AP Integrated Irrigation Agriculture Transformation Project Concurrent Monitoring - 1 CTRAN COSULTING Pvt Ltd 2019 Contents Executive Summery ................................................................................................................................. viii Chapter -1 .................................................................................................................................................... 1 Project .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Geographical Coverage ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Project Beneficiary ............................................................................................................................ 2 1.4. Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter -2 .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Socio-Economic Profile of Stakeholders .................................................................................................... 4 2.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Selected sample farmers in the study area....................................................................................... 4 2.2 Classification of sample farmers, according to landholdings status .............................................. 5 2.3 Classification of household, according to social categories ............................................................ 5 2.4 Demographics of the Households ..................................................................................................... 6 2.6 Asset possession of households ......................................................................................................... 9 2.7 Possession of agriculture assets ...................................................................................................... 10 2.8 Possession of milch animals ............................................................................................................ 11 2.9 Household income ........................................................................................................................... 12 2.10 Consumption pattern (Expenditure) ............................................................................................ 12 2.11 Borrowings ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Chapter -3 .................................................................................................................................................. 14 Institutional Strengthening & Capacity Building of WUAs ................................................................... 14 3.1 WUA strengthening and Formation of New WUAs/ Re-delineation of existing WUAs: ............ 15 3.2 Institutional Aspects in tanks with below 100 acres ayacut area: ................................................ 16 3.3 Capacity Building of WUAs: .......................................................................................................... 16 3.4 WUA Office Infrastructure: ........................................................................................................... 17 3.5 WUA Records and Maintenance: ................................................................................................... 18 3.6 Para workers: .................................................................................................................................. 19 3.7 Social Audit and Public Disclosure: ............................................................................................... 20 3.8 Water Tax & Corpus Collection: ................................................................................................... 20 3.9 Support Organisations: ................................................................................................................... 20 3.10 WUA Self-Rating ........................................................................................................................... 22 3.11 Cascade Development Plans & Tank Development Plans: ......................................................... 22 i | P a g e 3.12 Analysis of WUA Data .................................................................................................................. 23 3.13 Others:............................................................................................................................................ 29 3.14 Key observation & Suggestions .................................................................................................... 29 Chapter -4 .................................................................................................................................................. 31 Rehabilitation and Modernization of SSCBI Systems ............................................................................ 31 4.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 31 4.2 Status of TDPs/ CDPs ...................................................................................................................... 31 4.3 Observations .................................................................................................................................... 33 4.4 Work wise status of on-going tank rehabilitation (civil) works ................................................... 33 4.5 Compliance of Dam Safety panel suggestions/findings for Dam Safety tanks ............................ 34 4.6 Environmental Management Compliance ..................................................................................... 35 4.7 Quality control and quality ensuring measures ............................................................................ 35 4.8 Season wise report on water use efficiency .................................................................................... 36 4.9 Improving Water Productivity and Efficiency .............................................................................. 36 4.10. Crop Water Budgeting. ................................................................................................................ 36 4.11 Initiative on Crop Planning and adopting ................................................................................... 36 4.12 Training of WUA / Farmers on water productivity and efficiency ............................................ 36 Chapter -5 .................................................................................................................................................. 39 Improving Farm Water Productivity and Efficiency ............................................................................. 39 5.1 Crop Water Budgeting .................................................................................................................... 39 5.2 Data Base Centers: .......................................................................................................................... 39 5.3 Training of WUA / Farmers on Water Productivity and Efficiency ........................................... 40 5.4 Crop and Technology Adoption ..................................................................................................... 40 5.5 Water Flow Measurement & Water Productivity ........................................................................ 40 5.6 Participatory Groundwater Management (PGM) ........................................................................ 41 5.7 State Level PGM Activity Progress Update: ................................................................................. 41 5.8 State Level Observation on PGM Activity: ................................................................................... 41 5.9 Findings on Willing/ Non-Willingness on Water Sharing Between Adjacent Farmers: ............ 42 5.10 Way Forward in PGM Implementation: ..................................................................................... 43 Chapter -6 .................................................................................................................................................. 45 Climate Smart Crop Production and Diversification ............................................................................. 45 6.1 Agriculture Interventions ............................................................................................................... 46 6.2 Horticulture interventions .............................................................................................................. 53 6.3 Climate Smart Aquaculture Production ........................................................................................ 61 ii | P a g e Chapter -7 .................................................................................................................................................