Programme report. Capacity Building of Farmers on Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture

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1 GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA, DISTRICT FARIDABAD Programme report On Capacity Building of Farmers on Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture Under GoI - UNDP, Faridabad November-December, 2011 Department of Revenue and Disaster Management Office of Deputy Commissioner Faridabad, Haryana 1

2 NAME OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME: Capacity Building of Farmers on Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture. DATE and VENUE: Chandpur Trikri Khera Bhaisrawali Sunpad TIME: 11:00 AM TO 02:00 PM BLOCK: Faridabad and Ballabgarh DISTRICT: Faridabad STATE: Haryana TOTAL NO OF PARTICIPANTS: 50 Farmers from each village RESOURCE PERSONS: Dr. S.K. Prince, Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer; Mr. Subhash Chand Yadav, Agriculture Statistical Officer; Ms. Surbhi Rawat, Training and Capacity Building Officer; Mr. Animesh Prakash, District Project Officer STATE NODAL AGENCY: Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Faridabad OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING: To sensitize farmers on Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture in Faridabad and Ballabgarh blocks. To identify 50 volunteers from the selected villages for specific trainings on Disaster management. To constitute village level committees to initiate community participation for preparedness for emergencies and disasters in the respective villages. 2

3 METHODOLGY: Training module was designed in form of lecture by the Disaster Management Experts and lecture by Agriculture experts followed by group discussion. Risks and vulnerabilities, hange, safe and sustainable farming practices including indigenous practices and importance of community participation in disaster management were the major points of discussion in each of the twelve training camps. Considering the fact that women have a major role to play in either directly and indirectly in farming, their participation was deemed necessary in the programme. TRAINING SESSION BRIEF: The Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Faridabad, under the able guidance of Dr. Rakesh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner & District Revenue Officer, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Deputy Director of Agriculture Faridabad under UNDP- DRR Programme conducted one-day Capacity Building of Farmers on Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture in the District. Fifty farmers from each village participated in the programme. The programme was inaugurated by the Dr. S.K. Prince, Sub-Divisional Officer of Agriculture, Faridabad at 11:00a.m. And A.D.O agriculture welcomed the chief guest and the participants. Inaugurating the programme, Dr. S.K. Prince, Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer highlighted the importance of the Disaster Risk Management in agriculture in view of the fact that the very livelihood of our rural population depends on agriculture. He said that this type of programmes were the need of the hour as the farmers are the worst affected ones in case of any 3

4 disaster, be it draught, floods, earthquake, pest attack, etc. He appreciated the gesture of the Officers from the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management in this programme for farmers. He advised the farmers to take maximum benefit from this programme. Ms. Surbhi Rawat, Training & Capacity Building Officer, and Mr. Animesh Prakash, DPO, Faridabad were the Resource Persons from the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Faridabad. Mr. Animesh Prakash, DPO, Faridabad presented an overview of the various disasters and their impacts on our lives. He said that Faridabad being in earthquake prone zone, we have to be prepared for any eventuality. He advised the farmers to be always prepared so that the impact of the disaster could be minimized. Ms. Surbhi Rawat (Training and Capacity Building Officer) while interacting with the farmers, explained the objective of the programme. She said that this programme has been planned to sensitize the farmers with the various techniques of disaster risk reduction in agriculture. She said that the farmers face a number of risks in agricultural sector which occur with high frequency. These include climate and weather risks, natural catastrophes, pest and diseases, which cause highly variable production outcomes. The natural disasters occur frequently and cause mild to heavy damage to life and property which includes agriculture and livestock. These production risks are aggravated by price risks, credit risks, technological risks and institutional risks and add to the already precarious condition of our farmers. These risks call for immediate risk management in agriculture, she said. 4

5 She said that the direct, indirect, primary and secondary impacts of the climate eventually undermine development. She highlighted that awareness, preparedness and disaster mitigation steps are very important to reduce the impact of disasters. Here, the need of risk management in agriculture is felt. It involves different mechanisms ranging from informal mechanism like avoidance of highly risky crops, diversification across crops and across income sources to formal mechanisms like agriculture insurance, minimum support price system and futures markets. She explained various Agricultural measures as part of agricultural risk management such as Appropriate crop selection (testing and introducing new varieties, drought/ saline/flood resistant crops, quick crowing crops) and animal breeding; Improved cropping systems and cultivation methods (crop diversification, intercropping, adjustment of cropping calendars, soil conservation); Post-harvest management (storage, food drying, food processing); Pest control; Sustainable water management: improved design, construction and maintenance of irrigation and water control infrastructure; rainwater harvesting; water conservation techniques; Afforestation/Reforestation and Agro forestry. She called upon the farmers to mitigate the impact of floods by following different techniques like use a variety of cultivated and non-cultivated species like banana, coconut, fruit trees, grass, sugar cane, wild cane and pineapples for building soil to prevent and mitigate the impact of floods and landslide; use of water tolerant crops; planting of dasheen 5

