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Improving the fertility of land and enhance the capacity of oppressed tribe towards agriculture.
Improve agricultural activities by utilizing the local available resources as well as the skill and knowledge of the tribal.
Create food self reliant society through agricultural activities.
Securities of livelihoods of rural communities especially to women.
Increasing profitability from agriculture.
Increase the knowledge of tribal especially women on modern agriculture with adequate information, knowledge, skill and choice.
Provide employment opportunities of tribal women through different agricultural activities i.e rearing of animal and birds, fishery, vegetables cultivation etc.
Control of women in the family on marketing decision and agriculture production activities.
Emphasis on soil and water conservation to enhanced yield.
Develop the self help group of women for sustainable development on agriculture activities both individual and group level.
Capacities building of women in agricultural activities.
Multiplying nos. of grain bank.
Integrated approach-i.e the production of foods crops vegetable fruits from a piece of land.
Our agriculture intervention focuses on small holders. Under this backdrop Seba Jagat is visualizing to provide basic facilities, ideas to the farmers exceptionally tribal. With our facilitation since last one decade we succeed to enhancing the productivity, knowledge, market linkage, conservation of agriculture bio diversity in a sustainable manner. Some of our major activities are below in nut cell, Soil and water conservation.
Keeping in mind the soil type, topography of the area and the availability of water, a strategy was formed to check soil erosion and increase the level of ground water in the operational area. With a watershed approach, treatmen
Social exclusion and indiscrimination is prevalent almost everywhere in the country, Kalahandi is impacted more considerably than other areas because it is one of the most backward Districts not only in Odisha but also in India. More than 70 percent tribal & Dalit population who have suffer disproportionately from displacement, landlessness, food insecurity, unemployment, hunger, malnutrition, high IMR & MMR.. The condition of the people with disabilities (PWDs) in this district is simply horrible in terms of their socio, economic, political and cultural exclusion. Their human rights are violated from every corner.
Firstly, they belong to culturally excluded groups (tribal, Dalit and other "backward" categories). Secondly, constant spiritual beliefs reinforce the notion that supernatural causes are responsible for their condition so they are more likely to feel shy than hope. Thirdly, they are geographically isolated and economically disadvantaged so have little experience of what medical treatments can or cannot do. Fourthly, because of social traditions, they have low expectations of their own abilities - a self-fulfilling prediction.
Diversion based irrigation system diverts a portion of water from a natural source like spring/ mountainous stream or any Water Harvesting Structure and uses it with or without intermediate storage for the purpose of irrigating crops
The irrigation system aimed to provide life saving irrigation to small tribal land holders in the topography where canal irrigation is almost impossible due to the higher altitude of land.
This diversification irrigation system works through tapping water through perennial and semi-perennial source of water in a higher elevation and diverting the water through PVC pipe lines along with the contours through intermittent outlets.
As there is no electrification in the agricultural fields for operating the electric pumps for the irrigation purposes, thus the diversion based irrigation project through gravity flow has been a sustainable model for providing the irrigation facilities to the uplands.
As a new intervention Seba Jagat has started two DBI in two perennial water sources where water will be used for protective irrigation in kharif crops and to Rabi crops./ There will be no electrification in agricultural field to operating the electrical pump for the irrigation purpose. Thus the diversification of irrigation will take place through gravity of water.
The lives of the rural people revolve around natural resources. Its management has a lot to do on their lives. Their livelihood is determined largely by the Non-Timber Forest Produces (NTFP) like Mahua flower, Char, Harida, Bahada, Tol , sal and siali leaves etc. They procure NTFP both for consumption as well as selling. But since the last few decades this sector is failing to sustain their lives. The same is found in agriculture sector also. Absence of irrigation, poor land quality make agriculture non remunerative. In both forest and agricultural produces the people suffer distress sale.
Most of the lands in Kalahandi district are upland with low productivity. Irrigation facility is almost non-existent (less than 15% against the state average of 30%), land right is not clear and there are many villages which are on encroached land even if people have been staying there since generations. The pre-eighties settlement failed to reach these unfortunate people. From the legal perspective the women have the right over land. But there is no land right in the name of women. These are the problems found in land sector and this has reduced agriculture a great deal. In case of forest also the same trend is found. The tribal people have been living in close proximity with nature. Nature forms an integral part of their lives. But there are a number of restrictions imposed upon them so far as their usufruct right is concerned.
The tribals are under continuous threat of being displaced. Leaving their forest abode is the last thing these people can accept. In addition to this people are restricted to collect NTFP, move around in the forest, collect fuel wood etc. The situation is similar in other forest area also. But it is ironical to note that illegal tree felling still goes unabated and unfortunately the forest officials seem unconcerned. But on the other hand the poor tribals who are basically forest dwellers are debarred from their natural rights. Life here moves around water since the region has an agrarian economy.
