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Awards Ceremony:
Anil shah Gram Vikas Paritoshik, Gram sangthan Fellowship, Gram Sangthan Paritoshik awards ceremony was held on 10th February 2008 at AMA, Ahmedabad. Shri Y K Alagh was the Chief Guest and there were about 200 participants from NGOs, villages, media, friends and family members of Shri Anil Shah.
The following awards were given away :
1) Anil Shah Gram Vikas Paritoshik -2007 was presented to Shri Khodabhai B Khasiya, Gram Vikas Mandal, Ambardi, Dist Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
2) Gram Vikas Fellowship 2007 was presented to Shri Rajendrakumar Jaiswal of Prakruti Foundation, Jhalod , Gujarat, India.
3) Gram Vikas Sangthan Paritoshik 2007 – First was presented to the Jalstrav Vikas Mandal, Lasa of Amreli district facilitated by Sikshan and Samaj Kalyan Kendra, Amreli, Gujarat, India.
4) Gram Vikas Sangathan Paritoshik 2007- Second was presented to Patiakuva Vriksh Sahakari Mandli, Bhiloda, Sabarkantha district facilitated by VIKSAT. |
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Awards Ceremony 2007 : Photo Gallery |
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| Anil Shah Gram Vikas Paritoshik -2007 was presented to Shri Khodabhai B Khasiya, Gram Vikas Mandal, Ambardi, Dist Rajkot. |
Gram Vikas Fellowship 2007 was presented to Shri Rajendrakumar Jaiswal of Prakruti Foundation, Jhalod. |
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| Gram Vikas Sangthan Paritoshik 2007 – First was presented to the Jalstrav Vikas Mandal, Lasa of Amreli district facilitated by Sikshan and Samaj Kalyan Kendra, Amreli. |
Gram Vikas Sangathan Paritoshik 2007- Second was presented to Patiakuva Vriksh Sahakari Mandli, Bhiloda, Sabarkantha district facilitated by VIKSAT. |
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Workshop for Creating Awareness of Drinking Water Security in Watershed Villages
- Bhavnagar - 11th Jan 2008 |
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DSC conducted a workshop on the above topic with the support of WASMO and DRDA. Eighty six participants from the Hariyali watershed project and NGO representatives discussed the experiences so far and the need for developing closer linkages between WASMO and DRDA. The DDO of Bhavnagar and Shri R.K.Sama emphasized the need for the staff of both the agencies to become sensitive towards the drinking water issues and work jointly towards providing local solutions.
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Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) Awareness Workshop for women (16 Jan 08) |
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The Mazum field Unit organized a one day workshop for Mazum command area. DSC invited women having land in their name and the wives of committee members of Irrigation Cooperatives. Around 160 women and 25 committee members from 15 ICs participated in the workshop. The Deputy Executive Engineer and the experienced women from Dharoi project were the resource persons. The workshop discussed irrigation and agriculture related problems faced by the women and the experienced farmers leaders tried to reflect on the issues. DSC also provided information about the structure of irrigation cooperative, role and responsibilities of the President and the Executive Committee. The experienced women from Dharoi project shared their experiences on women participation in PIM. The women were inspired to register themselves as nominal members of their respective IC. |
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Women’s Day Celebration – 11th March 2008 at Meghraj |
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About 500 women and 100 men attended the International Women’s Celebration at Valuna village in Meghraj. The significance of the event was that women from 12 villages who were previously shy to come on stage not only composed their own songs but also presented them. Even small girls from different primary schools presented dances. The women’s cluster level federation and the men’s federation presented the activities carried out so far and their future plan. A special drama troupe from the Devgadh Baria Sangathan (a federation promoted by NGO – ANANDI) presented a drama on NREG and the role of women’s federation to ensure quality implementation of the programme. This Programme was very well received and men also felt that such a celebration was an important platform for women to express their concerns.
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Radio Programme |
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"Sajjata No Sang.. Lave Kheti Ma Rang" |
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The broadcast of a series of weekly episodes on Radio titled " Sajjata No Sang.. Lave Kheti Ma Rang" was formally launched on November 23, 2006 and since then it continues to scale new heights of popularity. The duration of this radio programme is 15 minutes and is broadcast from Ahmedabad - Vadodara and Rajkot Stations at 7.20 PM on every Thursday.
The development of Radio Programme has focused on the promotion of improved agricultural practices amongst farmers, with particular focus on the needs and priorities of small and marginal farmers in drought prone regions of the state. In order to substantiate the technical information arisen in a particular episode, the Programme carries a special section called "Je Ne Chatariyo Navo Cheelo" (One who carves out a new path) that covers the experience-sharing of progressive farmers on successful innovative experiment undertaken by them. The information provided in the interview by the farmer himself/ herself is in line with the nature of information broadcast in that particular episode.
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The underlining idea behind these weekly episodes is to cater to crop-specific information needs of the farmers at different crop stages (sowing state vegetative stage to harvesting and storage stage). The design of the programme includes motivation farmers to clarify their queries and doubts through the off - line phone-in programmes and correspondence. The off-line phone-in option is available to farmers for 2 hours (every Thursday from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm) soon after the programme has been broadcast. Also phone-lines are open during working days from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. During the off-line phone-in option the technical expertise of Agricultural Experts is being availed to attend to farmers' questions and provide them practical scientific solutions to their problems. For this, a new section called “Pucho Sawal” (Ask Question) has been introduced from 47th episode onwards wherein some selected questions of the farmers along with its customized solution are aired in the programme.
