PROJECT ON CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE- MAHARASHTRA (POCRA) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 1 | Page CTRANDepartment DRAFT of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra The World Bank 2 | Page Content Abbreviations Contents 1 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... 13 2 Background .................................................................................................................................... 20 2.1 Country Context ..................................................................................................................... 20 2.2 State and sectoral Context ...................................................................................................... 21 2.3 Vulnerability, long-term climate change and the rationale for the project ............................ 27 2.3.1 Biophysical Characteristics of the project area (land, soil, water, precipitation, temperature) ................................................................................................................................... 28 2.3.2 Socio-economic Characteristics of the project area (Demographic, Socio-economic, etc.) 35 2.3.3 Environmental Characteristics (Salinity, water quality, etc.) ......................................... 37 2.4 Key challenges ....................................................................................................................... 39 2.5 Partnership with the World Bank ........................................................................................... 40 3 Project Description ......................................................................................................................... 41 3.1 Project Development Objective ............................................................................................. 41 3.2 Project Guiding Principles ..................................................................................................... 42 3.3 Project Strategy ...................................................................................................................... 43 3.4 Project Area ........................................................................................................................... 46 3.5 Village selection criteria ........................................................................................................ 49 3.6 Guiding Principles for Planning, Activity prioritization, Sequencing, and Beneficiary Targeting ............................................................................................................................................ 54 3.7 Project Phasing ....................................................................................................................... 56 3 | Page 4 Project Components ....................................................................................................................... 57 4.1 Component A1: Participatory development of Mini watershed plans ................................... 59 4.1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 59 4.1.2 Activities ........................................................................................................................ 60 4.1.3 Approach ........................................................................................................................ 61 4.2 Component A2: Climate smart agriculture and resilient farming systems ............................ 64 4.2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 64 4.2.2 Situation analysis ........................................................................................................... 64 4.2.3 Objective ........................................................................................................................ 66 4.2.4 Activities ........................................................................................................................ 67 4.2.5 Approach ........................................................................................................................ 70 4.3 Component A3: Promoting efficient and sustainable use of water for agriculture ................ 84 4.3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 84 4.3.2 Situation Analysis .......................................................................................................... 84 4.3.3 Objective ........................................................................................................................ 86 4.3.4 Activities ........................................................................................................................ 86 4.3.5 Approach ........................................................................................................................ 88 4.4 Component B: Climate Smart Post Harvest Management and Value Chain Promotion ....... 96 4.4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 96 4.4.2 Situation analysis ........................................................................................................... 98 4.4.3 Objective ...................................................................................................................... 104 4.4.4 Activities ...................................................................................................................... 104 4.4.5 Approach ...................................................................................................................... 106 4.5 Component B1: Strengthening Farmer Producer Companies .............................................. 109 4.6 Component B2: Strengthening climate-resilient value-chains ............................................. 115 4 | Page 4.7 Component B3: Improving the performance of the supply chain for climate-resilient seeds 118 4.8 Component C: Institutional Development, Knowledge and Policies for a Climate-resilient Agriculture ....................................................................................................................................... 123 4.8.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 123 4.8.2 Objective ...................................................................................................................... 123 4.8.3 Activities ...................................................................................................................... 124 4.8.4 Approach ...................................................................................................................... 133 4.8.5 Climate innovation centre ............................................................................................ 138 4.8.6 ICT Strategy ................................................................................................................. 140 4.9 Project Implementation Management .................................................................................. 145 4.9.1 Project Governance ...................................................................................................... 146 4.9.1.1 Project Steering Committee ......................................................................................... 146 4.9.1.2 Project Advisory Committee ........................................................................................ 146 4.9.1.3 Project Management Unit ............................................................................................ 148 4.9.1.4 Division Level .............................................................................................................. 149 4.9.1.5 District Level Structure ................................................................................................ 150 4.9.1.6 Subdivision level structure ........................................................................................... 151 4.9.1.7 Village level structure .................................................................................................. 152 4.9.2 Role of project units at various levels .......................................................................... 153 4.9.2.1 PMU ............................................................................................................................. 153 4.9.2.2 Office of the DSAO ..................................................................................................... 154 4.9.2.3 Office of PD, ATMA ................................................................................................... 155 4.9.2.4 Office of SDAO ........................................................................................................... 155 4.9.2.5 Office of the Cluster Assistant ..................................................................................... 156 4.9.2.6 Agriculture Assistant.................................................................................................... 156 5 | Page 4.9.3 Staffing structure .......................................................................................................... 156 4.9.4 Village Level Institutions, their Roles &