Agricultural Production & Livelihood System Research in Dryland Areas of South Asia: Highlights on Activities & Outcomes

Haileslassie et al.. /work plan meeting/Kathmandu/27-28/08/13)

Photo : Amare Haileslassie ICRISAT/ILRI

Today’s presentation

Major purposes of the inception phase

Key highlights from the inception phase outputs

Regional workshops & analysis of macro-level data to identify:

― Sites and structure of the production & livelihood systems

― Observed changes and major driver ― Research hypotheses and activities ― Identification of key partners

Sites and priority production & livelihood systems— Jodhpur/Osien; — Barmer/Chotan; — Jaisalmer/Jaisalmer;

— Bijapur/Basavan-Bagewadi;

— Bijapur /Almel;— Bijapur/Devar Hipparagi;

— Anantapur/Kalyandurg;— Kurnool/Dohne;— Madhya Pradesh

— Cakewalk ( Pakistan)

Key highlights from the inception phase outputs

Examples of observed changes: livestock herd composition and implications for feed supply

Key highlights from the inception phase outputs

( Jodhpur, Ananatapur)

Examples of observed changes ( operational land holding)

Key highlights from the inception phase outputs

Jodhpur, ANANTAPUR

Key highlights from the inception phase outputs

Examples of observed changes (yield instability as indicated by CV)

Examples of observed changes (nutrient and water mining)

Water and nutrient stock mining are major environmental problems;

Micro nutrient become issues of concern;

The impact in mixed crop livestock system is beyond grain yield;

Key highlights from the inception phase outputs

Good news!

Huge yield gap in many parts [milk and grain (e.g. ICRISAT work)]

How can we reap these sustainably and where should our focus ?

Key highlights from the inception phase outputs

Partners

Key highlights from the inception phase outputs

Highlights from post-inception phase activities & outputs

Selecting action villages and systematically organizing baseline information

Baseline livelihood capital assessment

— 15 villages representing more than 8 production systems

— Interview of 1000HH and data entry completed

— Adoption, vulnerability study is undergoing now

— Weather based crop and livestock insurances

— Social network for women

Highlights from post-inception phase activities & outputs

Selecting action villages and systematically organizing baseline information

Baseline biophysical survey and longer-term data capturing

— Land use land cover maps (5x5m resolution)

— Biomass productivity assessment using NDVI

— Baseline soil quality assessment data

— Agro-biodiversity survey

— 15 climate data loggers procured

Highlights from post-inception phase activities and outputs

Establishing an innovation platform and filling the “basket of technology” options

Technology, Institutional and Policy Innovation Platforms established and first meeting held

ToR prepared and endorsed

Village level suitable technology assessment ( including gender-friendly)

Highlights from post-inception phase activities and outputs

Building a trust with farmers and innovation platform members

On farm participatory experimentation :— of three varieties of millet;

— two varieties of sorghum

— three varieties of cluster bean; with and with out in-situ and ex-situ agricultural water management

— 3 varieties of moth and mung bean

50 hectares of CPR ( protection, diversification, institutionalization)

Investment

Post inception phase investment across IDOs (W1 and W2)

Investment

Project Sponsor Budget (‘$000)

Bhoochetana KN Soil testing

Gov’t KN 156

KN soil testing irrigation Gov’t KN 412

Univ Florida Geospatial USAID 24

Yield gaps KN Gov’t KN 1,118

Yield gaps AP Gov’t AP 300

Legumes India & Myanmar

IFAD 69

KN horticulture Gov’t KN 52

Investment s from bilateral projects

Thanks for your attention