But irregular rain, bad water management, monopoly of the big farmers over traditional water bodies and lack of irrigation facility has brought life to a grinding halt. Seba Jagat has tried to address the issue in various ways. It has initiated micro watershed in some villages. It has provided financial support to the self help group members to dig well, farm punds, procure pump sets, prepare bio-fertilizers through different compost method, purchase seed, undertake land development etc. This has solved the matter to some extent. But still there is lot to be done in this regard.
Seba Jagat organizes training, workshops seminars, orientation programme, village discussion meeting etc. to sensitise the community on their rights over land, forest and water. People are trained to take part in joint forest management, community forest management, promotion of Eco village to protect their forest. They have also developed some awareness so far as selling NTFP is concerned. As far as land right is concerned there has been some break through. Some landless people have been allotted government land and some more have applied for land rights. Even women have got joint entitlement rights in some cases. In order to make people get their own rights and claim for the same before the government we make continuous effort.
The goal of the Natural Resource Management programme of Seba Jagat is to establish a food self reliant society where people are able to control and manage their own livelihood systems to improve their quality of life. In pursuing this goal, the Organisation through its sincere efforts has tried to achieve the following objectives in last 3 to 4 years of works in 102 villages of the 3 project regions.
Ensuring participation and control of women in Agriculture process and assets.
To enable small and marginal farmers to actively participate in the process of development and equip them with information, skills and technologies to meet the growing challenges.
To achieve ecological security of the village commons through bio physical, institutional, geo hydrological and ecological interventions.
To work towards landscape level planning and management for developing livelihood assets in two of the Gram Panchayats of the M.Rampur Block.
To increase productivity and profitability of land.
Forest resources are gift to mankind. Forests provide humanity a multiplicity of goods and services. The goods include timber, fuel wood, and NTFPs. They provide habitat for wildlife and the ecological conditions for maintenance and natural evolution of genetic diversity of flora and fauna. They are the abodes of traditional forest dependent communities. Forests and natural resources provide the foundation on which the structure of development and prosperity of the state is built.
With the deterioration of these ecosystems, their capacity to support human well-being is reduced. Unless they are managed well and efforts are made to increase the forest resource base, the very sustainability of man`s life is under threat. Unfortunately the deterioration of these resources adversely affects the under privileged and down trodden sections of the people and society. We and our project focus project to promote the protection, regeneration, conservation and management of forest resources by the local communities in a democratic, participatory and decentralized manner.
Small ruminants are associated with the rural poor. They play a big role in supporting the livelihood system of the poorest men and women livestock keepers, especially in the marginalised areas. In spite of its livelihood contribution and contribution to the livestock economy, this sub-sector received only diminutive attention.
Promoting Animal Health in Orissa (PAHO) with the support of CARE and Pfizer Foundation is started at Seba Jagat aiming at Enabling 1000 SC and ST women smallholders in the M.Rampur Block Kalahandi district of Orissa to increase income and contribute to household well-being by improved access to animal health services.
Seba Jagat has been working for Promotion of Animal Husbandry in the 3 selective tribal dominated Gram Panchayats (Urladani, Mohongiri & Manikera) of M. Rampur Block covering 1003 House holds in 26 villages. For the selection of beneficiaries importance was given to include SC & ST families particularly those are dependant on animal rearing. Priority was given to support women headed house holds and disable families so that they improve their livelihood system by rearing goats.
The president of Regional level Physical Challenge committee(Anchalika BhinanKshyam Sammitee) Regeda Mr. Suresh Ch Chaudhri had wanted to know the status of Indira Awas Beneficiaries (from 2006 to November 2012) from PD DRDA, Kalahandi and he also wanted to know the GP wise Beneficiary , along with a list of disable person got IAY benefited.
As a result now he is able to get the status of Two GPs. And also he wanted to know the beneficiary Name and category of BPL, APL, Antodoya ,PLO ( particularly Dist-GP wise including the Name of Disable Person).
Third RTI booked to DPC for Appointment of Teacher in primary education how many disable appointed.
Another RTI against Grama Shabah Report of Regeda Panchayat on November 2012 by Mr. Hiramani Sahu Secretary of Regional level Physical Challenge. He had got the Xerox copy of proceeding of Grama Shabha .
Ensuring protection of Adibasis customary rights in the community level in 40 villages in Kandhamal and Kalahandi district.
Ensuring better livelihood of Adibasis with the value addition to their traditional practices and fighting for their rights over their resources.
Strengthening the healing practices exist among the Adibasis communities and recovery the vanishing of best practices.
As Adibasis women are more vulnerable ,so it will ensure the women`s participation in all type of developments and also their ownership over the resources and services.
Economic empowerment of Adibasis.
To take burning issues of the locality for the protection of Adibasis basic rights and environment challenges.
Empowering adivasis to take proper implementation of Govt. Program like. NREGA(For the first time unemployment allowance was given in Kalahandi district), RTI, FRA, MO JAMI MO DIHA, RIGHT TO FOOD PROGRAMME.
Child Centric Development.
Formation & strengthening of People`s Organization / CBOs.