1. digitalGREEN @ Partners Meet
20 September 2011
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2. Geography: South India, Karnataka south and 22
districts of Karnataka. HQ-Tiptur
Years of operation: BAIF-1967, BIRD-K-1980
Main areas of focus :
1. Livelihoods : Dairy, Tree Based Farming, Sericulture,
live stock and Rural Non Farm sector.
2. Natural Resources Management: Water shed,
Afforestation, Soil and water conservation.
3. Promotion of community based institutions.
4. Training and Development Research.
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3. Objectives with map of the project area
• Progress
• Quantitative
• Villages operationalized - 106
• Videos produced / uploaded -165
• Mediated disseminations -10472
• Adoptions -9392
• Community intermediaries trained (CRPs / CSPs)-
114
• Qualitative
• Reflections on integration with existing interventions
• Experiments with quality assurance, impact
assessment, and/or sustainability
• Case-studies or success stories
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4. Reflections on integration with existing
interventions
1. Integrated with Five Major livelihood projects in six
locations-Special SGSY project, MGNREGA,
Distressed district projects Tribal development
projects and integrated live stock development
project.
2. Helped in building capacity of 40 and odd staff-
Digitisation, technical capabilities and smart
working!!.
3. Helped in increasing technical efficiency and
bringing in uniformity of technical driven activities-
Soil and water conservation, Plant protection,
Nutrient supplementation and Improved agriculture
practices.
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5. Experiments with quality assurance,
impact assessment, and/or
sustainability
Quality assurance:
1. Story board approval team.
2. Wetting by an expert.
3. Involvement of KVK, UAS and Institutions.
4. Film approval by Team.
5. Literature references-BAIF publications, technical
papers.
• Case-studies or success stories
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6. Experiments with quality
assurance, impact assessment,
and/or sustainability
Impact assessment
 Increase in milk production-Lime water
and Azolla cultivation-Mysore/Kalghatgi
 Increase in number of Artificial
Inseminations-Importance of AI-Hassan.
 Effective implementation of plant
protection measures-All land based
programmes.
 Capacity building of Community resource
persons.
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7. Experiments with quality
assurance, impact assessment,
and/or sustainability
Sustainability:
 Well Trained anchor persons.
 Dove tailing-Main projects.
 Initiation of Community contribution.
 Integration of DG extension in future
project proposals.
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8. What worked well?
• Integration of DG extension in mainstream programmes.
• Capacity building of staff and community resource
persons.
• Technical Efficiency of interventions.
• Intensive interaction with community.
What can be improved?
• Strategizing achievements of deliverables.
• Community contribution.
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9. Contact: The Chief Programme Coordinator,
BIRD-K, PB No 3, Sharadanagar, Tiptur,
Tumkur-District, Karnataka State.
Phone: 08134-251337, 250658
Website: www.birdk.org.in
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