3. FEATURES OF THE PROJECT AREA
Comes under Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone(LBVZ)
Characterized by-
endemic poverty,
high concentration of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes
and Other Backward Classes
Mixed community and intra community tension
Agriculture is the main livelihoods characterised by low
productivity due to low adaptation of technologies
High rain-fall and vulnerability to risk due to climate change
and other natural calamities like flood
Poor irrigation facility and infrastructure
Majority of farmers are small and marginal
Average productivity of paddy is 1.6 T/H
4.
5. Outreach of SRI
Year No. of Districts Families Area(Ha)
2009-10 3 706 113.3
2010-11 2 602 107.05
2011-12 5 1447 198
(upto Oct 2011)
6. Analysis of SRI-2010-11(Kharif)
Type of Villages No. of Numbers of farmers
Villag
es
New Old Total
Old Village with no new addition of farmers 10 0 44 44
Old villages with new addition of farmers 11 31 50 81
New villages 33 93 0 93
Total 53 124 94 208
7. Review of SRI 2011-12(Kharif)
Particulars Plan (July’11 –June’12) Achievement(Kharif’11)
Number of Districts 5 5
Villages 280 143
NGOs involved 5 5
Families 5298 1447
Coverage(Ha) 690 198.7
Average area per family 0.13 0.13
8. Analysis of SRI-Kharif 2011
Could reached to 62% targeted families(of 2300)
Reason behind the low coverage are-
Monsoon irregularities in kharif season
Low coverage of two partner NGOs- ASC and GVM