1 Village Development Action Plan –Pakyong GPU Mission: Poverty Free Sikkim Village Development Action Plan A plan for realizing the Mission of a Poverty Free Sikkim Pakyong GPU, Pakyong Block, East District RURAL MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM 2 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan –Pakyong 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 37-44 Chapter 8. Organizational development Tool 19 VENN diagram Tool 20 Assessment of SHGs Pages 45-48 Chapter 9. Housing and basic amenities Tool 21 Assessment of housing Tool 22 Assessment of drinking water sources and water supply Tool 23 Assessment of sanitation and waste management Pages 49-56 3 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan –Pakyong GPU Chapter 10. Education and health Tool 24 Assessment of education Tool 25 Assessment of health care Pages 57-60 Chapter 11. Infrastructure Tool 26 Assessment of connectivity and transportation Tool 27 Assessment of irrigation and flood control system Pages 61-68 Chapter 12. Other issues Tool 28 Assessment of women issues Tool 29 Assessment of climate change Pages 69-73 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 –Pakyong GPU Chapter 1: General and basic information Tool 1: TRANSECT WALK Number of participants: 27 male: 16 female: 11 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, red Black Elevation (feet) 3000 4000 5000 Average land holding (acre) ½ acre ½ acre 1 acre Farming system Old, greenhouse Old, greenhouse Old, greenhouse Maize, flower, broom, Main crops Maize, broom, ginger, Cardamom ginger, vegetables Average livestock holding 6 2 4 Fallow land (land left NA NA NA uncultivated) Others … NA NA NA Best practices, Potentials Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Main problems / constraints Water scarcity Water scarcity Marketing 5 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan –Pakyong GPU Step 2: Figure out best practices, success stories, important problems and their causes Best practices, Success Land use Type Main problems Causes stories Lack of perennial Lower Belt NA Water scarcity sources Lack of perennial Middle Belt NA Water scarcity sources Lack of perennial Upper Belt NA Water scarcity sources Step 3: Find out solutions for the problems Solutions Proper distribution of water. 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 As Supply of Construction of MICs Nos. All wards Labour 1 required material 6 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan –Pakyong GPU Tool 2: BRIEF VILLAGE HISTORY Number of participants: 27 male: 16 female: 11 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 Lepcha: name Pa – bamboo; kyong - place The first inhabitants of the village arrived during Kupre’s Raja’s Village origin reign. Mother Teresa visited Pakyong. 1930 – 1954 1st school established – Mission School. First dispensary opened. St. Xavier’s School established. (Previously known as 1954 – 1974 Roman Catholic JHS) 1968 Landslide. 1974 – 1994 GPK and PHC were established. 1994 – 2010 Foundation stone of Greenfield Airport was laid. GREF areas should be reclaimed and utilized for agriculture. Future trends and Educated youth should be trained to work in sync with general ideas for long opportunities created by the airport such as transport, term developmental plan tourism and business. New and sustainable water lines should be set up. 7 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan –Pakyong GPU Tool 3: SEASONAL CALENDAR Number of participants: 27 male: 16 female: 11 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 Bais Jes As Shra Bha As Ka Mang Po M Fal Chai parameter akh tha ad wan dra ho rtik shir ush ag gun tra h j h Intensity of *** *** *** *** *** *** agriculture *** *** *** *** * * activities ** ** ** ** ** ** Agriculture *** *** *** *** *** *** work load for *** *** *** *** * * women ** ** ** ** ** ** Agriculture *** *** *** *** *** *** work load for *** *** *** *** * * men ** ** ** ** ** ** Non-agricultu *** *** *** *** re work load * * * *** *** *** *** *** for women ** ** ** ** Non-agricultu *** *** *** *** re work load * * * *** *** *** *** *** for men ** ** ** ** *** *** *** *** *** *** Food scarcity * * * * *** *** ** ** ** ** ** ** Income for *** *** * * * * * *** *** *** *** * women ** ** Income for *** *** * * * * * *** *** *** *** * men ** ** 8 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan –Pakyong GPU Expenditure *** *** * * * * * *** *** * * *** for women ** ** Expenditure *** *** * * * * * *** *** * * *** for men ** ** Livestock *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** * forage ** ** ** ** ** ** availability Credit * * * *** *** * * *** *** *** *** * availability Prevalence of *** *** *** *** * * * * * * * * ailments ** ** Others …. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 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 three 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 As Water Source development works Nos. All wards Labour 1 required Supply At least Formation of Co-operative Co-operative Nos. one for twoAll wards Labour 2 Societies Dept. wards 9 Rural Management and Development Department, Government of Sikkim Village Development Action Plan –Pakyong GPU Tool 4: SECONDARY INFORMATION Number of participants: 27 male: 16 female: