SOM for carbon
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sequestration potentials of various traditionally managed land uses. Calculated the species diversity indices to check the diversity of the study site. Calculated the biomass content of different land use system. Conducted two day farmers’ training in collaboration with Peh Village Council on January 3-4, 2019. Nursery for horticultural crops of economic importance such as Parkia roxburghii, orange and banana were prepared and distributed to local farmers for enhancement of livelihood. Field work was carried out to learn the livelihood status of the farmers of the Tangkhul community through personal interview. Project Activity 2 Annexure 4 (Pg. 54) April 2019 – March 2020 Poster presentation at a National Seminar on the title “Assessment of Natural Resource Utilization Pattern amongst traditional farming communities of Northeast India: a case study in Tangkhul Community, Ukhrul District, Manipur” Paper Presentation at an International conference on the topic “Livelihood Status of the Farmers of the Tangkhul Tribal People in Manipur State of Northeast India”. This paper under review for publication. New quadrats were laid in the study area and 16 trees species, 8 shrubs, 2 ferns, 3 vines and 1 palm species were added to the previous recorded species. 15 new soil samples were tested for the soil organic carbon content. Satellite images for three different years 1991, 2005 and 2020 is being studied for Ukhrul district to check the changes of the land use land cover of the study area. The source of the images is USGS Earth explorer with a resolution of 30m. Forest Fragmentation for the period of 2013 and 2017 for Senapati District using LFTv2.0. is being studied. Three different Workshops were conducted with three different SHGs on three different days (18th January, 8th February and 23rd March) at Talui village. These workshops were mainly carried out to encourage the act of adding values to existing produce and which can in turn help the village women to make use of the produce
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found in the area and not waste it. This practice would also help with their income generation and upgrading their skills. Project Activity 3 Annexure 5 (Pg. 66) April 2020 – March 2021 Workshop on value addition to garlic and plum with Ramgramo Self help group on the 24th – 25th of April 2020. Cleanliness and awareness drive on World environment day 2020. 32 new tree species was added to the tree species inventory. The LULC for three different years was studied for Ukhrul District and the result has been updated in the report. Paper has been submitted for publication. Forest Fragmentation for Senapati district has been studied and paper has been published. One day Seminar cum Literary meet on Conserving Biodiversity (Traditional way) on the 31st December 2020 at Peh Village, Ukhrul District. One day Farmer’s training on Preserving Indeginuos Knowledge on 23rd January 2021 at Talui Village, Ukhrul District. 32 new tree species were added to the inventory.
4. Financial and Resource Information Note: A separate bank account is expected to be opened for NMHS Project as per the provision of Direct Beneficiary Account (DBA) as laid out by the Govt. of India and also facilitate the audit of accounts. The interest earned out of the NMHS project funds should be reported clearly in the utilization certificate.
Total Grant: Rs. 64,40,640 Grant Received Date: Rs. 41,11,632
Project Affiliations/ Institution Budget Allocated to Work Done by each Project Partner(s) Partner Partner 1 NA NA [Name of descriptive Annexure/ File attached separately]
Project Staff Information: S. No. Name Qualification Designation Fellowship/ Wages paid Remarks 1. Ms. Peimi M. Sc. NRM Junior Rs. 31,000/month Lungleng Research (including HRA) Fellow 2. Mr. K. Class X Field Rs. 10,000/month Rinchihan Assistant
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S. No. Equipment Name Details (Make/ Cost Photographs of Lowest (Qty) Model) (Rs) Equipment* Quotation, if not purchased 1. Equipment 1 HP Laptop 81950 Annexure 10
2. Equipment 2 HP Laser 1020 12980 Annexure 10 Plus 3. Equipment 3 Camera (SLR) 71100 Annexure 10
4. Equipment 4 Soil Testing Kit 915 Annexure 10 (organic carbon)
5. Equipment 5 Soil Survey 855 Annexure 10 Instrument 6. Equipment 6 Soil corer/Soil 5900 sampler 7. Equipment 7 Binocular Ultra 10030
Note: Attach a Descriptive Annexure/ File separately.