6 water tolerant crop in areas susceptible to sheet flooding to reduce water velocity; planting of water-tolerant plants along the edges of drains and other waterways as a mechanism to prevent the excessive bank erosion and the spreading of floodwater. She explained the various types of hazard impact reduction methods which include Reduction of water velocity, Stabilization of farm drains, Stabilization of river slope, Soil moisture regulation, Soil nutrient regeneration, etc. She enumerated different adaptive strategies to fight Droughts such as, practicing Permaculture both in their gardens and fields through land use designs that enhance water conservation and biodiversity; Water harvesting from rooftops and diverting water from natural springs into tank to be used for drinking and for supplementary irrigation of vegetables and crops; Infiltration pits along contours to collect water during the rainy period, this water spreads underground and is used by the plants. Crops can grow up to maturity by using this conserved moisture; Building granaries to store grains resistant to post harvest pests; Income diversification (organic vegetable sales, organic cotton growing, etc.); Saving a part of the money from produce sale to buy food if the rains fail; Planting traditional drought tolerant crops like millets, sorghums. These crops give a good yield even with very little rain. Also, indigenous maize varieties (i.e. Kalahari), etc that are short season, high yielding, drought tolerant and post harvest pest resistant are also planted as part of strategy to fight draught; Community regulations and bylaws which control the conservation of certain trees and wooded areas. 6

7 Besides the above strategies, she emphasized the need of seed testing, use of right quality and right amount of pesticides. The programme concluded at 2.00 p.m. with a vote of Thanks by the BDO Agriculture. Ms. Surbhi Rawat Training and Capacity Building Officer, Faridabad GoI-UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction Programme O/o the Deputy Commissioner, Faridabad Haryana, India Mobile Surbhi.rawat87@gmail.com ******** ********* 7

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9 Day - 1 SESSION PLAN For The 1 Day Module On Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture For the Farmers 9

10 Day: 1 Session: 1 Introduction & Training Objectives Duration: 45min. Session Objectives: To establish a learning atmosphere in the training program To facilitate a round of introductions for familiarizing the participants with each other To facilitate sharing of expectations of the participants from the program To introduce the objectives of the training program to the participants Time Activities Coverage Methodology 5m Opening of the program and welcoming the participants by ADO Agriculture None Process of opening and welcome followed by self introduction of the facilitator/ facilitators 5m A general statement about the program 15m Inaugurated by Sub-Divisional Officer of Agriculture Highlighted the importance of the Disaster Risk Management in Agriculture 10m Introductions by Resource persons from Revenue Department Facilitating a round of self-introductions 10m Familiarizing the participants with the objectives of the training program by TCBO Training Objectives Discussion on the Program objectives Interactive Power points Program objectives 10

11 Resource Persons Dr. S.K. Prince, Sub-Divisional Officer of Agriculture (SDAO) Department of Agriculture Surbhi Rawat, Training and Capacity Building Officer (TCBO) Animesh Prakash, District Project Officer (DPO) Department of Revenue and Disaster Management 11

12 Day: 1 Session: 2 Overview of Disasters Duration:45min. Session Objectives: To understand about various disasters Types of disasters History of major disasters in Faridabad Time Learning Goals Coverage Methodology 10m Understanding disasters Recapitulating the experiences of a disasters 5m Consequences of a disaster Discussions in plenary Exploration in plenary 10m Types of disasters Natural disasters Plenary Man-made disasters Do 10m History of major disasters Major disasters in India during the last decade Plenary 12

13 10m Focusing on major disasters in the state during the last decade Exploration in plenary Details of Group Work The participants were given the topic for discussion Remembering a disaster. They brought out many dimensions and details they liked about any disaster they remember or, had the experience of. Time: Introduction:5m, Discussions: 5m Any other Points The facilitator asked relevant questions to probe the awareness of the participants as well as to raise their level of interest towards the point of discussion. The session was rather fast handled on the subject, without too much scope for participatory deliberations A short film on Disasters was shown in the beginning, followed by a quick discussion 13

14 Day: 1 Session: 3 Need of Capacity Building of Farmers on Duration:50min Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture. Session Objectives: Understanding Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture To understand the need of Capacity Building of Farmers on Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture To understand the approach to achieve the above To understand the crucial role of Farmers in the overall achieving the goal To understand their (farmers) own role as community participants in reducing the risks Time Learning Goals Coverage Methodology 10m Understanding Disaster Risk Reduction Agriculture 10m Vulnerability Analysis Discussions in plenary 5m Need of Capacity Building of Farmers on Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture Need for reducing risk 10m Participation of the Community Exploration in plenary 5m The approach to Capacity Building to achieve the above Preparing the Community towards Disaster Risk Reduction Plenary 14

15 10m Role of Farmers in the achieving the overall goal Role of farmers in Capacity Building Exploration in plenary Day: 1 Session: 4 Current initiatives in Disaster Duration: 60min. 15

16 Risk Reduction Session Objectives: To understand initiatives in Disaster Risk reduction measures (mitigation) for various disasters in Agriculture Time Learning Goals Coverage Methodology 10ms Initiatives in the mitigation measures of Various Agricultural measures as part of agricultural risk management Interactive session disasters in 10m the country (in context of Understanding the approach towards mitigation measures in Agriculture Explorations in plenary Agriculture) 10m Hazard impact reduction methods like Reduction of water velocity, Stabilization of farm drains, Stabilization of river slope, Soil moisture regulation, Soil nutrient regeneration, etc. Interactive session 10m Initiatives in mitigation of flood situations 10m Adaptive strategies to fight Droughts such as, practicing Permaculture,.etc 7m Earthquake & other situations Do 3m Programme concluded at 2.00 p.m. with a vote of Thanks by the ADO Agriculture. Details of Participants were asked to go for a discussion on what mitigation measures would you take for flood in your Agricultural flood prone lands? the groups were asked to discuss. After 16

17 Grp. work 5min GD a brief wrap up, explanation was done point to point. GD-5m, presentations and wrap up-10m, explained about mitigation measures for various disasters E N D O F P R O G R A M 17

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