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Marching Ahead…Golden Jubilee Episode:
Our Radio Programme ever since its inception has been steadily gaining popularity to keep it marching ahead successfully. After achieving the milestone of broadcasting Silver Jubilee episode on June 7, 2007, the remarkable journey witnessed the airing of Golden Jubilee episode on January 3, 2008.
To Commemorate the airing of 25th episode a special silver-jubilee episode on June 7, 2007 (Thursday) from 8:00 PM to 8:30 PM was broadcast from Ahmedabad-Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhuj stations covering congratulatory messages from government officers including the then Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Government of Gujarat (GoG) and our regular listeners.
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Golden Jubilee Celebration:
A special Shrota Sammelan was organised at Village-Ranavada, Taulka-Sirohi, Dist-Banaskantha to commemorate the airing of 50th episode of our Radio Programme. The Chief Guest was Mr. VIvek Singh, Programme Officer - Rural Development, Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), New Delhi.
The function was attended by about 300 farmers from 5 districts and renowned Media personalities, Radio artists, Agricultural and animal husbandry experts.
The main features of the special event were as follows:
- Farmers from different geographical regions sharing their benefits pertaining to ongoing Rabi crops.
- Experience sharing by those farmers whose interviews have so far been broadcast under the section: ” Je Ne Chatariyo Navo Cheelo”.
- Obtained feedback and suggestions for improving the programme effectiveness.
RAINFALL INSURANCE:
Sajjata Sangh had instituted a research study in 2006 on providing a cushion to the farmers against crop losses on account of weather vagaries by providing Rainfall Insurance cover to the farmers. Special emphasis was laid on ensuring quick and easier claim-settlements. Based on the comprehensive study, the rainfall insurance package for groundnut was designed that provided cover against the following weather perils.
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Absence of Pre-sowing Rainfall
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Deficiency in absolute volume of rainfall
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Long drought spell due to erratic distribution
Sajjata Sangh in collaboration with its member organisation SAVA and Agriculture Insurance Company has successfully piloted this customized Rainfall Insurance product for Groundnut crop for the farmers in drought-prone district of Jamnagar in Gujarat. The cover insures farmers against losses incurred due to unfavourable weather conditions such as deficit/ excess/ untimely rainfall. Quite encouragingly, the farmers also received claim in the year 2006 under the “volume cover”. The need of promoting such insurance covers among the farmers against uncertain weather perils becomes more pronounced in the wake of the changing global environmental conditions. Sajjata Sangh is working diligently for upscaling Rainfall Insurance in other drought-districts of Gujarat as well. |
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Training and Communication |
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DSC conducted a workshop on the above topic with the support of WASMO and DRDA. Eighty six participants from the Hariyali watershed project and NGO representatives discussed the experiences so far and the need for developing closer linkages between WASMO and DRDA. The DDO of Bhavnagar and Shri R.K.Sama emphasized the need for the staff of both the agencies to become sensitive towards the drinking water issues and work jointly towards providing local solutions.
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Gujarat Chapter on PIM (Participatory Irrigation Management) |
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In response to the decision in the first meeting of Gujarat Chapter on PIM held on 21st Aug.2007, the Irrigation Department has nominated Shri Bhavsar Chief Engineer(QC) and Additional Secretary and the SSNNL has nominated Shri R.K.Tripathi Joint Managing Director of SSNNL and Shri S.J.Desai Director (Civil) to participate in forum’s meetings as invitees. It is expected that their participation would not only enrich the discussions but would also help in taking forward suggestions of the group with their respective departments.
On the initiative of Shri V.B.Patel Chairman Gujarat Chapter on PIM, to discuss the operative problems anticipated in implementation of some provisions of PIM Act, Shri B.N.Nawalawala Advisor to Honorable CM (Water Resources) had held a meeting on 28th Feb.2008 where Principal Secretary of Irrigation Department, Senior Officers of the Irrigation Department, Shri V.B.Patel Chairman Gujarat Chapter on PIM, Shri Apoorva Oza CEO AKRSP and Executive Director of DSC remained present. The problems anticipated in the implementation of the PIM Act and suggestions to mitigate them were discussed in detail. It was decided that the Department shall study the suggestions of the Gujarat Chapter and work out the measures for consideration of the Government.
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Rainfall Insurance |
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Sajjata Sangh is one of the few organizations in the state that has introduced rainfall insurance. Till date the Sajjata Sangh has promoted rainfall insurance to 110 farmers covering 110 acres in Jamnagar district to its partner NGO- SAVA. In lieu of a meeting organized with AIC and member NGOs and farmers from Amreli, Surendranagar and Junagadh to hold preliminary discussion on critical rainfall requirements at different stages of crop production, a detailed proposal has been submitted to AIC, New Delhi for developing customized products for Cotton and Groundnut in these districts. A detailed action-plan as agreed in the meeting was also shared with the AIC. The timely product development would be crucial in field testing it with farmers and incorporating their feedback to develop final product and then selling it among farmers. |
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