6. Expenditure Statement and Utilization Certificate Please update the annual Expenditure Statement and Utilization Certificate (April 2018-March 2021)
Expenditure Information: S. Financial Position/Budget Head Funds Sanctioned Expenditure % of Total cost No. I Salaries/Manpower cost 984000 975992 99.18 II Travel 550000 418891 76.16 III Expendables &Consumables 500000 500000 100 IV Contingencies 250000 249826 99.93 V Activities & Other Project cost 1350000 1105020 81.85 VI Institutional Charges 200000 200000 100 VII Equipments 320000 289321 90.41
Total 4154000 3739050 90.01 Interest accrued 29960 Grand Total 4183960
Period Expenditure Statement* Utilization Certificate (UC)* Annual Annexure 6 (Pg. 78) Annexure 6 (Pg. 78)
*Attach the descriptive Annexure/ File in the prescribed NMHS format.
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7. Project Beneficiary Groups
Beneficiary Groups Target Achieved [Capacity Building] No. of Beneficiaries with income Talui, Peh, Paorei, Phalee, Talui, Peh, Paorei, Lunghar, generation: Phungcham, Lunghar, Phungcham, Hunphun, Erang Hunphun, Erang Naga, Naga, Hengbung. Hengbung, Saitu. No. of stakeholders trained, 5 Self Help Groups 3 SHGs (Rangramo SHG, particularly women: Shunshutlo SHG & Mathotmi SHG) No. of capacity building Workshops/ 8 7 trainings: No. of Awareness & outreach 4 3 programmes: No. of Research/ Manpower developed:
8. Project Progress Summary* (as applicable to the project) Description (Name of Description Total (Numeric) descriptive Annexure/ File attached)* IHR States Covered 1 (Manipur) Annexure 1 (Pg. 13)
Project Site/ Field Stations Developed: 1 Annexure 2 (Pg. 15)
No. of Patents filed (Description): Nil
Article/ Review/ Research Paper/ 3 (2 published & 1 under Annexure 7 (Pg. 85) Publication: review)
New Methods/ Modellings Developed (description in 250 words): No. of Trainings & Workshops (No. of 10 Annexure 11 (Pg. 110) Beneficiaries): Demonstration Models (Site): 1 Annexure 2 (Pg. 25)
Livelihood Options:
Training Manuals:
Processing Units: 1. 139– Tree species 2. 106 – Crop species Species Collection: 3. 35 – Shrub species Annexure 8 (Pg. 87) 4. 20 – Wild vegetables 5. 13 – Wild fruits 1. 16 – Tree species Species unidentified: Annexure 8 (Pg. 87) 2. 1 – Shrub Database (Numeric/Images/GIS Maps, 3 for Ukhrul ( 1991, 2005, Annexure 9 (Pg. 103) etc.): 2020) NMHS 2020 NMHS-Annual Progress Report (APR) Pro Forma Page 7 of 119
2 for Senapati (2013 & 2017)
*Attach a separate descriptive Annexure/ File. Note: Numeric Database should be provided in .xls format. Photos/Maps should be submitted in high quality (min. 300 dpi res.) compatible formats viz., JPEG, .JPG, .PNG, .SHP, etc. along with suitable figure legend/ caption.
9. Project Linkages (with concerned Institutions/ State Agencies) S. No. Institute/ Organization Type of Linkages Brief Description 1. Villages Training, Awareness Different Trainings, campaign and workshops workshops and awareness programmes were conducted along with the villagers. Nursery for horticultural crops of economic importance such as Parkia roxburghii, orange and banana were prepared and distributed to local farmers for enhancement of livelihood.
2. Local Self Help Groups Traditional Knowledge With three different SHGs based products traditional method based plum juice, gooseberry juice, wild apple juice, garlic pickle and mushroom pickle were prepared. These workshops were mainly carried out to encourage the act of adding values to existing produce and which can in turn help the village women to make use of the produce found in the area and not waste it. This practice would also help with their income generation and upgrading their skills.
Note: Attach a separate, descriptive Annexure/ File.
