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Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU Mission: Poverty Free Sikkim Village Development Action Plan A plan for realizing the Mission of a Poverty Free Sikkim Pacheykhani GPU, Pakyong Block, East District R U R A L M A N A G EMENT & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM 2 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU Contents of VDAP Chapter 1. General and basic information Tool 1 Transect walk Tool 2 Brief village history Tool 3 Seasonal calendar Tool 4 Secondary information from village profile, census, database etc Pages 4-9 Chapter 2. Land use planning and land allocation Tool 5 Resource map Pages 10-12 Chapter 3. Farm production systems Tool 6 Khet (maize-paddy) Tool 7 Sukha bari (maize, ginger, pulses etc) Tool 8 Suntola bagan (orange, etc) Tool 9 Alainchi bari (cardamom, trees) Tool 10 Bans ghari and jungle (bamboo, trees) Tool 11 Kothe bari (Kitchen garden) Tool 12 Modern farming techniques (Floriculture, Greenhouse, etc…) Pages 13-26 Chapter 4. Livestock Tool 13 Assessment of Livestock Pages 27-28 Chapter 5. Forestry Tool 14 Assessment of forestry Tool 15 Assessment of Forest based products … Pages 29-32 Chapter 6. Economy, marketing and input supply Tool 16 Assessment of market, trading and input supply system Tool 17 Assessment of access to credit Pages 33-36 Chapter 7. Participatory wealth assessment Tool 18 Wealth ranking Pages 37-42 Chapter 8. Organizational development Tool 19 VENN diagram Tool 20 Assessment of SHGs Pages 43-46 Chapter 9. Housing and basic amenities Tool 21 Assessment of housing Tool 22 Assessment of drinking water sources and water supply 3 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU Tool 23 Assessment of sanitation and waste management Pages 47-54 Chapter 10. Education and health Tool 24 Assessment of education Tool 25 Assessment of health care Pages 55-58 Chapter 11. Infrastructure Tool 26 Assessment of connectivity and transportation Tool 27 Assessment of irrigation and flood control system Pages 59-65 Chapter 12. Other issues Tool 28 Assessment of women issues Tool 29 Assessment of climate change Pages 66-70 Appendix Appendix 1. Ward wise maps with details of housing, wealth category, identification status (house nos need to match with house listing) 2. House Listing sheet for the whole GPU References Design of these VDAP operational guidelines has been adapted by the MGNREGA Cell of RM&DD from the learnings of the Indo-Swiss Project Sikkim and the Swiss expertise and experience (Helvetas-Vietnam) in other countries in South Asia. Most of the artwork is drawn by Asha Kaji Thaku, ICIMOD. 4 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU Chapter 1: General and basic information Tool 1: TRANSECT WALK Number of participants: 37 male: 22 female: 15 Description: The transect walk is a tool to discuss information related to land use of the village. Transects are done with structured walks through typical village landscape. Such walks can cover part of the village or the entire village, taking an hour or up to some hours. Transects consist of two elements: the walk and a diagram that records the information of the walks. Objectives: Identify typical land use types and their characteristics. With whom: Mixed group of farmers (female and male) Step 1: Assess current situation Parameter Lower belt Middle belt Upper belt Soil Black, Red Black, Loamy Black, Red Elevation (feet) 1300 2200 4500 Average land holding (acre) 1.5 acre 0.5 acre 1.5 acre Old, Modern, Old, Modern, Old, Modern, Farming system Greenhouse Greenhouse Greenhouse Cardamom, Main crops Rice, maize Rice, maize ginger, maize Average livestock holding 5 3 5 Fallow land (land left NA NA NA uncultivated) Others … NA NA NA Agriculture, Best practices, Potentials Poultry, piggery Poultry, floriculture floriculture Diseases, water, Water, marketing Water, marketing Main problems / constraints marketing problems problems problems Step 2: Figure out best practices, success stories, important problems and their causes 5 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU Best practices, Success Landuse Type Main problems Causes stories Unorganized Lower Belt NA Marketing problems marketing system Unorganized Middle Belt NA Marketing problems marketing system Shortage of water Upper Belt NA Shortage of water sources Step 3: Find out solutions for the problems Solutions Formation of cooperative societies. Dhara Vikas. Step 4: Identify relevant activities to tackle the problems or to expand the success stories (Attention: it is important to rank the priority of the