1. Welcome to
and

2. Bodo Territorial Council

3. Demography
Dist Area Sq Pop- L ST SC Oth
Km
Kokrajhar 3169.22 8.99 5.29 0.33 3.38
Chirang 1069.96 4.34 1.70 0.30 2.44
Baksa 3056.89 7.18 3.39 0.46 3.33
Udalguri 1673.93 6.71 3.17 0.29 3.25
Total 8970 27.22 13.55 1.38 12.40
100 % 50 % 5% 45 %

4. Developmental Issues
One of the Backward Regions of Assam
50% tribal of which 90% are Bodos
90% dependent on Agriculture
Mainly mono cropped- paddy
Productivity very low-1-1.6 ton/Hac
Mixed Community and intra community tension
Poor Infrastructure – Improvement in Roads
Frequent Bandhs disrupts work
No/Less monitoring of Govt schemes because of
Law and Order

5. Conditions of poor
Bodos—Agriculture based, Rain fed paddy, 30% land
less, 50% small and marginal Education is good. Low
productivity-traditional cultivators. Each household has
loom and some homestead land that produces
vegetables, fruits and Areca nuts. The families have 6 to
9 months food sufficiency and the produce from the
homestead fulfills most of the consumption need.
BSM :Asset less but have encroached government and
forestland. Very hard working people, less mix up with
other communities due to social tension.

6. Tea-tribe :- Worst off. Settled in the isolated area
bordering to Bhutan, encroached Forest lands.
They are asset less, faced acute problem of
drinking facilities and absence of medical
facilities. Death –Malaria, Jaundice, Diarrhea and
typhoid. Wage earner. Since they didn’t have their
permanent land they are also deprived of the
government facilities.
Koch Rajbangsi- Same as Bodos, slightly
advanced in agriculture specially the bengali
speakings, involved in petty trade

7. Agriculture Scenario
Majority of the farmers are small
and marginal holders
Paddy productivity very low
(Chirang-1.2 T/H; Assam-1.6 T/H)
Only 22% of net sown area is
irrigated(Assam-37%)
Knowledge base in agriculture poor
Extension mechanism-very weak

8. PRADAN Assam Initiative
Selected 4 Bodo Territorial Council (BTC)
districts as target area
BTC was created in 2003 after 2 decades of
insurgency, but law and order still major issue
50 % of 27 lakh population are tribal of which
90% are Bodo.
Initiated SRI Demo in Chirang & Kokrajhar
district in 2008 khariff


9. Background….
SRI Pilot project from June ’08 with
support from SDTT
81 farmers-10.7 Hectare in khariff ’08
and
Results are encouraging
(4-9.8 Ton/Hectare )
We are trusted in villages, demand
from more farmers and NGOs…..

10. Khariff 2009

11. 2009-10 : Plan
3 BTC District (Kokrajhar, Chirang
and Baska) with 3 partner NGO
Partner NGO -150 farmer - 20 Ha
PRADAN - 550 farmer -73 Ha
Total 1000 farmer -133 Ha

12. Progress Khariff
2009-10 ( Kharif)
Partner
Farmers Area in Ha
Target Achievement Target Achievement
PRADAN, 550 151 73.33 30.93
Pancharatna
Gramya Bikas
Kendra, Nalbari 150 35 20 9.07
Disha 150 50 20 9.07
Asha Darshan
Trust,Baska 150 0 20 0.00
Total 1000 236 133.33 49.07

13. Progress – Overall
Khariff Summer Total
Farmer Area Farmer Area(H Farmer Area
(Ha) a) (Ha)
PRADA
N 151 30.93 45 10 196 40.93
PGVK,
Nalbari
35 9.07 200 25 235 34.07
Disha
50 9.07 225 29.3 275 38.37
Total
236 49.07 470 64.3 706 113.37

14. Processes Followed
Awareness meeting at villages-leaflets, colour
folder in local language, flex, SRI movie
Presence of SRI Farmers / VRP, Agiculture
officials, Panchayat Presidents in such meetings
Preparation of Farmers list by VRP
Procurement and distribution of quality seeds
(From SRI farmer and Assam seed corporation) to
listed Farmers,

15. Arrangement of Mandowa weeders from North
Bengal (Courtesy : IDE, Kolkata)
Training on Nursery raising in each villages
Follow up of same by Professional, VRP
Training on Transplantation -use of low cost
Rope Marker

17. Difficulties we faced
Partner NGO opts out due to
unprecedented draught last year
Heavy rains during April and May
damaged the summer crop
considerably
Partnership – Building common
perspective

19. Outcome
Continuous draught
hampered SRI progress ,
specially dry spells after Sept affected
production and farmer took less interest in
later part.
SRI Crop yield is better than normal
paddy ! but SRI paddy withstand 30 days
draught which farmers liked much
Existing Farmers increasing their SRI area
Summer coverage increased considerably

20. Khariff 2010-11 Plan
Target
Supporting 1100 Farmers directly
PRADAN - 700
DISHA - 300
A ST - 100
 Converting 30% of Seed village
beneficiaries to SRI (600 Farmers) in
Chirang District

21. Strategy :

23. Progress So far
Trained Representatives of Farmers club/
youth organisations
400 potential farmers visited Summer SRI
field for practical knowledge
Training conducted in more than 40 villages
Quality seed ensured for more than 500
farmers
Mandowa weeders are sufficiently available
from Bengal and locals and Farmers are
sharing 50 % cost

24. THANK YOU