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10. Knowledge Products – Publication, recommendations, etc. Time Period Publications Annexure (Research Papers, Information Material, Policy drafts, Patents, etc.) Annual [Year 2018- Published: Varah, F., Pamreishang, C. and Shimrah, T. Annexure 7 2020] 2019. Regime of National Forest Policy and the North (Pg. 85) East India, Indian Forester, 145 (5): 413-420 (http://www.indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester/artic le/view/145684)
Published: Devi, A.R., Sudhakar Reddy, C. & Shimrah, T. Annexure 7 Assessment of forest fragmentation in a traditional (Pg. 85) shifting agricultural landscape in Senapati District of Manipur, Northeast India. Environ Dev Sustain (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-01059-4
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11. Project Concluding Remarks Kindly update the following Progress Parameters for the Reporting Period:
Progress made against Project Quantifiable Output Monitoring Indicators Remarks Objectives against each objective (specified in Sanction Letter)
To explore different Development of Monitoring in comparison to traditional knowledge 01 environment the baseline information to and characterize friendly village be provided by the various traditional model for proponent; management practices optimum carbon
in hill ecosystem; sequestration and No. of new database/datasets To assess carbon organic production sequestration generated; of farm crops; potentials of various Regular, periodic traditionally managed Database on updates on region- land uses; traditional specific best To impart training ecological practices/in-situ models and capacity building knowledge and for traditional developed; native crops and farming communities; their management To preserve and No. of stakeholders enhance traditional practices; benefited (number of rural youth, no. of knowledge to In-situ contribute to farmers, no. of women conservation sustainable local and total number of models at local livelihoods and beneficiaries) with level in 2 districts sustainable use of update on income of Manipur; forest biodiversity generation (Rs./person); Documentation of
Local flora with Other publications and knowledge products. their status of threat will be Updates on the inventory established; list for different flora of the study area. Local farmers and youth will be Workshops, awareness trained for campaign, trainings in resource the study areas. conservation.
Methodology (in brief): Data were collected using both secondary and primary sources. Extensive field surveys were undertaken in the traditional villages. For calculating the biodiversity, quadrat systems were carried out. For finding out the SOC, Walkley and Black method were used. The training and workshops were mainly conducted for the farmers, SHGs and the youths of the villages. For the LULC of the study area, LANDSAT images were used and classified. For the forest fragmentation LFTv2.0. were used.
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Major Research Achievements: Through this project, we were able to give trainings, workshops, awareness campaign which was of a very interactive time for the local farmers and youths. Through these workshops different juices and pickles were prepared with different SHGs. Nursery for horticultural crops of economic importance such as Parkia roxburghii, orange and banana were prepared and distributed to local farmers for enhancement of livelihood. Flora of more tha hundred species has been recorded for the inventory list and more is being studied. Two papers have been published through this project. The LULC of Ukhrul and forest fragmentation of Senapati District has been studied. Brief Conclusion - the current year Forest fragmentation for Senapati District has been progress – during the reporting studied and paper has been published. period (point-wise): Workshop on value addition to garlic and plum with Ramgramo Self Help Group on the 24th – 25th of April 2020. Cleanliness and awareness drive on World environment day 2020. The LULC for Ukhrul District for three different years was studied and the result has been updated in the report. The manuscript for this is being edited for publication. One day Seminar cum Literary meet on Conserving Biodiversity (Traditional way) on the 31st December 2020 at Peh Village, Ukhrul District. One day Farmer’s training on Preserving Indigenous Knowledge on 23rd January 2021 at Talui Village, Ukhrul District. 32 new tree species was added to the tree species inventory. Progress Achieved (%): 87% Remaining work to be done: Capacity building trainings, Awareness and outreach programmes. Updating of the inventory list and monitoring of the development site.
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Submitted to: Submitted by: Nodal Officer, NMHS-PMU Project PI (Signature): National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) Institution (Seal): GBPNIHESD HQs, Kosi-Katarmal, Dated (dd/mm/yy): Almora 263643, Uttarakhand E-mail: [email protected]
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