activities) Contribution Priority Activity Unit Quantity Location Village External 1 to 5 Formation of One in Nos. All wards Participation Funds 1 cooperative societies. each ward Supply of Dhara Vikas. Nos. As requiredAll wards Participation 2 materials 6 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU Tool 2: BRIEF VILLAGE HISTORY Number of participants: 37 male: 22 female: 15 Description: This tool helps the villagers to remind all important events which happened in the village in the past. It also helps villagers of the community to be aware of their effort passing each period of their recent history. Draw a line on A0 paper. One end of the line will be ‘now’. Explain to the households that this is the History Line Ask the households to recall key events (positive and negative) throughout history (from the earliest to now) and the year they occurred. Objectives: Find out general information and important events in the recent village history. Identify important events that brought about some economic, social, cultural etc change in the village. Change in agricultural trend due to these events. Time Major events Meaning of the village Newar: Pachey – Copper; Khani – Mine name Village origin (Villagers unable to answer.) Kaalo Bhari 1930 – 1954 Missionary School was established. 1947 – Landslide caused damage to property. 1954 – 1974 Major earthquake 1974 – 1994 Primary School was established. 1994 – 2010 Development during Chogyal’s regime. Future trends and general ideas for long Marketing centre for local produce. term developmental plan Tool 3: SEASONAL CALENDAR 7 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU Number of participants: 37 male: 22 female: 15 Description: A seasonal calendar is a participatory tool to explore seasonal changes (e.g. gender- specific workload, diseases, income, expenditure etc.). Objectives: Learn about changes in livelihoods over the year and to show the seasonality of agricultural and non agricultural workload, food availability, human diseases, gender- specific income and expenditure, water, forage, credit. Methods: The VDAP team discuss and fill in the form with the values (quantity, intensity, ¼) for each topic (see sample) With whom: Mixed group for women and men Step 1: Assess current situation Intensity: * = Low; *** = Medium; ***** =High Month Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Livelihood Baisa Jest Asa Shraw Bha As Kar Mangs Pou Ma Falg Chai parameter kh ha dh an dra hoj tik hir sh gh un tra Intensity of *** *** *** *** *** *** *** agriculture * * *** * *** activities ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Agriculture *** *** *** *** *** *** *** work load for * * *** * *** women ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Agriculture *** *** *** *** *** *** *** work load for * * *** * *** men ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Non-agriculture *** *** work load for *** *** * *** * * *** *** *** *** women ** ** Non-agriculture *** *** work load for *** *** * *** * * *** *** *** *** men ** ** *** *** Food scarcity *** * * * * *** * * * * ** ** Income for *** *** *** * * *** *** *** *** *** * *** women ** ** ** *** *** *** * * *** *** *** *** *** * *** Income for men ** ** ** Expenditure for *** *** *** *** *** * * * * * *** *** women ** ** ** ** Expenditure for *** * * * * * *** *** *** *** *** *** 8 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU men ** ** ** ** Livestock *** *** *** *** *** ** ** ** ** ** forage * * *** *** * * * availability Credit *** *** *** *** *** *** *** * * * *** * availability ** ** ** ** Prevalence of *** *** *** *** *** * * * * * * * ailments ** ** ** ** Others …. Step 2: Find out three most important problems and their causes Problems Causes Marketing Unorganized marketing practices. Water shortage Lack of proper water sources. Step 3: Find out possible solutions for the problems Solutions Formation of co-operative societies. Identification and development of water sources. Step 4: Identify relevant activities to tackle the problems or to expand the success stories (Attention: it is important to rank the priority of the activities) Contribution Priority Activity Unit Quantity Location Village External 1 to 5 Formation of One for Supply of Nos. All wards Participation 1 co-operative societies. each ward material Identification and development of water NA As requiredAll wards Labour MGNREGA 2 sources. 9 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan – Pacheykhani GPU Tool 4: SECONDARY INFORMATION Number of participants: 37 male: 22 female: 15 Description: Secondary information obtained from Census 1991, 2001